{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-20055","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 20055","heading":"","body":"(a) “Prior service” as applied to a state member who while employed on a part-time basis became a member because of amendments of the laws governing this system or because of a change in his or her employment status to at least a half-time basis, means all state service rendered by him or her prior to the time he or she became a member.\n(b) As applied to other members, “prior service” means all state service rendered by:\n(1) A university member prior to August 27, 1937.\n(2) A state member other than a university member, prior to January 1, 1932.\n(3) A local member or school member prior to the effective date of the contract under which he or she became a member.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","PART 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM [20000. - 21716.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [20000. - 20085.]","ARTICLE 2. Definitions [20010. - 20071.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"cd0cedc74c0c8be1edc1e8a840ac8f552c607df1a0072a68b2c032fb6a5664dd","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-20054","next":"us-ca/gov-20056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}