Section 20909 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 11. >> Article 1.
20909
. (a) A member who has at least five years of credited state
service, may elect, by written notice filed with the board, to make
contributions pursuant to this section and receive not less than one
year, nor more than five years, in one-year increments, of additional
retirement service credit in the retirement system.
(b) A member may elect to receive this additional retirement
service credit at any time prior to retirement by making the
contributions as specified in Sections 21050 and 21052. A member may
not elect additional retirement service credit under this section
more than once.
(c) For purposes of this section, "additional retirement service
credit" means time that does not qualify as public service, military
service, leave of absence, or any other time recognized for service
credit by the retirement system.
(d) Additional retirement service credit elected pursuant to this
section may not be counted to meet the minimum qualifications for
service or disability retirement or for health care benefits, or any
other benefits based upon years of service credited to the member.
(e) This section only applies to the following members:
(1) A member while he or she is employed in state service at the
time of the additional retirement service credit election.
(2) A member of the system defined in Section 20324.
(f) For purposes of this section, "state service" means service as
defined in Section 20069.
(g) This section shall apply only to an application to purchase
additional retirement credit that was received by the system prior to
January 1, 2013, that is subsequently approved by the system.