Ed. Code, § 22701 · Chapter 13. Service Credit
Ed. Code, § 22701
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Service performed prior to July 1, 1972, shall be credited according to the provisions of law in effect at the time service was performed.
(b) Creditable service performed on or after July 1, 1972, and credited under the Defined Benefit Program, shall be credited in the proportion that the member’s salary or wages, as described in Section 22119.2 or 22119.3, for that service bears to the member’s annualized pay rate.
(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shall become inoperative on the date determined by the board pursuant to paragraph (1), and this section shall be repealed on July 1, 2027.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 690, Sec. 19. (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 Repealed as of July 1, 2027, by its own provisions.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. 20 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 690.
Another version listed by the Legislative Counsel
Conditionally operative as prescribed by its own provisions.
(a) Service performed prior to July 1, 1972, shall be credited according to the provisions of law in effect at the time service was performed.
(b) Service performed on or after July 1, 1972, and credited under the Defined Benefit Program, shall be credited in the proportion that the member’s salary or wages, as described in Section 22119.2 or 22119.3, as those sections read prior to the operative date of the act adding this section, for that service bears to the member’s annualized pay rate.
(c) Service performed on or after the operative date of the act adding this section shall be credited as determined using the sum of the following, not to exceed one year in any given school year:
(1) The quotient obtained when all salary, as described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 22119.3, is divided by the annualized pay rate of the applicable salary.
(2) The quotient obtained when all supplemental pay, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 22119.3, is divided by the compensation earnable for the applicable school year.
(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 operative on the date determined by the board pursuant to paragraph (1).
History (another version listed by the Legislative Counsel)
Repealed (in Sec. 19) and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 690, Sec. 20. (AB 1997) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally operative as prescribed by its own provisions.
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