{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-20395","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 20395","heading":"","body":"“State peace officer/firefighter member” means all members who are full-time permanent employees represented in Corrections Unit No. 6, Protective Services and Public Safety Unit No. 7, and Firefighters Unit No. 8 and are employed in class titles that are designated as peace officer as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code or are firefighters whose principal duties consist of active firefighting/fire suppression.\nA member who is employed in a position that is reclassified from state miscellaneous to state peace officer/firefighter pursuant to this section, may make an irrevocable election in writing to remain subject to the miscellaneous service retirement benefit and the normal rate of contribution by filing a notice of the election with the board within 90 days of notification by the board. A member who so elects shall be subject to the reduced benefit factors specified in Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable, only for service also included in the federal system.","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 4. Membership Classifications [20370. - 20445.]","ARTICLE 3. Safety Member Classification—State [20390. - 20416.]"],"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":"cd35e978fa12fb0767715d289f5761a09d16f004210a2b28a8ea069203161879","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-20394","next":"us-ca/gov-20396"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}