(a) An active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System who has been a member of the system for at least 10 years, may claim and purchase credit not to exceed six years in the retirement system for prior service rendered while employed in a program in the office of a local district attorney which was a nonparticipant in the retirement system during the period of the prior service or for prior service rendered as an official court reporter when court reporters were not allowed to participate in the retirement system, or for both. The prior service credit may be purchased if the member has not received credit for the prior service claimed in any public pension system or as a supernumerary and the member complies with the provisions set forth in subsection (b).
(b) Each person eligible to claim and purchase credit for any prior service under subsection (a) shall be awarded creditable service under the Employees' Retirement System provided he or she shall pay into the retirement system, prior to October 1, 1996, a lump sum equal to a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation, or average compensation for the two years immediately prior to the purchase, whichever is greater, for each year of service credit purchased; the applicable percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or average compensation, whichever is greater, shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation.
Last modified: May 3, 2021