§ 203-7. Members Not To Belong to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund.

(a)

A member of the police or fire division who becomes a City Employee in a position covered by this Retirement System shall not become a Member of this system if such Employee continues to be a member of the Police and Fire Pension Fund ("PFPF") and the City and the Employee are required to make contributions to PFPF based upon the employment with the City. If the City and the Employee are not required to make contributions to PFPF based upon employment with the City, the Employee shall become a Member of this Retirement System.

(b)

If an Employee described in paragraph (a) becomes a Member of this Retirement System, the Employee may be permitted to purchase additional Creditable Service for such period of service in the police and fire division pursuant to Section 203-8. If the Employee is not permitted to purchase Creditable Service under Section 203-8, the Employee shall be permitted to purchase additional Creditable Service for such period of service in accordance with the provisions of Section 203-7-B.

(C.O. 203-3; a. Ord. No. 22-1965, eff. Feb. 19, 1965; a. Ord. No. 90-1966, eff. Mar. 2, 1966; a. Ord. No. 157-1967, eff. Apr. 26, 1967, renumbered to C.M.C. 203-7, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 300-1979, eff. Aug. 4, 1979; a. Ord. No. 545-1983, eff. Dec. 23, 1983; a. Ord. No. 352-2001, eff. Oct. 31, 2001; a. Ord. No. 336-2016, § 1, eff. Nov. 26, 2016; Emer. Ord. No. 357-2017, § 2, eff. Dec. 20, 2017)