Skip to main content

Gov. Code, § 20936 · Article 2. Prior Service Credit

Gov. Code, § 20936

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Credit for prior service shall be granted to each local member who rendered service to a public agency if that agency or a function of that agency is assumed by a contracting agency or a public agency that thereafter becomes a contracting agency.

The future annual costs incurred pursuant to this section shall be determined in the manner prescribed for actuarial investigations and valuations in Article 1 (commencing with Section 20460) of Chapter 5 and shall be made public at a public meeting at least two weeks prior to the election by a public agency to be subject to this section.

This section shall not apply to any contracting agency nor to the employees of any contracting agency until the agency elects to be subject to this section by contract or by amendment to its contract made in the manner prescribed for approval of contracts.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=20936.
Text hash
sha256 1dcc2a9137796a8d6daf865bf489a73523021828948775fc55529f6cb2a0e366
Composed by
compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section

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.

Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.