(a) As used in Sections 16.55-1 to 16.55-4, inclusive, “public service” means:
(1) Service rendered as an employee or officer of an agency of the government of the United States, including both civilian and military service;
(2) Service rendered as an employee or officer of the State of California; and
(3) Service rendered as an employee or officer of a public agency in the State of California which, with respect to such service, maintained a locally administered defined benefit plan or was entitled to participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System of the State of California under a contract between such public agency and the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(b) For purposes of this Section 16.55-1, a person shall be considered as being in public service only while they were receiving compensation from the public agency of which they were an employee or officer.
(c) “Public service,” as used in this Section 16.55-1, does not include service as defined in subsections (a)(1), (2), or (3) with respect to which a person became a member of any other retirement system supported wholly or in part by public funds and with respect to which they continue to receive credit in such other system or with respect to which they are entitled to receive a retirement allowance under such other system.
(Added by Ord. 171-70, App. 5/28/70; amended by Ord. 308-08, File No. 080379, App. 12/16/2008; Ord. 104-23, File No. 230375, App. 6/2/2023, Eff. 7/3/2023)