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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="23-306.3" title_number="23" title_name="Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to a member of the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System who is subject to the contributory pension benefit or the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A member who is subject to the contributory pension benefit is entitled to the eligibility service to which the member was entitled before the separation from employment if the member:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>separated from employment on or before June 30, 1998;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>was not entitled to a vested allowance from the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System at the time of the separation from employment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>becomes a member who is subject to the contributory pension benefit on or before June 30, 2003;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>completes 1 year of employment as a member who is subject to the contributory pension benefit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>did not transfer to the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System from the Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement System after April 1, 1998; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>applies for the prior eligibility service credit by completing a claim for the service credit and filing it with the Board of Trustees on the form that the Board of Trustees provides.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A member who is subject to the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection is entitled to the eligibility service to which the member was entitled before the separation from employment if the member:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>was separated from employment for less than 4 years;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>was not entitled to a vested allowance from the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System at the time of separation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>becomes a member who is subject to the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection on or before June 30, 2010;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>completes 1 year of employment as a member who is subject to the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>did not transfer to the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System from the Employees’ Retirement System or Teachers’ Retirement System after April 1, 1998;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>applies for the prior eligibility service credit by completing a claim for the service credit and filing it with the Board of Trustees on a form that the Board of Trustees provides; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>deposits into the annuity savings fund the member contributions, if any, that would have been due for the period of service if the member had been subject to the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection, plus regular interest on the contributions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A member shall receive eligibility service credit under this section by completing a claim for the service credit and filing it with the Board of Trustees on the form that the Board of Trustees provides at any time before retirement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When a member receives credit for eligibility service under subsection (b) of this section from another system, the member has no further rights in the other system.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a member withdrew the member’s accumulated contributions after the prior separation from employment, the member shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>redeposit any of the amounts withdrawn with regular interest to the date of redeposit; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on retirement, the individual’s retirement allowance shall be reduced by the actuarial equivalent of the accumulated contributions withdrawn with regular interest to the date of retirement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
