§88-42  Membership generally.  Except as otherwise provided in this part, all employees of the Territory or any county on July 1, 1945, shall be members of the system on such date, and all persons who thereafter enter or reenter the service of the State or any county shall become members at the time of their entry or reentry.

     Per diem workers shall become eligible for membership on January 1, 1952, and all persons who are employed as per diem workers after December 31, 1951, shall become members of the system.  Any person who was a per diem worker before January 1, 1952, shall not, so long as the person is employed as a per diem worker, be required to become a member or to remain a member if the person has elected before October 2, 1953, to withdraw as a member.

     Members of the legislature shall become eligible for membership on July 1, 1951.  Any member of the legislature in service on July 1, 1951, or thereafter entering or reentering the legislature, may become a member upon the legislator's own election. [L 1925, c 55, §3(1); am L 1927, c 223, §1; am imp L 1927, c 251, §§1, 2, 5; am imp L 1929, c 190, §1; RL 1935, §7922; RL 1945, pt of §703; am L 1945, c 73, pt of §1(b); am L 1951, c 110, §1(b); am L 1953, c 37, §1(c); RL 1955, pt of §6-23; HRS §88-42; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1993]

 

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  A retired government employee who accepts reemployment may not receive the retiree's retirement allowance during the retiree's reemployment period.  Att. Gen. Op. 66-26.