Hawaii § 88-57 - Prior service generally.

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§ 88-57. Prior service generally.

Prior service is credited without cost to the member entitled thereto. Prior service includes: (1) Service as an employee rendered (A) By an employee of the Territory prior to January 1, 1926, or (B) By an employee of any county prior to January 1, 1928, (2) Service in a similar capacity paid for by the Republic of Hawaii or by the preceding provisional or monarchial governments, (3) All service creditable to the employee under any other retirement system supported wholly or in part by the State at the time the 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 at any time between the dates of April 5, 1917, and July 2, 1920, which service necessitated separation at the time of its inception from existing Territorial or county employment, (5) Service as an employee during the period from January 1, 1926, to December 31, 1927, in the case of a member who became an employee of the Territory during said period was in the regular employ of any county immediately prior to the time the member became a Territorial employee and was an employee of the Territory on January 1, 1928, and (6) Other areas or periods of service described and designated 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; am L 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] Previous Vol02_Ch0046-0115 Next

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