§ 31479 Public Service Definition

• •Public service means working for the government and getting paid by them.
• •If you work for the government, you can't get retirement benefits from two different government retirement plans at the same time.
• •This rule is for people who are part of this retirement system.

A person works as a teacher for a public school and is part of the school's retirement plan. Later, they get a job with the city government and join the city's retirement plan.

This person can't get retirement benefits from both the school's plan and the city's plan at the same time. They have to choose one.