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95.855 Credit for service -- How computed.

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95.855 Credit for service -- How computed. (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 <br>member after the date of establishment shall be entitled to credit after such date, <br>provided contributions are made for all such subsequent service. Total service shall <br>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 city; <br>(b) Service in a civilian or other capacity in the service of the city, state of Kentucky, or the federal government, while on approved leave of absence <br>from a department, subject to maximum credit for such service of one (1) <br>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 <br>(1) that such leave-of-absence-service shall not exceed five (5) years, and (2) <br>that such member shall reenter the service of a department of the city within a <br>period of six (6) months following the date of honorable discharge from such <br>service; (d) All service rendered in a civilian capacity as provided in KRS 95.854 (3). (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 <br>service shall constitute three-quarters (3/4) of a year; three (3) to six (6) months, <br>one-half (1/2) year; less than three (3) months, one-quarter (1/4) of a year. Effective: July 1, 1956 <br>History: Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 5, effective July 1, 1956.