§88-57  Prior service generally.  Priorservice is credited without cost to the member entitled thereto.  Prior serviceincludes:

(1)  Service as an employee rendered

(A)  By an employee of the Territory prior toJanuary 1, 1926, or

(B)  By an employee of any county prior toJanuary 1, 1928,

(2)  Service in a similar capacity paid for by theRepublic of Hawaii or by the preceding provisional or monarchial governments,

(3)  All service creditable to the employee under anyother retirement system supported wholly or in part by the State at the timethe employee became a member of this system,

(4)  Periods of honorable service in the army, navy,marine corps, coast guard and public health services of the United States atany time between the dates of April 5, 1917, and July 2, 1920, whichservice necessitated separation at the time of its inception from existingTerritorial or county employment,

(5)  Service as an employee during the period fromJanuary 1, 1926, to December 31, 1927, in the case of a member whobecame an employee of the Territory during said period was in the regularemploy of any county immediately prior to the time the member became aTerritorial employee and was an employee of the Territory on January 1,1928, and

(6)  Other areas or periods of service described anddesignated in this part to constitute prior service. [L 1925, c 55, pt of §4;am L 1927, c 223, §2; am imp L 1927, c 251, §§1, 2; am imp L 1929, c 190, §1;am imp L 1931, c 219, §§1, 2, 3; RL 1935, pt of §7923; am L 1935, c 48, §6; amL 1937, c 235, §1; RL 1945, pt of §704; am L 1945, c 73, pt of §1(c); RL 1955,§6-30; HRS §88-57; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]