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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 95 CITY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
95.565 Credit under pension system for time spent in Armed Forces.
Download pdfmember of the police or fire department, entered the Armed Forces of the United States,
and who was honorably discharged therefrom, shall upon his return to that police or fire
department be entitled to the same pension or benefits provided by KRS 95.560, and his
beneficiaries shall be entitled to the same pension under KRS 95.550, as if the member
had remained on active duty with that police or fire department, and his time served in the
Armed Forces shall be added to his previous service and shall be construed for purposes
of eligibility for pensions or benefits, either for himself or his beneficiaries, as a part and
continuation of his consecutive years of service with that police or fire department. This
section shall apply only to those members who served in World War II, who apply for
reinstatement within ninety (90) days after the date on which the member first received or
could have received an honorable discharge, and shall not apply to those members
reenlisting in the Armed Forces of the United States. History: Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 71. -- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 1.
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