1. As an incident to his or her contract of employment or continued employment, each employee of the state shall become a member of the system on the first day of the first month following the original effective date of sections 104.310 to 104.540, September 1, 1957, and every person thereafter becoming an employee shall become a member at the time of employment. Each employee’s membership shall continue as long as the member continues to be an employee or be on leave for military service or training as hereinafter provided; or receive or be eligible to receive an annuity or benefit.

2. Any member who completes military service or training on or after December 3, 1974, shall receive creditable service and salary credit mandated by federal law under the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 or any successor thereto, or as otherwise provided under federal or state law.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 104.330

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Creditable service: the sum of membership service and creditable prior service, to the extent such service is standing to a member's credit as provided in this chapter. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • employee: shall include :

    a. See Missouri Laws 104.010

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Member: as used in sections 104. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • Military service: all active service performed in the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and members of the United States Public Health Service or any women's auxiliary thereof. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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