81-2034 Retirement; method of crediting for time served in armed forces; effect. - Nebraska Statutes

81-2034. Retirement; method of crediting for time served in armed forces; effect.(1) Any member of the Nebraska State Patrol who, while a member of the Nebraska State Patrol, entered into and served or shall enter into and serve in the armed forces of the United States during a declared emergency, as defined and prescribed under such rules and regulations as the board may adopt, and who, within six months after honorable discharge or honorable separation from active duty, returned or returns to the service of the state and again becomes a member of the Nebraska State Patrol shall be credited, in determining benefits due such member from the State Patrol Retirement Fund, for all the time actually served in the armed forces as if such person had been in the service of the Nebraska State Patrol throughout such declared emergency service in the armed forces.(2) Under such rules and regulations as the board adopts and promulgates, any member of the Nebraska State Patrol who is reemployed on or after December 12, 1994, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. chapter 43, shall be treated as not having incurred a break in service by reason of his or her period of military service. Such military service shall be credited for purposes of determining the nonforfeitability of the member's accrued benefits and the accrual of benefits under the plan. The state shall be liable for funding any obligation of the plan to provide benefits based upon such period of military service. SourceLaws 1949, c. 177, § 1, p. 481; Laws 1967, c. 391, § 5, p. 1216; Laws 1971, LB 987, § 15; R.S.1943, (1978), § 60-461; Laws 1991, LB 549, § 59; Laws 1996, LB 847, § 38.