California Code, Government Code - GOV § 31700.5

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any member with more than 10 years service who resigns his position and is granted a deferred retirement under this chapter, to accept an appointment by any court of record or judge thereof in a reciprocal county, shall not be considered as breaking his continuity of service and such member shall be eligible for reinstatement within five years to the position from which he resigned or one in a lower class in the same or related series requiring similar qualifications, knowledges and abilities.  The intent provision of Article 15 of this chapter shall apply to this section.