(a) For purposes of this chapter, “local prosecutor” means any one of the following:

(1) A county officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria:

(A) He or she is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was employed in the office of the district attorney.

(B) His or her job classification is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was district attorney, deputy district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, senior deputy district attorney, assistant district attorney, chief assistant district attorney, senior assistant district attorney, or any other similar classification or title.

(C) His or her effective date of retirement is on or after the date Section 31470.14 becomes applicable in the county.

(2) A county officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria:

(A) He or she was employed in the office of a district attorney prior to the date the local child support agency transitioned from the district attorney to a new county department, as specified in § 17304 of the Family Code.

(B) His or her job classification was district attorney, deputy district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, senior deputy district attorney, assistant district attorney, chief assistant district attorney, senior assistant district attorney, or any other similar classification or title.

(C) He or she is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was an attorney in a local child support agency, as defined in subdivision (h) of § 17000 of the Family Code, with no break in service between employment by a district attorney and the local child support agency.

(D) His or her effective date of retirement is on or after the date Section 31470.14 becomes applicable in the county.

(3) A city officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria:

(A) He or she is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was employed in the office of the city attorney.

(B) He or she is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was primarily engaged in the active enforcement of criminal laws within any court operating in a county.

(C) His or her job classification is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was city attorney, deputy city attorney, chief deputy city attorney, assistant city attorney, chief assistant city attorney, or any other similar classification or title.

(D) His or her effective date or retirement is on or after the date Section 31470.14 becomes applicable in the county.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, “local public defender” means a city or county officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria:

(1) He or she is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was employed in the office of the public defender, the alternate public defender, or any similar office title.

(2) His or her job classification is or, on January 1, 2002, was public defender, deputy public defender, chief deputy public defender, senior deputy public defender, assistant public defender, chief assistant public defender, senior assistant public defender, or any other similar classification or title.

(3) His or her effective date of retirement is on or after the date Section 31470.14 becomes applicable in the county.

(c) For purposes of this chapter, “local public defender investigator” means a city or county officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria:

(1) He or she is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was employed in the office of the public defender, the alternate public defender, or any other similar office title.

(2) His or her job classification is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was inspector, investigator, detective, or any other similar classification or title.

(3) His or her principal duties are or, on or after January 1, 2002, were to investigate crime and criminal statutes.

(4) His or her effective date of retirement is on or after the date Section 31470.14 becomes applicable in the county.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1152, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2003.)