Missouri § 56.823 - Prior service, credit, limitation, amount.
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§ 56.823. Prior service, credit, limitation, amount.
1. Any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who becomes a member of the system on the effective date of the establishment of the system* shall be given full credit for prior service as prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney in this state and seventy-five percent credit for prior service as an assistant prosecuting or assistant circuit attorney in this state for such time as the individual expended sixty percent of the individual's time or more fulfilling prosecutorial duties.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who is serving as such on August 28, 1993, who also served as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney prior to the establishment of the system* shall be allowed creditable prior service for the service that was performed prior to the establishment of the system*.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who was not a member of the system on the effective date of the establishment of the system* but who is serving as such on August 28, 1996, and who also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney prior to the establishment of the system* and who expended at least sixty percent of the time as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney fulfilling prosecutorial duties shall be allowed creditable prior service for seventy-five percent of such service as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney that was performed prior to the establishment of the system*.
4. All such prior service shall be established to the satisfaction of the board.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.825, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169, A.L. 1995 H.B. 416, et al.)
*August 28, 1989, is the effective date of the establishment of the system as defined in section 56.805.
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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