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95.855 Credit for service -- How computed.
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Each person becoming a member on the date of establishment shall be
entitled to full credit for all service rendered prior to such date. Each person
becoming a member after the date of establishment shall be entitled to credit
after such date, provided contributions are made for all such subsequent
service. Total service shall include prior service and membership service.
The following types of service shall be eligible for service credit:
(a) Service as a full-time member of a department of the city;
(b) Service in a civilian or other capacity in the service of the city, state of
Kentucky, or the federal government, while on approved leave of absence
from a department, subject to maximum credit for such service of one (1)
year;
(c) Service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States during a
period of national emergency while on leave of absence from a
department, provided (1) that such leave-of-absence-service shall not
exceed five (5) years, and (2) that such member shall reenter the service
of a department of the city within a period of six (6) months following the
date of honorable discharge from such service;
(d) All service rendered in a civilian capacity as provided in KRS 95.854 (3).
In the computation of service credit, nine (9) months or more of service during
a year shall entitle a member for one (1) year of service; six (6) to nine (9)
months of service shall constitute three-quarters (3/4) of a year; three (3) to six
(6) months, one-half (1/2) year; less than three (3) months, one-quarter (1/4) of
a year.
Effective:July 1, 1956
History: Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 5, effective July 1, 1956.
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