{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-95.855","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 95.855","heading":"Credit for service -- How computed.","body":"(1) Each person becoming a member on the date of establishment shall be entitled to\nfull credit for all service rendered prior to such date. Each person becoming a\nmember after the date of establishment shall be entitled to credit after such date,\nprovided contributions are made for all such subsequent service. Total service shall\ninclude prior service and membership service.\n(2) The following types of service shall be eligible for service credit:\n(a) Service as a full-time member of a department of the city;\n(b) Service in a civilian or other capacity in the service of the city, state of\nKentucky, or the federal government, while on approved leave of absence\nfrom a department, subject to maximum credit for such service of one (1)\nyear;\n(c) Service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States during a period\nof national emergency while on leave of absence from a department, provided\n(1) that such leave -of-absence-service shall not exceed five (5) years, and (2)\nthat such member shall reenter the ser vice of a department of the city within a\nperiod of six (6) months following the date of honorable discharge from such\nservice;\n(d) All service rendered in a civilian capacity as provided in KRS 95.854 (3).\n(3) In the computation of service credit, nine (9) months or more of service during a\nyear shall entitle a member for one (1) year of service; six (6) to nine (9) months of\nservice shall constitute three -quarters (3/4) of a year; three (3) to six (6) months,\none-half (1/2) year; less than three (3) months, one-quarter (1/4) of a year.","path":["KRS Chapter 95"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=26079","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:56Z","sha256":"7c6291bb4699f001d926953b78175a89a0754ee0e052c95375b710a6c6d30211","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-95.854","next":"us-ky/krs-95.856"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}