(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the membership of the retirement plan shall include all employees of the city who were regularly employed by the city within a period of one year preceding September 2, 1954 and who are in the employ of the city, on a full time basis, within one year from and after September 2, 1954.
(B) The membership of the retirement plan shall not include:
(1) Members of the City Council;
(2) Persons whose services are compensated in whole or in part on a fee basis;
(3) City attorneys who are not employed by the city on a full time basis;
(4) Members of boards and commissions of the city on account of their service on such boards or commissions;
(5) Persons employed to make or conduct special surveys, investigations, examinations, or installation, if the Chief Administrative Officer, by written certification, classifies such persons as temporary employees;
(6) Persons who first become employed by the city after September 1, 1954;
(7) Persons who reenter city employment following September 1, 1955; and
(8) Persons who are seasonal, part-time, or temporary employees.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in this article, should any member separate from city service for any reason, except his death or becoming an annuitant, he shall thereupon cease to be a member and his Albuquerque service credited to his service account shall be forfeited by him. In the event he re-enters city service within a period of one year from and after the date he last separated from city service he shall again become a member of the retirement plan and the Albuquerque service credited to him at the time of his last separation from city service shall be restored to his credit. In the event a member becomes an annuitant or dies he shall thereupon cease to be a member.
(D) In any case of doubt as to who is a member of the retirement plan the Committee shall decide the issue.
(E) Widows or Widowers of eligible members shall be entitled to receive a maximum annuity of $125 per month.
('74 Code, § 2-5-5) (Ord. 964; Am. Ord. 1936; Am. Ord. 6-1988; Am. Ord. 52-1989)