Section 22820 Of Chapter 14.2. Out-of-state Service Credit From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 14.2.
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. (a) A member, other than a retired member, may request to
purchase out-of-state service credit for any of the following:
(1) Service performed in a position while employed by a public
educational institution located in another state or territory of the
United States.
(2) Educational service performed as an employee of the United
States.
(3) Service performed as an employee of an educational
institution located outside of the United States and its territories
that receives a portion of its funding from any foreign or domestic
public sources and provides a level of education comparable to
kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, as determined by the
applicable law of the jurisdiction in which the educational
institution is located.
(4) As an employee of an educational institution that receives
funds under Section 2701 of Title 22 of the United States Code.
(b) The member may not receive credit for this service if the
member retains or is eligible to receive credit for the same service
in the Cash Balance Benefit Program under Part 14 (commencing with
Section 26000) or another public retirement system, excluding social
security.
(c) The amount of out-of-state service credit a member may
purchase may not exceed the number of years of service performed by
the member in a position described in subdivision (a).
(d) Out-of-state service credit may be purchased under this
section by means of any of the following actions:
(1) Paying an amount equal to the amount refunded from the other
public retirement system and receiving service credit under the
Defined Benefit Program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 22823.
(2) Paying the contributions required under the Defined Benefit
Program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 22823 for the service
credited in the other public retirement system.
(3) Paying an amount equal to the amount refunded from the other
public retirement system and an additional amount in accordance with
subdivision (a) of Section 22823 for the service credited in the
other public retirement system.
(4) Paying the contributions required under the Defined Benefit
Program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 22823 for the service
not credited to a public retirement system.
(e) Compensation for out-of-state service may not be used in
determining the highest average annual compensation earnable when
calculating final compensation.
(f) The service credit purchased under this section may not be
used to meet the eligibility requirements for benefits provided under
Sections 24001 and 24101.