(a) Shares of members in the funds of a local employer shall be credited to the respective individual accounts of the local agency members who have been included in this system, and administered as if made during membership in this system, except that the annuity provided by those contributions with accumulated interest shall be deducted first from the pension that otherwise would be payable on account of prior service and the balance of the contributions with accumulated interest shall be deducted from the pension that otherwise would be payable on account of current service. The total of the funds transferred to this system shall be offset against the prior or current service liability, as the case may be, before determining the contribution to be paid by the contracting agency.

(b) A former member of the local retirement system who withdrew any contributions prior to the effective date of that agency’s contract with this system is entitled to credit for the service upon which those contributions were made if he or she elects to deposit any of those withdrawn contributions with this system under the terms and conditions specified in Section 20750. Any amounts so deposited with this system shall be administered as provided in this section.

(c) As used in subdivision (b), “former member” shall also include any former member of the local retirement system who failed to exercise the right of election pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 24810 of the Education Code.

(Added by renumbering Section 20523 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 58. Effective January 1, 1997.)