(2) If a pension program member forfeits retirement credit under this section and is subsequently reemployed by a participating public employer:
(a) The person may acquire retirement credit under the pension program only for the purpose of service performed after the person is reemployed; and
(b) Any service performed before the forfeiture may not be credited toward the period of service required by ORS 238A.100 or 238A.115, or toward the accrual of retirement credit under ORS 238A.140, 238A.150 or 238A.155. [2003 c.733 §12]
Note: Sections 5 and 6, chapter 461, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 5. Section 6 of this 2021 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 238A. [2021 c.461 §5]
Sec. 6. Notwithstanding ORS 238A.110 and 238A.145 and in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic, if calendar year 2020 is a member’s fifth consecutive calendar year of performing fewer than 600 hours of service and the member forfeited all retirement credit under ORS 238A.145 at the end of 2020, but the person performs 600 hours or more of service in calendar year 2021, the person’s membership and any retirement credit forfeited at the end of calendar year 2020 shall be restored. [2021 c.461 §6]