KRS § 95.855 Credit for service -- How computed.

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 member after the date of establishment shall be entitled to credit after such date, provided contributions are made 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 city; (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 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 (1) that such leave-of-absence-service shall not exceed five (5) years, and (2) that such member shall reenter the service of a department of the city within a period of six (6) months following the date of honorable discharge from such 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 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 1, 1956 History: Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 5, effective July 1, 1956.