Sec. 120.302. - Membership.

(a) Consistent with the provisions of Chapter 16 of the City Charter, full-time civil service employees not eligible for membership in another City-sponsored pension plan shall become members of the Plan. (1) Employees who previously met the requirements of Members, who leave employment with the City of Jacksonville but do not remove their contributions from the Retirement Plan, upon being rehired, may re-enroll in the Retirement Plan and be considered Members as defined herein. (2) Employees who previously met the requirements of Members, who leave employment with the City of Jacksonville and remove their contributions from the Retirement Plan, upon being rehired, shall not be entitled to re-enroll in the Retirement Plan and shall not be considered Members as defined herein. (3) Employees hired on or after October 1, 2017, shall never be eligible to be Members of the Retirement Plan. Employees hired on or after October 1, 2017, shall be members of the Corrections Employees Defined Contribution Plan provided for in Part V, Subpart B. (b) Appointed and elected officials and permanent employees not in the civil service system may opt to become members of the Plan, consistent with Section 16.04 of the City Charter. Elected officials eligible to receive benefits under this System or any prior Plan shall be permitted to continue to receive those benefits. (c) All applicants for membership in the System shall be required to undergo a physical examination for the purpose of determining pre-existing medical conditions. No condition of health shall preclude a person elected or hired by the City from membership, but no application for disability retirement shall be based on a pre-existing medical condition revealed by the physical examination provided for in this paragraph. Any applicant determined to have a pre-existing medical condition shall, as a condition of admission to the System, waive the right to receive a disability or pre-retirement death benefit based on that condition in a form acceptable to the Board. (d) Membership in the System shall be deemed to commence after an applicant has completed the required physical examination, has executed any appropriate waiver forms, and has submitted all required enrollment forms, and shall be coincident with the first pay period in which employee contributions are made. (Ord. 2005-432-E, § 2; Ord. 2017-258-E , § 1)