§22-201. Membership Upon Employment.


(1) Employees first hired before January 8, 1987.[5] All employees who were hired, rehired or first elected before January 8, 1987, shall be members of Plan D, Plan J or Plan X of the Retirement System, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to § 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment) or are Police or Fire employees covered by subsection (3). Of these employees:

(a) All municipal employees are members of Plan J which covers members of the Municipal Division Old, except

(.1) an employee appointed to a part-time or nonsalaried position with a board or commission and who was not a compensated member of such board or commission on May 18, 1978.

(b) All police employees are members of Plan D which covers members of the Police Division Old.

(c) All fire employees are members of Plan X which covers members of the Fire Division Old.

(2) Employees first hired on or after January 8, 1987. All employees who are hired, rehired, or first elected on or after January 8, 1987, shall be members of Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, or Plan Y of the Retirement System, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to § 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment) or are Police or Fire employees covered by subsection (3), or are municipal employees covered by subsection (4). Of these employees.

(a) All Municipal Employees are members of Plan Y which covers members of the Municipal Division New as soon as they are employed by the City, except the following:

(.l) All employees appointed to part-time or nonsalaried positions on boards and commissions of the City on or after January 8, 1987.

(.2) All temporary employees hired for six (6) months or less. A temporary employee is not a member of the Retirement System, does not pay contributions to the Retirement System for temporary service, and does not accrue credit for temporary service.

(b) All Police Employees are members of Plan B which covers members of the Police Division New as soon as they are employed by the City.

(c) All Fire Employees are members of Plan A of the Fire Division New as soon as they are employed by the City.

(d) All elected officials are members of Plan L of the Elected Official Division as soon as they take office.

(3) Police and Fire Employees first hired between January 8, 1987 and June 30, 1988.

(a) All Police Employees first hired between January 8, 1987 and June 30, 1988 are members of Plan D, which covers members of the Police Division Old.

(b) All Fire Employees first hired between January 8, 1987 and June 30, 1988 are members of Plan X, which covers members of the Fire Division Old.

(4) Municipal employees first hired between January 8, 1987 and October 1, 1992.[6]
(a) A municipal employee first hired between January 8, 1987 and October 1, 1992 and represented by AFSCME District Council 47 Local 2186 or Local 2187 or AFSCME District Council 33 is a member of Plan J, which covers members of the Municipal Division Old, provided that such employee contribute to the Retirement System an amount equal to the difference between the contribution that the employee has previously made to the Retirement System, and what the employee contribution would have been under Plan J during the term of the employee's employment.

(b) The employee must either pay to the Retirement System the full amount calculated by the Board under this subsection (4) or make such arrangements to pay such amount under an installment plan pursuant to § 22-806 (Installment Payments).