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repay to the retirement system the contributions withdrawn
under subsection 2.

 
B. The employer must still be a participating local
district allowing new membership in the retirement system.

 
4. Employee who has previously withdrawn rejoins after 3
years. An employee who has previously withdrawn from the
retirement system may choose to rejoin the system after 3 years
of withdrawal under the following conditions.

 
A. The employee may not repay to the retirement system the
contributions withdrawn under subsection 2.

 
B. The employer must still be a participating local
district allowing new membership in the retirement system.

 
5. Limit on right to rejoin. The right of an employee to
rejoin under either subsection 3 or 4 is limited to one
occurrence.

 
6. Restoration to service. If any person who is the
recipient of a service retirement benefit is covered by the
United States Social Security Act upon being restored to service,
continuation of that person's benefit is governed by the
following.

 
A. The person may elect to have the service retirement
benefit continued during the period of time the person is
restored to service and the person may not accumulate any
additional service credits.

 
B. The person may elect to have the service retirement
benefit terminated, again become a member of the retirement
system and begin contributing at the current rate.

 
(1) The person is entitled to accumulate additional
service credits during the period of time the person is
restored to service.

 
(2) When the person again retires, the person is
entitled to receive benefits computed on the person's
entire creditable service and in accordance with the
law in effect at the time.

 
C. Upon being restored to service, the person shall must elect
to have benefits either continued or terminated. If written
notification of the person's election is not received by the
executive director within 60 days of restoration to service, the
person is deemed to have elected


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