A.(1)  Each member shall receive credit for service rendered as an employee of the City prior to the effective date for which he shall have received salary.

(2)  Each member shall receive credit for service rendered on or after the effective date for which he shall have received salary and for which he shall have made contributions.

B.  The board shall determine by rule the amount of service in any year that is equivalent to a year of service. In no case shall less than twelve days of service, nor less than nine months of service constitute a year of service.  Proportionate credit shall be granted for service of less than nine months of service during a year.  Not more than one year of service credit shall be allowed for all service rendered during any one calendar year.

C.  Credit as service for the purposes of this Part shall be granted for any time a member shall have served in the armed forces of the United States after September 23, 1940, during War or during the national emergency proclaimed by the President of the United States on December 16, 1950, provided the member shall have been an employee of the City on the date of entry into military service by enlistment or induction, and re-entered, or shall re-enter the service of the City within a period of six months after the date of termination of his military service.

Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §6, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.