§88-59.5  Previous membership service creditfor legislative officers.  (a)  Any member who on July 1, 1991, was servingor previously served as an assistant clerk or assistant sergeant at arms ofeither house of the legislature and becomes eligible for retirement benefits asa class A member as provided under sections 88-73(a), 88-74(a)(3), and 88-76shall be entitled to full service credit as a class A member for any eligibleservice prior to July 1, 1991; provided that:

(1)  The member claims those years as membershipservice credit and purchases that membership service credit in accordance withsection 88-59; and

(2)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary:

(A)  If the member was a class A member of thesystem and elected to become a class C member pursuant to section 88-271, themember repurchases all the years of service as a class C member in accordancewith the procedures under section 88-59 to regain standing as a contributorymember; and

(B)  A class C member shall be credited forservice as an assistant clerk or assistant sergeant at arms under section 88-59in a lump sum nonrefundable payment and receive retirement benefits as providedin this section.

(b)  Any retirant who returns to employment andis enrolled as a member of the system will have previous service as anassistant clerk or assistant sergeant at arms recognized as provided in thissection. [L 1991, c 96, §1(1); am L 2005, c 58, §6; am L 2007, c 215, §5]