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Government Code - GOV

TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000 - 22980]

  ( Title 2 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. )
  

DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000 - 22980]

  ( Division 5 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 123. )
  

PART 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM [20000 - 21716]

  ( Part 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. )
  

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [20000 - 20085]

  ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. )
  

ARTICLE 2. Definitions [20010 - 20071]
  ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. )

  
20055.  

(a) “Prior service” as applied to a state member who while employed on a part-time basis became a member because of amendments of the laws governing this system or because of a change in his or her employment status to at least a half-time basis, means all state service rendered by him or her prior to the time he or she became a member.

(b) As applied to other members, “prior service” means all state service rendered by:

(1) A university member prior to August 27, 1937.

(2) A state member other than a university member, prior to January 1, 1932.

(3) A local member or school member prior to the effective date of the contract under which he or she became a member.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)