KRS 95.625: Military service of member, effect on alternative pension fund provisions.

Any member of the police or fire department of a city that has adopted the alternative

pension fund provisions authorized by KRS 95.621, who, while a member of the police or

fire department entered the armed forces of the United States, and who was honora bly

discharged therefrom shall upon his return to that police or fire department be entitled to

the same pension or benefits provided by KRS 95.621 to 95.629 as if the member had

remained on active duty with that police or fire department, and his time ser ved 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; except

this section shall apply only to those members who served in World War II or any

emergency conflict called by the President of the United States, who apply for

reinstatement 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.