§88-50.5  Credit for mandatory maternity
leave.  Any member of the system who was required to take mandatory
maternity leave prior to July 1, 1973, may be credited up to four years of
membership service credit for mandatory maternity leave; provided that the
maximum credit for each pregnancy shall be limited to twelve months.



A member's maternity leave shall be considered
service in the member's occupation at the time the leave was taken and may be
credited in accordance with sections 88-59, 88-272, and 88-324.



Any retirant, who returns to employment and is
reenrolled as a member of the system and who has at least three years of
credited service in the system during the period of reemployment, may be
credited with membership service credit for maternity leave as provided in this
section. [L 1990, c 104, §2; am L 2004, c 179, §6]