Sec. 4.1080.20. Buy Back Program for Governmental Service and Periods of Uncompensated Maternity Leave from City Service.

or disability under Section 4.1080.8, nor toward any period of service as a contributing member of the Retirement System required to establish eligibility for service retirement under Section 4.1080.5 or deferred service retirement under Section 4.1080.6. (d) Application to Purchase Buy Back Credit. A member electing to buy back credit for previous service with other governmental entities or for periods of uncompensated maternity leave shall file with the Board of Administration a written application identifying the time periods and agencies for which credit is to be purchased. Buy back credit for one or more periods of full-time service with another governmental entity may be purchased, except, however, such purchase shall be limited to not less than six (6) months of uninterrupted service from a single entity. The six (6) month minimum requirement does not apply to the uncompensated maternity leave. (e) Written Agreement and Cost of Purchase. A member electing to buy back credit described herein shall enter into a written agreement with the Retirement System. Such agreement shall specify the amount to be paid for the purchase of this service credit. The cost to purchase service credit shall be determined as follows: (1) Up to five (5) years of military service and up to one (1) year of uncompensated maternity leave per pregnancy may be purchased at the cost which would have applied had such service been at the cost which would have applied had such service been purchased pursuant to the Tier 1 Government Service Buy Back Program set forth in Section 4.1020 of this Code. Military time in excess of five (5) years must be purchased at the cost provided in Subsection (e)(2) below. No member shall be permitted to purchase more than one (1) year of uncompensated maternity leave per pregnancy. (2) The cost for all service purchased under this exception, except for service that qualifies for purchase under Subsection (e)(1) above, shall be determined as follows: The member’s contribution rate, as established in 4.1080.3(a), shall be combined with the “City Contribution Rate” (as defined below) to establish the total percent of the member’s compensation, at the time of purchase, that is to be paid for the total length of the period of service credit that the member agrees to purchase.