Military service credit

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RS 152 - Military service credit

A. The provisions of this Section are applicable to persons who become members of the public retirement systems listed in Subsection B of this Section after January, 1982.

B. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to all public state, parochial, and municipal retirement systems established by state law.

C. Except for credit for military service purchased on an actuarial basis, if credit for military service is otherwise allowed by a retirement system set forth in Subsection B of this Section, it shall be allowable only for members who leave employment covered by the retirement system to which they belong to enter the military service, and who return to employment covered by a system set forth in Subsection B of this Section within one year after release from such military service. In other respects, the terms and conditions of the receipt of such credit shall be controlled by the law governing each particular retirement system.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 889, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 769, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 42:697.10 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 2018, No. 225, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.


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