Sec. 121.208. - Purchase of wartime military service; military leaves of absence.

(a) Subject to the entitlement to benefit limitations described in Section 121.107 (a) existing at the time of purchase, Members of the Police and Fire Pension Fund may purchase up to 24 months of wartime military service for credited service towards retirement based on the following definitions: World War II, December 7, 1941—December 31, 1946; Korean Conflict, June 27, 1950—January 31, 1955; Vietnam Era, August 5, 1964—May 7, 1975; Persian Gulf (Desert Shield and Desert Storm), August 2, 1990 to a date to be determined by Congress. (b) Members of the fund must apply for purchase of wartime military service and will be required to pay into the Pension Fund an amount equal to 20 percent of the base pay the Member was earning on the date of application, to be paid as directed by the Board. Notwithstanding the provisions contained herein and in Section 116.501 , Ordinance Code, no Member of the Fund shall be entitled to receive time service credit for military service that was rendered during periods where the Member has already earned time service credit for such period(s) while serving as an active contributing Member of the Fund. (c) Section 116.501 shall govern the pension benefits available to a Member of the Police and Fire Pension Fund who is on a military leave of absence, as described in Section 116.501 (a). (Ord. 91-1017-605, § 6; Ord. 97-340-E, § 5; Ord. 97-1103-E, § 8; Ord. 98-990-E, § 3; Ord. 2000-1164-E, § 6; Ord. 2002-1213-E, § 5; Ord. 2003-303-E, § 1; Ord. 2017-259-E , § 1)