1. Any employee of the state department of health and senior services employed as such on or after August 28, 1992, is entitled to creditable prior service under the provisions of chapter 104 for service rendered as an employee of a city or county health department organized under the provisions of chapter 192 or chapter 205, or a city health department operating under a city charter or a combined city/county health department prior to becoming a member of the Missouri state employees’ retirement system if credit has not previously been granted for such service and if and to the extent that the employee pays to the Missouri state employees’ retirement system an amount determined by the board of trustees of the Missouri state employees’ retirement system to actuarially fund the creditable prior service of the employee receiving credit therefor.

2. An employee seeking creditable prior service under the provisions of this section shall make application to the board of trustees of the Missouri state employees’ retirement system for the creditable prior service within ninety days after August 28, 1992, or within ninety days after first becoming an employee. The creditable prior service shall be established to the satisfaction of the board of trustees of the Missouri state employees’ retirement system.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 104.552

  • Board of trustees: "board", or "trustees", a board of trustees as established for the applicable system pursuant to this chapter. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • Creditable prior service: the service of an employee which was either rendered prior to the establishment of a system, or prior to the date the employee last became a member of a system, and which is recognized in determining the member's eligibility and for the amount of the member's benefits under a system. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • Department: any department or agency of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the state of Missouri receiving state appropriations, including allocated funds from the federal government but not including any body corporate or politic unless its employees are eligible for retirement coverage from a system pursuant to this chapter as otherwise provided by law. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • employee: shall include :

    a. See Missouri Laws 104.010

  • Fund: the benefit fund of a system established pursuant to this chapter. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • Member: as used in sections 104. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • retirement system: the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, as created by sections 104. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • 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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