Government Code section 20938

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, credit for prior service shall be granted only to each person who was employed by a contracting agency on the effective date of the agency’s contract or amendment to the contract under which that prior service is granted.
This section shall not apply to a contracting agency nor to the employees of a contracting agency, unless the agency elects to be subject to this section by express provision in the contract making the contracting agency subject to this section.

Source: Section 20938, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=20938.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2007; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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