Service credit - General rule

A member receives credit for each month a contribution is made. Service credit shall be granted upon proper verification without member contribution after an employee has participated in eligible employment not less than two years for prior service employment as defined in North Dakota Century Code section 54-52-01. For employees employed prior to July 1, 2004, service credit shall be granted upon proper verification without member contribution after an employee has participated in eligible employment not less than two years for: 1. Probationary employment prior to July 1, 1979, that was previously excluded from eligible employment. 2. Eligible employment between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one that was previously excluded by the age limitation of twenty-one for participation in the retirement program. 3. Summer months for eligible school employees for the period July 1, 1979, to July 1, 1982. 4. Former members of the teachers' fund for retirement, job service North Dakota, or highway patrolmen's retirement systems will be granted credit for previous service in these funds if they received a lump sum refund prior to September 1, 1976.