§ 2-68. Prior service credit for probationary employment.

(a)

Any employee of the City of Gainesville who is a member of the Texas Municipal Retirement System and who performed service as a probationary employee for this city prior to September 1, 1989, for which the employee did not receive credited service in the Texas Municipal Retirement System because the person, as a probationary employee was not enrolled as a member of the Texas Municipal Retirement System during the period of probationary employment, is hereby allowed to obtain prior service credit for the period of such probationary service (not in excess of six (6) months), pursuant to the provisions of section 853.303, Title 8 of the Government Code.

(b)

To obtain prior service credit allowable under subsection (a) of this section any employee entitled thereto shall file a detailed written statement of the service claimed with the city secretary within one (1) year of the effective date of this section.

(c)

As soon as practicable after the employee has filed a claim the prior service credit under section 853.303, Title 8 of the Government Code, the city finance director shall, if said officer determines that such service was performed as claimed, verify the prior service allowable (not exceeding six (6) months) and the average monthly compensation paid the member during the probationary employment, and shall certify to the board of trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System the creditable prior service approved, and the average monthly compensation paid to the person by the City of Gainesville during the period of probationary employment.

(Ord. No. 622-12-94, §§ 1—3, 12-6-94)

Editor's note

Secs. 1—3 of Ord. No. 622-12-94, adopted Dec. 6, 1994, did not specifically amend this Code; hence, inclusion as § 2-68 was at the discretion of the editor.