169.589. Discharge from armed forces, defined--members may elect to pay contribution to system for service time--reemployment by school district, contribution by district to be paid, when. - Missouri Statutes

Discharge from armed forces, defined--members may elect to paycontribution to system for service time--reemployment by schooldistrict, contribution by district to be paid, when.

169.589. 1. A member of the system established by sections 169.010to 169.141 or sections 169.600 to 169.715 who entered the uniformedservices of the United States of America, and who is reemployed pursuant tothe Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, orany subsequent revisions, shall be deemed to have been an employee forpurposes of vesting and because of qualifying service in the uniformedservices of the United States shall not be subject to the provisions ofsubsection 4 of section 169.050 or subsection 3 of section 169.650 withregard to termination of membership. In addition, such a member may electwithin the period allowed by the Uniformed Services Employment andReemployment Rights Act of 1994 to pay the contributions the member wouldhave paid but for service in the uniformed services. Upon completingpayment, the member shall be entitled at retirement to payment of benefitsbased on the period of service. When a member has elected to makecontributions as described in this section, the school district reemployingthe member shall pay the employer contributions it would have paid withrespect to the individual, with interest. The board of trustees of theretirement system may adopt rules for administration of this sectionconsistent with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment RightsAct of 1994.

2. For the purposes of this chapter, "discharge from the armedforces" means the final date of discharge and shall not mean the last dayof active duty.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1505 § 2, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860)