(a) Any employee member having been a full-time employee in the unclassified service of the city, prior to January 1, 1989, as a common laborer for less than 10 years, shall have had the election options available under the terms of subsection (d) of Section 45-37A-51.162 and Section 45-37A-51.163 and shall have purchased time not later than May 15, 1989. In the case of reemployment of an unclassified employee, such employee with unclassified time prior to January 1, 1989, and having received a return of contributions at his or her termination of prior employment, may purchase this creditable service time as otherwise provided in Section 45-37A-51.195. The city shall pay an amount equal to the employee’s total cost of purchase for prior credited service into the fund for the city’s contribution for the period of service.
(b) To receive credit in the system for such prior unclassified service, the employee member shall first have waived in writing all his or her rights to allowances or benefits under any retirement or relief system created only for unclassified employees of the city and shall have paid the amount into the fund within 60 days after date that this section becomes effective or that he or she becomes a participant; whichever of these periods last expires.
Last modified: May 3, 2021