§87A-36 State and county contributions; employees hired after June 30, 2001, and retired. (a) This section shall apply to state and county contributions to the fund for employees hired after June 30, 2001, and who retired, except that this section shall not apply to the following employees, for whom state and county contributions shall be made as provided by section 87A-35:
For purposes of this section:
"Break in service" means to leave state or county employment for more than ninety calendar days before returning to state or county employment.
"Transfer" means to leave state or county employment and return to state or county employment within ninety calendar days.
(b) For purposes of this section, if an employee leaves state or county employment and returns to state or county employment after July 1, 2001, upon retirement, the employee's years of service shall be computed in the same manner as set forth in chapter 88.
(c) The State, through the department of budget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of finance, shall pay to the fund:
If two employee-beneficiaries are married or in a civil union, the total contribution by the State or county shall not exceed the monthly contribution for two supplemental medicare self or non-medicare self plans, as appropriate. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 184, §2; am L 2017, c 12, §6; am L 2019, c 51, §7]