§ 47-2-302. Application for membership - Assistant Commissioner as member of System - Make-up contributions by certain employees.

A.  Any person eligible to become a member of the System shall file a written application therefor with the Board, and shall continue thereafter as a member of the System so long as the employee meets membership requirements.  For the purposes of computing contributions, employee contributions, pensions and annuities, the Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety shall be classified and categorized as a member of the System.

B.  The Board may, after a hearing held for such purpose, allow employees of the Department of Public Safety who were hired by the Department after September 30, 1939, and prior to July 1, 1981, to pay to the System an amount equal to what the employee would have paid to the System if the employee had been enrolled in the System from the time of first employment.  The Board shall determine any interest due on the amount paid pursuant to this subsection.  Any payments allowed pursuant to this subsection shall be made prior to January 1, 1982.

Laws 1961, p. 331, § 2-302; Laws 1975, c. 365, § 1, operative July 1, 1975; Laws 1980, c. 357, § 6, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1981, c. 227, § 3, operative July 1, 1981.