California Government Code

§ 75506.7

GOV § 75506.7 Effective Jan 1, 2024Title 8 · Ch. 11.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)A judge may receive service credit for the purposes of retirement under Section 75522, 75522.5, or 75560, or for purposes of calculating survivor benefits under Section 75590, for the time during which the judge was absent from their position as a judge by reason of service with the uniformed services, if the judge returns to judicial office within six months of separation from an eligible period of service in the uniformed services, as prescribed in Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code, and the judge elects and satisfies the requirements of subdivision (b).

(b)In order to receive service credit under subdivision (a) a judge shall contribute an amount equal to the member contributions that would have been made by the judge during the absence as required under Sections 75061 and 75602. The judge’s contributions shall be made prior to the judge’s retirement and shall be effective only if accompanied by a lump-sum payment of the contributions due for the period during which the judge was absent due to service with the uniformed services. The judge’s payment of contributions shall not exceed the amount the judge would have been required to contribute had the judge not served in the uniformed services and remained in judicial office continuously throughout the eligible period of service in the uniformed services.

(c)Upon satisfaction of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b), the judge shall be credited with the service that would have accrued had the judge remained continuously employed and not undertaken service in the uniformed services.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 159, Sec. 20. (SB 885) Effective January 1, 2024.