(a) Any city officer as defined in Section 8-243.2 of this Code, any county officer elected by vote of the people who is a participant in the pension fund established under Article 9 of this Code, and any elected sanitary district commissioner who is a participant in a pension fund established under Article 13 of this Code, may apply for transfer of his or her credits and creditable service accumulated under this System to such Article 8, 9 or 13 fund. Such creditable service shall be transferred forthwith. Payment by this System to the Article 8, 9 or 13 fund shall be made at the same time, and shall consist of:
        (1) the amounts credited to the applicant through
    
employee contributions, including interest if applicable, on the date of transfer; and
        (2) employer contributions equal to the accumulated
    
employee contributions as determined under clause (1) above.
    Participation in this System shall terminate on the date of transfer.

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     (b) Any such elected city officer, county officer or sanitary district commissioner may reinstate credits and creditable service terminated upon receipt of a refund, by repaying to the System the amount of the refund together with interest thereon to the date of payment.