Cal. Gov. Code § 31649
Service
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2021
As of January 1, 2011
(a) Any member who resigns to enter and does enter the armed forces of the United States on a voluntary or involuntary basis, and within 90 days after the termination of that service under honorable conditions, reenters county service, or
(b) Any member who obtains a leave of absence to enter and does enter the armed forces of the United States on a voluntary or involuntary basis, and within one year after the termination under honorable conditions of leave of absence reenters county service, if he or she has not contributed to the retirement fund the total percentage of his or her compensation earnable due pursuant to Section 31461 due under this chapter for the entire period during which he or she was out of county service and in military service, may, not more than 90 days after his or her reentrance into county service, file with the board his or her election that no further contributions be deducted from his or her compensation except contributions due because of current service.
(c) A member who reenters county service under either (a) or (b) above may be allowed up to five years credit for vesting in the system.
(a) This chapter shall comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time. Any member who was absent from county or district employment for military service and is eligible for reemployment benefits pursuant to USERRA, may, as provided in USERRA, make contributions and receive service credit for the time absent.
(b) Any member who does not qualify for reemployment benefits under subdivision (a) due to the length of the military service, and who returns to county or district employment within one year of being honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States, shall receive credit for service for all or any part of the member’s military service, if, before retirement from the county or district, the member contributes what they would have paid to the fund for that period based on the member’s compensation earnable, as defined by Section 31461, or pensionable compensation, as defined in Section 7522.34, whichever is applicable, at the time of the beginning of the absence together with applicable interest on that amount.
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect any arrangement to pay contributions pursuant to Section 31653.
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