An employer may purchase additional service credit on behalf of a contributor under the following conditions: 1. The contributor may not be given the option to choose between an employer service purchase and an equivalent amount paid in cash. 2. The contributor must meet one of the following conditions at the time the purchase is made: a. The contributor's age plus service credit must be equal to or greater than seventy; or b. The contributor's age must be at least fifty and the contributor must have at least ten years of service credit. 3. The board must determine the purchase price on an actuarially equivalent basis. 4. The purchase must be completed before the contributor's retirement. 5. The employer may purchase a maximum of five years of service credit on behalf of the contributor. 6. The employer must pay the purchase price for the service credit purchased under this section in a lump sum.
39-03.1-10.3. Military service under the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act - Member retirement credit. A member re-employed under the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994, as amended [Pub. L. 103-353; 108 Stat. 3150; 38 U.S.C. 4301-4333], is entitled to receive retirement credit for the period of qualified military service. The required contribution for the credit, including payment for retiree health benefits, must be made in the same manner and by the same party as would have been made had the employee been continuously employed. If the salary the member would have received during the period of service is not reasonably certain, the member's average rate of compensation during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the member's period of service or, if shorter, the period of employment immediately preceding that period, times the number of months of credit
being purchased must be used. Employees must be allowed up to three times the period of military service or five years, whichever is less, to make any required payments. This provision applies to all qualifying periods of military service since October 1, 1994. Effective for years after December 31, 2008, compensation for purposes of Internal Revenue Code section 415 [26 U.S.C. 415], as amended, includes military differential wage payments, as defined in Internal Revenue Code section 3401(h) [26 U.S.C. 3401(h)], as amended. Any payments made by the member to receive qualifying credit inconsistent with this provision must be refunded. Employees shall make application to the employer for credit and provide a DD Form 214 to verify service. After December 31, 2006, if a participating member dies while performing qualified military service, as defined in section 414(u)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. 414(u)(5)], as amended, the deceased member's beneficiaries are entitled to any death benefits, other than credit for years of service for purposes of benefits, which would have been provided under the plan if the participating member had resumed employment and then terminated employment on account of death. The period of that member's qualified military service is treated as vesting service under the plan.