Prior service, as applied to persons who are members under Section 8.507 of the Charter on the effective date of this ordinance or who retired on or after July 1, 1973, as members under Section 8.507, and who were excluded from membership because of their employment in City and County service in a part-time position, shall mean aggregate City and County service, regardless of breaks in such service, rendered while so excluded on account of such employment. Such part-time service shall be credited only under the condition that it can be verified from a regular City and County payroll or time roll; provided, however, that if it is determined by the Retirement Board that payrolls or time rolls relating to such service were not prepared or have been lost or destroyed, the Retirement Board may determine the periods of such service and the compensation attributable thereto upon presentation of such evidence as it considers appropriate and reliable.
As an exception to the provisions contained in former Section 16.63 of this Code, however, service shall be credited under this Section only if the member so elects on or before February 7, 1975, in the event he is a member on said effective date or in the event he retired on or after July 1, 1973, and, prior to said effective date, or within 90 days after date of membership in the event he becomes a member after the effective date of this Section, and does contribute 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 upon commencement of his membership in the Retirement System, together with the interest which would have accrued on such contributions if they had been made on the effective date of his membership, from that date until completion of payments of those contributions at the rate of interest currently being used from time to time under the system.
All contributions made pursuant to this Section 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, and 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 Section that the provision for prior service credit contained herein would not have been enacted without the condition expressed herein requiring that any recipient of such prior service must actually pay the amount provided for herein, in conformity with the provisions hereof; and, in the absence of strict compliance with such provision for payment by the recipient this Section shall be ineffective.
(Amended by Ord. 210-75, App. 5/21/75; Ord. 326-00, File No. 001921, App. 12/28/2000)