(A) 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. 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.
(B) The following types of service shall be eligible for service credit:
(1) Service as a full-time member of either department.
(2) 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 year;
(3) Service in any branch of armed forces of the United States during a period of national emergency while on leave of absence from a department, provided:
(a) That such leave-of-absence-service shall not exceed five years; and
(b) That such member shall re-enter the service of a department of the city within a period of six months following the date of honorable discharge from such service.
(4) All service rendered in a civilian capacity as provided in § 36.088(C).
(C) In the computation of service credit, nine months or more of service during a year shall entitle a member of one year of service; six to nine months of service shall constitute three-quarters of a year; three to six months, one-half year; less than three months, one-quarter of a year.
(Ord. 87-26, passed 7-28-87)