Ed. Code, § 22121 · Chapter 2. Definitions
Ed. Code, § 22121
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) “Credited service” means service for which the required contributions have been paid and service for which required contributions would have been paid in absence of the limit prescribed by Section 401(a)(17) of Title 26 of the United States Code as described in Section 22317.5.
(b) “Credited service” for members who are subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 means service for which required contributions have been paid and service for which required contributions would have been paid in absence of the limit established by subdivision (d) of Section 22119.3.
(c) “Credited service” for the limited purpose of determining eligibility for benefits pursuant to Section 22134.5, 24203.5, or 24203.6 also includes up to two-tenths of one year of service granted pursuant to Section 22717.
(d) (1) The board shall determine a date based on when the system has the capacity to implement the changes made by the act that added this subdivision. The date determined by the board shall be posted on the internet website of the system no later than July 1, 2027.
(2) This section shall become inoperative on the date determined by the board pursuant to paragraph (1), and this section shall be repealed on July 1, 2027.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 690, Sec. 10. (AB 1997) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed as of July 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 11 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 690.
Another version listed by the Legislative Counsel
Conditionally operative as prescribed by its own provisions.
(a) “Credited service” means service for which the required contributions have been paid and service for which required contributions would have been paid in absence of the limits described in Section 22317.5.
(b) “Credited service” for the limited purpose of determining eligibility for benefits pursuant to Section 22134.5, 24203.5, or 24203.6 also includes up to two-tenths of one year of service granted pursuant to Section 22717.
(c) (1) The board shall determine a date based on when the system has the capacity to implement the changes made by the act that added this subdivision. The date determined by the board shall be posted on the internet website of the system no later than July 1, 2027.
(2) This section shall become operative on the date determined by the board pursuant to paragraph (1).
History (another version listed by the Legislative Counsel)
Repealed (in Sec. 10) and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 690, Sec. 11. (AB 1997) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally operative as prescribed by its own provisions.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Education Code
- Ed. Code, § 22119.3Printed as Section 22119.3
- Ed. Code, § 22134.5Printed as Section 22134.5, 24203.5, or 24203.6
- Ed. Code, § 22317.5Printed as Section 22317.5
- Ed. Code, § 22717Printed as Section 22717
- Ed. Code, § 24203.5Printed as Section 22134.5, 24203.5, or 24203.6
- Ed. Code, § 24203.6Printed as Section 22134.5, 24203.5, or 24203.6
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Education Code
- Ed. Code, § 22134.5Printed as Section 22121
- Ed. Code, § 24203.5Printed as Section 22121
- Ed. Code, § 24203.6Printed as Section 22121
- Ed. Code, § 24209Printed as Section 22121
- Ed. Code, § 24209.3Printed as Section 22121
- Ed. Code, § 24211Printed as Section 22121
- Ed. Code, § 24212Printed as Section 22121
- Ed. Code, § 24213Printed as Section 22121
- Ed. Code, § 24701Printed as Section 22121
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