§ 2-214. Authorization of restricted prior service credit.

(a)

On the terms and conditions set out in sections 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 this city shall receive restricted prior service credit for service previously performed as an employee of any of any of the entities described in said section 853.305 provided that (1) the persons does not otherwise have credited service in the system for that service, and (2) the service meets the requirements of said section 853.305.

(b)

The service credit hereby 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 ordinance must take the action required under said section 853.305 while still an employee of this city.

(Ord. No. 96-106, § 1, 6-25-96)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 96-106, § 1, adopted June 25, 1996, did not specifically amend the Code; hence, inclusion of its provisions as § 2-214 was at the discretion of the editor.