Prior service, as applied to persons who are members under Section 8.507 of the Charter and who were excluded from membership because of their employment in City and County service in a temporary position, shall mean aggregate City and County service, regardless of breaks in such service, rendered while so excluded on account of such employment. As an exception to the provisions contained in former Section 16.63 of this Code, however, service shall be credited under this paragraph only if the member elects prior to the effective date of retirement to contribute, and does contribute, prior to the effective date of retirement, in a manner and at times approved by the Retirement Board, an amount equal to contributions determined by applying, to the compensation earned by him in such service, the rate of contribution first applicable to him upon commencement of his membership in the Retirement System. All contributions made pursuant to this paragraph shall be administered in the manner provided herein for normal contributions, except that the annuity provided upon retirement of the member, by such contributions, plus credited interest, shall not be matched by the City and County, and instead, such annuity shall be deducted from the pension payable to such member on account of prior service. Only the remainder of such prior service pension shall be payable from contributions of the City and County. It is hereby declared to be the intent of this paragraph that the provisions for prior service credit contained herein would not have been enacted without the condition expressed herein requiring that any recipient of such prior service credit must actually pay the amount provided for herein in conformity with the provisions hereof. In absence of strict compliance with such provision for payment by the recipient, this paragraph shall be ineffective.
(Added by Ord. 272-67, App. 10/17/67; amended by Ord. 326-00, File No. 001921, App. 12/28/2000)