KRS 95.565: Credit under pension system established under KRS 95.520 for time spent

in Armed Forces.

Any member of the police or fire department of a city with a pension fund established

under KRS 95.520, who, while a member of the police or fire department, ent ered the

Armed Forces of the United States, and who was honorably discharged therefrom, shall

upon his return to that police or fire department be entitled to the same pension or

benefits provided by KRS 95.560, and his beneficiaries shall be entitled to t he same

pension under KRS 95.550, as if the member had remained on active duty with that

police or fire department, and his time served in the Armed Forces shall be added to his

previous service and shall be construed for purposes of eligibility for pensions or benefits,

either for himself or his beneficiaries, as a part and continuation of his consecutive years

of service with that police or fire department. This section shall apply only to those

members who served in World War II, who apply for reinstatem ent within ninety (90)

days after the date on which the member first received or could have received an

honorable discharge, and shall not apply to those members reenlisting in the Armed

Forces of the United States.