§88-42  Membership generally.  Except as
otherwise provided in this part, all employees of the Territory or any county
on July 1, 1945, shall be members of the system on that date, and all persons
who thereafter enter or reenter the service of the State or any county shall
become members at the time of their entry or reentry.



Per diem workers shall become eligible for
membership on January 1, 1952, and all persons who are employed as per diem
workers after December 31, 1951, shall become members of the system.  Any
person who was a per diem worker before January 1, 1952, so long as the person
is employed as a per diem worker, shall not be required to become a member or
to remain a member if the person has elected before October 2, 1953, to
withdraw as a member.



Members of the legislature shall become
eligible for membership on July 1, 1951.  Any member of the legislature in
service on July 1, 1951, or thereafter entering the legislature, shall become a
member or elect to be excluded from membership in the system as provided in
section 88-42.6. [L 1925, c 55, §3(1); am L 1927, c 223, §1; am imp L 1927, c
251, §§1, 2, 5; am imp L 1929, c 190, §1; RL 1935, §7922; RL 1945, pt of §703;
am L 1945, c 73, pt of §1(b); am L 1951, c 110, §1(b); am L 1953, c 37, §1(c);
RL 1955, pt of §6-23; HRS §88-42; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1993; am L
2008, c 47, §4]



 



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  A retired government
employee who accepts reemployment may not receive the retiree's retirement
allowance during the retiree's reemployment period.  Att. Gen. Op. 66-26.