ARTICLE 5. Credit for Public Service

Article 5 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2.

§§ 21020–21039 · 24 sections

§ 21020 “Public service” for purposes of this article means the following: (a) The period of time an employee served the state, a school employer, or a contracting…
§ 21020.5 (a) “Public service” also means time, on or after October 14, 1991, during which a person was employed under the California Senate Fellows, the Assembly…
§ 21021 “Public service” for the employee of a student body organization, that is not a contracting agency, of a community college, means the period of employment…
§ 21022 “Public service,” with respect to a local member who is a full-time employee, also means any time on or after January 1, 1981, but not to exceed 12 months,…
§ 21023 (a) “Public service” with respect to a state member, other than a university member, also means the following: (1) Time during which the member was a prisoner…
§ 21023.5 (a) “Public service” for purposes of this article also means time served, not to exceed three years, as a volunteer in the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps VISTA…
§ 21024 (a) “Public service” with respect to a local member, other than a school member, also means active service with the Armed Forces of the United States or the…
§ 21024.5 (a) “Public service” with respect to a member who is a local firefighter also means time served, before becoming a member, as a permanent career civilian…
§ 21025 “Public service” with respect to a local member also means service rendered to a public agency if that agency or a function of that agency is assumed by a…
§ 21025.5 (a) “Public service” with respect to a school member or a retired school member also means service rendered on or after June 30, 1977, and prior to June 30,…
§ 21026 “Public service” with respect to a local member also means service rendered to any California nonprofit corporation whose function is to serve firefighters…
§ 21027 (a) “Public service” with respect to a local member who retired pursuant to this part before the effective date of the election of their employer to be subject…
§ 21028 “Public service” also means service in temporary, seasonal, limited term, on call, emergency, intermittent, substitute, or other irregular employment in which…
§ 21029 (a) “Public service” with respect to a state member or a school member or with respect to a retired former state employee or a retired former school employee,…
§ 21029.5 (a) “Public service” with respect to a state member also means all periods of service rendered as an officer, warrant officer, or a person in the enlisted…
§ 21030 (a) “Public service” for purposes of this article also means employment under a program sponsored by, and financed at least in part by, the Comprehensive…
§ 21031 (a) “Public service” also means employment by a contracting agency before the effective date of its contract with the board, and is limited to that portion of…
§ 21032 A member may elect at any time prior to retirement, in accordance with regulations of the board, to receive credit for public service, under any of the…
§ 21033 A member electing to receive credit for public service shall contribute in a lump sum or by installment payments over that period and subject to minimum…
§ 21034 Public service may be credited as current or prior service, or both, as it would be credited if the member had been in state service during his or her public…
§ 21035 Benefits based on service credited under this article in excess of the portion paid from member contributions shall be paid from the contributions of the…
§ 21037 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following shall apply: (a) A member who has elected to receive credit for service by contributing in…
§ 21038 All contributions of a member under this article shall be considered to be and shall be administered as normal contributions.
§ 21039 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a safety member, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 20371, who has elected to receive credit for service…