95.625 Military service of member, effect on alternative pension fund provisions. Any member of the police or fire department of a city that has adopted the alternative pension fund provisions authorized by KRS 95.621, who, while a member of the police or fire department entered the armed forces of the United States, and who was honora bly discharged therefrom shall upon his return to that police or fire department be entitled to the same pension or benefits provided by KRS 95.621 to 95.629 as if the member had remained on active duty with that police or fire department, and his time ser ved in the armed forces shall be added to his previous service and shall be construed for purposes of eligibility for pensions or benefits, either for himself or his beneficiaries, as a part and continuation of his consecutive years of service with that po lice or fire department; except this section shall apply only to those members who served in World War II or any emergency conflict called by the President of the United States, who apply for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after the date on which th e member first received or could have received an honorable discharge and shall not apply resident of the United States, who apply for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after the date on which th e member first received or could have received an honorable discharge and shall not apply to those members reenlisting in the armed forces of the United States. Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 136, effective January 1 , 2015. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 6.
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