(a) Notwithstanding Section 31649 or 31649.5, a member who resigned from county service, or who obtained a leave of absence from county service, to enter and did enter the Armed Forces of the United States on a voluntary or involuntary basis and who then returned to county service within one year after separation from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions, shall receive credit for service and prior service for all or any part of his or her military service, if, before retirement from the county, he or she contributes what he or she would have paid to the fund based on his or her compensation earnable pursuant to Section 31461 or pensionable compensation as defined in Section 7522.34, whichever is applicable, at the time he or she resigned or obtained the leave of absence, together with regular interest thereon.
(b) This section shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors, by resolution, makes this section applicable in the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 741, Sec. 6. (AB 2474) Effective January 1, 2015.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018