Notwithstanding the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 74-4914 and amendments thereto, a member who was born on December 1, 1942, who was employed from August 1967, to August 1975, by a first class city which maintains its own local pension plan and who became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on August 14, 1976, may count such service with such first class city in determining whether such employee has met the years of credited service requirements contained in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 74-4914 and amendments thereto.