Sec. 853.303. PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT FOR SERVICE FOR NONPARTICIPATING DEPARTMENT. (a) The governing body of a participating municipality by ordinance may authorize the granting of prior service credit in the retirement system to an employee who is a member of the retirement system and who became a member as an employee of a participating department of the municipality, for service performed, before the person's date of membership, as an employee of a department of the same municipality that was not participating in the retirement system at the time of the service but later became a participating department.
(b) A member may claim prior service credit under this section by filing, not later than one year after the effective date of the ordinance authorizing the credit, a detailed statement of the service with the clerk or secretary of the municipality.
(c) As soon as practicable after a member has filed a statement of prior service under this section, the municipality shall verify the prior service claimed and certify to the board of trustees the creditable prior service approved and the average monthly compensation paid to the member during the period of the service.
(d) After receiving a certification of prior service and average monthly compensation under this section, the board of trustees shall:
(1) determine the prior service credit allowable to the member in the manner provided by Section 853.105; and
(2) issue to the member a prior service certificate as provided by Section 853.106.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 136, Sec. 1, eff. May 25, 1989. Renumbered from Title 110B, Sec. 63.303 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1100, Sec. 4.08(a)(1) to (3), eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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