Notwithstanding Sections 21576 and 21577, this article shall apply to a state member or a local member whose employer is subject to this article and whose services were included in the federal system in any period after the inclusion is terminated.
The legislature occasionally skips outline levels.
For example:
(3) A person may apply [...]
(4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [...]
In this example, (3), (4),
and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but
(4) was
omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an
interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've
decided to display a blank section with this note, in order
to aide readability.