A.
Eligibility. An employee who is a member of the eligible class of employees shall be eligible for plan participation, provided that he agrees to make the mandatory contributions as set forth in § 91-21.
B.
Eligible class
of employees. Employees of the employer who are employed as police
officers on a regularly scheduled, full time basis shall be eligible
to be covered under the plan. Any police officer employed as a temporary,
special, part-time, or permanent part-time officer of the employer
shall not be considered a member of the eligible class of employees.
C.
Entry date. An
eligible employee shall participate in the plan on the first day he
performs one hour of service.
A participant shall continue to be an active
participant of the plan so long as he is a member of the eligible
class of employees. He shall become an inactive participant immediately
if he ceases to be a member of the eligible class of employees or
terminates employment. He shall cease participation completely upon
the later of his receipt of a total distribution of his nonforfeitable
accrued benefit under the plan or the forfeiture of the nonvested
portion of the accrued benefit.
A.
If a participant
becomes an inactive participant, because he is no longer a member
of the eligible class of employees; such inactive participant shall
become an active participant immediately upon returning to the eligible
class of employees. In the event an employee who is not a member of
an eligible class of employees becomes a member of an eligible class,
such employee shall participate immediately.
B.
If a participant
incurs a break in service, he shall become an active participant immediately
upon returning to employment.
