Eligibility requirements; exceptions.

Sec. 43b. A member who contributes to the member investment plan shall have the eligibility requirements of section 81 except as follows: The age 55 requirement of section 81(1)(a) shall not apply. The 10 years of credited service requirement of section 81(1)(b) shall be 5 years if the member is working as a public school employee and the member received credited service in each of the 5 school fiscal years immediately preceding the retirement allowance effective date. History: Add. 1985, Act 91, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1985; Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989