§ 2.72.080. Authorization of restricted prior service credit.

A.

On the terms and conditions set out in Section 853.305 of Subtitle G of Title 8, Texas Government Code, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "TMRS Act"), each member of the Texas Municipal Retirement System (hereinafter referred to as the "system") who is now or who hereafter becomes an employee of the city shall receive restricted prior service credit for service previously performed as an employee of any of the entities described in said Section 853.305 provided that: (1) the person does not otherwise have credited service in the system for all that service; and (2) the service meets the requirements of said Section 853.305.

B.

The service credit granted may be used only to satisfy length-of-service requirements for retirement eligibility, has no monetary value in computing the annuity payments allowable to the member, and may not be used in other computations, including computation of updated service credits.

C.

A member seeking to establish restricted prior service credit under this section must take the action required under said Section 853.305 while still an employee of the city.

D.

This section shall become effective on the first day of January, 1998.

(Prior code § 2-143.1)