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SECTION 2. Each person who is an employee of the City of Georgetown on
the 31st day of December, 1972 and who is at that date a member of the Texas
Municipal Retirement System shall be allowed, and, upon the terms and conditions
prescribed by Section XVI of Article 6243h, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes,
as amended by Chapter 371, Acts Regular Session, 61st Legislature,: is hereby
granted, effective on the date last above mentioned, "Antecedent Service
Credit" (as that term is defined in said Act) calculated on the basis of one
hundred percent (100%) of each current service deposit actually made by such
person with the Texas Municipal Retirement System during each month of current
service performed for this city prior to the lat day of January, 1973.
SECTION 3. Each person who is an employee of the City of Georgetown on
the 31st day of December, 1972 and who at said date is a member of the Texas
Municipal Retirement System and who holds in said System an effective Prior
Service Certificate granted by reason of service performed for this City prior
to its participation in said System, shall be allowed and is hereby granted
(upon the terms and conditions prescribed by Section XV of Article 6243h,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes as amended by Chapter 371, Acts of the Regular
Session, 61st Legislature) a "Special Prior Service Credit" in an amount
of equivalent to the accumulation at interest, as provided in said Act, of
a series of monthly payments of five percent (5%) of the member's "Average
Prior Service Compensation" for the number of months of prior service certi-
fied to in such member's prior service certificate. The Special Prior Service
Credit herein provided for shall be in addition to the prior service credit
heretofore allowed such member.
SECTION 4. Any person who was employed by the City of Georgetown prior
to December 31, 1972, whose membership in Texas Municipal Retirement System
by reason of service has not terminated, and who on said date is absent from
service in the employment of the City, shall be entitled to antecedent service
credit and to special prior service credit in the amount (if any) he would have
been allowed under Section 1 and 2 hereof had he been in active service on said
date, provided such person again becomes an employee of the City before termina-
tion of his said membership in Texas Municipal Retirement System and within
five (5) years from the 31st day of December, 1972, and provided such person
thereupon continues as an employee of a participating department of the City
of Georgetown for a period of five (5) consecutive years.
SECTION 5. New benefits are to become effective January 1, 1973.
SECTION 6. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or uncon-
stitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall
not effect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word,
Dr provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City
Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or
provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 7. The necessity to provide for increased municipal contributions
at the earliest possible date creates a public emergency and imperative public
necessity requiring the suspension of the charter rule that no ordinance or
resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that
such ordinance or resolution shall be read at tkree several meetings of the
City Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to
exist, and having requested the suspension of the charter rule and that this
ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect
and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, it is accordingly
so ordained, this the 11th day of December, 1972.
ATTEST:
City Secretary oe E. Crawford, Mayo ity o Georgetown