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Purchasing Service Credit Only active KCERA members may purchase and receive retirement service credit for allowable prior public, prior County or prior District service. Please click on one of the options below to view specific information about purchasing prior service.
Purchasing Prior Public Service If you were in public service before becoming a member of KCERA, you may elect to purchase and receive retirement service credit for allowable public service time. Allowable prior public service includes service with the federal government, including active military service, service with the State of California, service with any county or city in California, or service with any public district in Kern County. Generally, you may not purchase prior public service with KCERA if you are eligible to receive a pension from your public agency employer because of the service rendered for that agency. You must make application to the KCERA office in order to purchase prior public service time. No prior public service can be purchased unless the previous employer can certify the time. While it is the employee's responsibility to provide certification of employment, the KCERA office will assist the employee by forwarding completed applications to the previous employer retirement system for certification. To expedite processing, please provide accurate information about your former public employer's retirement system. Instructions
for your eligibility for retirement. Service credit received for the purchase of prior public service is added after eligibility for vesting and retirement are determined. IMPORTANT: Prior to July 1997, you must have been employed by Kern County on or before November 13, 1969 to be eligible to purchase prior public service. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) adopted in July 1997 allows all eligible members to purchase prior public service time. Certain special districts did not adopt all provisions of this MOU and, in such cases, you may be ineligible to purchase prior public service. Purchasing Prior Kern County Service You may purchase and receive retirement service credit in KCERA for any Kern County or District service that you rendered prior to becoming a member. Such service includes extra help, per diem, temporary and part-time service. You may not purchase and receive service credit for employment as an independent contractor or employment for which you are eligible to participate in another retirement system. If you have reentered KCERA after terminating and withdrawing contributions, you may redeposit any contributions previously refunded and regain service credit for your previous service. If you have any medical Leaves of Absence without pay, you may purchase and receive service credit for such leaves once you have returned to duty with your employer. You may not purchase Leaves of Absence for any non-medical leaves, including family care leaves. Maternity leaves are only purchasable to the extent that it is medically necessary for the member to be off work. If you were laid off and re-employed within one year under your employer's procedures for returning laid off employees to work, you may purchase and receive credit for the period of the layoff. Instructions
This site is intended for general purposes only. See disclaimer for terms and usage. © 2001-2007 Kern County Employees' Retirement Association. All Rights Reserved. If you have comments about the KCERA website, please send to: webmaster@kcera.org. |
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