Section 86.207

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

Chapter 86

Effective - 28 Aug 2009, 5 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  86.207.  Members of system, who are — reserve officer not a member. — 1. All persons who become policemen and all policemen who enter or reenter the service of the city after the first day of October, 1957, become members as a condition of their employment and shall receive no pensions or retirement allowance from any other pension or retirement system supported wholly or in part by the city or the state of Missouri, nor shall they be required to make contributions under any other pension or retirement system of the city or the state of Missouri, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.

  2. If any member ceases to be in service for more than one year unless the member has attained the age of fifty-five or has twenty years or more of creditable service, or if the member withdraws the member's accumulated contributions or if the member receives benefits under the retirement system or dies, the member thereupon ceases to be a member; except in the case of a member who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States and has subsequently been reinstated as a policeman. A member who has terminated employment as a police officer, has actually retired and is receiving retirement benefits under the system shall be considered a retired member.

  3. A reserve officer shall not be considered a member of the system for the purpose of determining creditable service, nor shall any contributions be due. A reserve officer shall not be entitled to any benefits from the system other than those awarded when the reserve officer originally retired under section 86.250, nor shall service as a reserve officer prohibit distribution of those benefits.

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(L. 1957 p. 256 § 3, A.L. 1959 S.B. 76 § 86.753, A.L. 1965 p. 201, A.L. 1975 S.B. 349, A.L. 1983 H.B. 664, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290, A.L. 2009 H.B. 397 & H.B. 947)