(a) A member with at least five (5) years of active participation in the pension account may elect to make a one-time purchase of up to five (5) years of service credit pursuant to W.S. 35-9-627. Such purchase may be made through direct rollover contributions in accordance with Chapter 2 of the Wyoming Retirement Board's administrative rules and regulations related to direct rollovers.
(b) Pursuant to W.S. § 35-9-617(f), any member who was enrolled in the Volunteer Firemen's Pension Fund on or before June 30, 2015, and had not refunded his contributions to that plan, and not made a service purchase under the terms of that plan, may elect to make a one-time purchase of either up to five (5) years of service credit pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or an amount equal to the time of actual service as a volunteer fireman in Wyoming prior to enrollment in that plan, whichever is greater.
(c) A service purchase under subsection (a) of this section shall not qualify as years of active participation in the pension account required for a member to continue contributions to the pension account after withdrawing from active service as a volunteer.
072-1 Wyo. Code R. § 1-6
Adopted, Eff. 2/12/2016.