§ 2-72. Applicability of division—City employees.

(a)

Except as provided in section 2-73 of this division, the terms of this division shall apply to all full-time employees, including officials, of the city, and all employees of the schools and former school districts; provided such terms shall not apply to members of the state teachers' retirement association, nor to teachers who were at any time eligible for membership therein; nor shall the terms of this division apply to regular firemen or policemen. Full-time employees shall be deemed to be those:

(1)

Whose principal employment is by the city;

(2)

Whose employment requires continuous service in the amount of at least seven hundred twenty (720) hours and at least nine (9) months per year; and

(3)

Who are eligible for city-paid health insurance.

(b)

Each eligible employee who shall enter the service of the city, with the exception of eligible ten-month employees of the schools and former school districts; shall, at the end of the first three (3) months of employment, be required to participate as members in the retirement system, and such participation shall be a condition of his continued employment; provided an official shall not be required to participate in the retirement system if, within three (3) months following the effective date of his election or appointment, he notifies the retirement board in writing of his intention not to participate. Present employees who were not eligible for participation as of their date of hire, but became eligible for participation on July 1, 1980, shall be permitted to "buy back" past service under the same procedure applied at the time of previous eligibility age increases.

(c)

Each eligible ten-month employee of the schools and former school district who shall enter the service of the city, shall, at the end of the first month of employment, be required to participate in the retirement system, and such participation shall be a condition of his continued employment.

(d)

All pensions payable to former employees who have been retired according to the provisions of a former retirement plan shall be assumed by the retirement system and paid thereafter from its funds.

(e)

The terms of this division shall apply to all full-time employees of the Bristol-Burlington Health District. Full-time employees shall be deemed to be:

(1)

Those whose principal employment is by the Bristol-Burlington Health District;

(2)

Whose employment requires continuous service to the Bristol-Burlington Health District in the amount of at least seven hundred twenty (720) hours and at least nine (9) months per year; and

(3)

Who are eligible for city-paid health insurance benefits.

(f)

Each eligible ten-month employee of the Bristol-Burlington Health District, shall, at the end of the first month of employment, be required to participate in the retirement system, and such participation shall be a condition of his continued employment.

(Code 1960, § 47-3; Ord. of 2-4-69; Ord. of 2-2-71; Ord. of 6-6-78; Ord. of 11-5-80; Ord. of 1-14-03; Ord. of 6-12-18; Ord. of 8-15-18)