D. Eligibility; Benefits

§88-281 Eligibility for retirement allowance. (a) A member who has ten years of credited service and has attained age sixty-two, or a member with thirty years credited service who has attained the age of fifty-five, shall become eligible to receive a normal retirement allowance after the member has terminated service.

(b) If a member has at least twenty-five years of credited service as a sewer worker or as a water safety officer of which the last five or more years prior to retirement is credited in such a capacity, then the sewer worker or water safety officer shall be eligible to receive a normal retirement benefit unreduced for age.

(c) A member who has twenty years of credited service and has attained age fifty-five shall be eligible to receive an early retirement allowance after the member has terminated service.

(d) A member who has ten years of credited service and terminates service prior to attaining age sixty-two shall have a vested right and shall be eligible to apply for a normal retirement allowance payable beginning with the month when the member has attained age sixty-five.

(e) A member may retire upon the written application to the board specifying the desired date of retirement which shall be not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days subsequent to the date of filing. If the member dies after the date of filing the application to retire but prior to the effective date of retirement, the member's designated beneficiary may receive the member's retirement benefits which shall be computed as though the member had died on the effective date of retirement under the mode of retirement selected. [L 1984, c 108, pt of §8; am L 1988, c 242, §3; am L 1994, c 276, §11]