Gov. Code, § 18977 · Article 4. Veterans’ Preference
Gov. Code, § 18977
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Where experience is required as a minimum qualification for any civil service examination, a person, who is or has been on military leave from a state civil service or exempt position or from a position in any federal or other public agency the functions of which as they relate to the position have been transferred to the state shall be granted full credit for time spent on that military leave, as if he or she had remained in the position he held at the time he or she entered the military service.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 75, Sec. 13. (AB 372) Effective January 1, 2014.
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