Each person becoming a member on the date of establishment shall be entitled to full credit for all service rendered prior to that date. Each person becoming a member after the date of establishment shall be entitled to credit after that 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 the Police Department of the Metro Government;
(B) Service as a full-time member of the special park police prior to their transfer into the regular police force of the Metro Government;
(C) Service in a civilian or other capacity in the service of the city, county, state, or the federal government, while on an approved leave of absence from the Police Department;
(D) Service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States during a period of national emergency while on leave of absence from the Police Department, provided that no more than one year of such service shall be granted for each four years of service in the Police Department, and that the member reenters the service of the Police Department within a period of 90 days following the date of honorable discharge from such service;
(E) All service rendered in a civilian capacity prior to June 1, 1949, or rendered as a member of the pension system established by Ordinance No. 90, Series 1949, as amended, or rendered as a member of this plan;
(F) In determining the amount of any annuity or other benefit payable pursuant to §§ 32.118, 32.120 or 32.122, a member shall have added to his or her service time credit for accumulated unused sick leave at the rate of one month service for each ten days of accumulated unused sick leave. Such unused accumulation shall be included only for calculating benefits and shall not be included in determining eligibility for benefits of any sort hereunder.
(G) Any member of this plan or a predecessor plan who had terminated employment and was subsequently rehired prior to July 1, 1973, shall receive credit for such prior period or periods of service provided that before January 1, 1974, he or she returns to the Fund all previously refunded contributions, without interest. Any member who is reemployed on or after July 1, 1973, shall receive credit for such prior period or periods of service provided that, within one year after reemployment, he or she returns to the Fund all previously refunded contributions, with interest at 6% per annum compounded annually from the date of payment of such refund by the Fund to the date the member refunds such amount. If any refund is payable hereunder by a member, and such refund is not made, he or she shall not receive credit for such prior period or periods of service. If the terminating member has received no refunds, he or she shall be automatically credited with his or her prior service at time of reemployment.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 36.104) (Lou. Ord. No. 91-1973, approved 6-29-1973; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 64-2004, approved 6-3-2004)