Section 20902.5 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 11. >> Article 1.
20902.5
. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,
whenever the Chief Justice, by formal action, determines that because
of an impending curtailment of, or change in the manner of
performing, judicial branch services, the best interests of the state
would be served by encouraging the retirement of judicial branch
state employees from the Administrative Office of the Courts, the
Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, or the Habeas Corpus Resource
Center and that sufficient economies could be realized to offset any
costs to the judicial branch resulting from this action, an
additional two years of service shall be credited to the affected
members, if both of the following conditions exist:
(1) The member is credited with five or more years of service and
retires during a period not to exceed 120 days or less than 60 days
commencing no sooner than the operative date of the formal action of
the Chief Justice that shall specify the period.
(2) The Administrative Office of the Courts transmits to the
retirement fund an amount determined by the board that is equal to
the actuarial equivalent of the difference between the allowance the
member receives after the receipt of service credit under this
section and the amount the member would have received without that
service credit. The transfer to the retirement fund shall be made in
a manner and time period acceptable to the employer and the board
with respect to all eligible members who retire during the specified
period.
(b) As used in this section, "member" means a state employee who
is employed in an organizational unit of the judicial branch
designated by the Chief Justice in the formal action crediting the
additional service credit.
(c) The amount of service credit shall be two years regardless of
credited service. Any member who qualifies under this section shall,
upon subsequent reentry to this system, forfeit the service credit
acquired under this section.
(d) This section is not applicable to any member otherwise
eligible, if the member receives any unemployment insurance payments
arising out of employment with an employer subject to this part
during a period extending one year beyond the operative date of the
formal action of the Chief Justice or if the member is not eligible
to retire without the additional credit available under this section.