§ 62-188. Service in the uniformed services of the United States.

(a)

If an employee shall have been absent from service because of service in the uniformed services of the United States and if he shall have returned to service as an employee having applied to return while his reemployment rights were protected by law, that absence shall count as credited service.

(b)

If a member who returns to service as an employee in accordance with subsection (a) of this section makes the contributions that would have been required by section 62-207 had he not been in the uniformed services, his period of service in the uniformed services shall be counted as contributing service. The member may make those contributions at any time within a period beginning on his return to service as an employee which is equal to three times his period of service in the uniformed services, but not longer than five years. For purposes of determining the amount of the member's contributions that would have been required by section 62-207, a member's compensation during his period of service in the uniformed services shall be deemed to be the compensation he would have received for that period had he remained an employee of the city or, if that compensation is not reasonably certain, his average compensation for the 12-month period immediately preceding his service in the uniformed services.

(c)

For purposes of this section, the terms "service in the uniformed services of the United States" and "uniformed services" shall have the meaning given to those terms in sections 4303(13) and 4303(16) of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, respectively.

(Code 1979, § 2-314.1.13)