Gov. Code, § 31649 · Article 7. Service
Gov. Code, § 31649
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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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History
Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 275, Sec. 37. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2021.
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