8306 - Eligibility points.
§ 8306. Eligibility points. (a) General rule.--An active member of the system shall accrue one eligibility point for each year of credited service as a member of the school or State retirement system. A member shall accrue an additional two-thirds of an eligibility point for each year of Class D-3 credited service under the State Employees' Retirement System. In the case of a fractional part of a year of credited service, a member shall accrue the corresponding fractional portion of an eligibility point. (b) Transitional rule.--For the purposes of the transition: (1) In determining whether a member, other than a disability annuitant who returns to school service after June 30, 2001, upon termination of the disability annuity, who is not a school employee or a State employee on June 30, 2001, and July 1, 2001, and who has previous school service, has the five eligibility points required by the definition of "vestee" in sections 8102 (relating to definitions), 8307 (relating to eligibility for annuities), 8308 (relating to eligibility for vesting) and 8345 (relating to member's options), only eligibility points earned by performing credited school service or credited State service after June 30, 2001, shall be counted until such member earns one eligibility point by performing credited school service or credited State service after June 30, 2001, at which time all eligibility points as determined under subsection (a) shall be counted. (2) A member subject to paragraph (1) shall be considered to have satisfied any requirement for five eligibility points contained in this part if the member has at least ten eligibility points determined under subsection (a). (May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9, eff. July 1, 2001) Cross References. Section 8306 is referred to in sections 8102, 8303 of this title.