(1) Each person becoming a member on the date of establishment shall be entitled to full credit for all service rendered prior to such date. Each person becoming a member after the date of establishment shall be entitled to credit after such date, provided contributions are made or, after August 1, 1982, picked up pursuant to KRS § 67A.510(2) for all such subsequent service. Total service shall include prior service and membership service.
(2) The following types of service shall be eligible for service credit:
(a) Service as a full-time member of a department of the government;
(b) Service in a civilian or other capacity in the service of the government, Commonwealth of Kentucky, or the federal government, while on approved leave of absence from a department, subject to maximum credit for such service of one (1) year;
(c) Service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States during a period of national emergency while on leave of absence from a department, provided that such leave-of-absence-service shall not exceed five (5) years, and that such member shall reenter the service of a department of the government within a period of six (6) months following the date of separation other than by dishonorable discharge from such service; and
(d) All service rendered in a civilian capacity as provided in subsection (3) of
KRS § 67A.390.
(3) In the computation of service credit, nine (9) months or more of service during a year shall entitle a member for one (1) year of service; six (6) to nine (9) months of service shall constitute three-quarters (3/4) of a year; three (3) to six (6) months, one-half (1/2) year; less than three (3) months, one-quarter (1/4) of a year.
Effective: July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 39, effective July 15, 1982. — Created
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 5, effective July 1, 1974.