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.. BY AMENDIN~ ~'~'~O~o- , GINIA. 1961, _ EMENTAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM- THEREOF PERTAINING TO THE PORTSMOUTH SUPPL Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia: 1. T~at the code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, t961~ be amended by amending Sections 26-20, 26-31, 26-32 and 26-34 thereof, such amended sections to read as follows: Section 26-20. Period of membership; Cessation of Membership. (a) Each employee who becomes a member of the system shall continue to be a member so long as he remains an employee and so long thereafter as he is entitled to future benefits under any provision of the system. Not in limitatioD but in amplification of the foregoing, the membership of any person in the system shall cease: (t) Upon his termination of service as an em- ployee, other than by retirement, before he has com- pleted ten years of creditable service, provided, however, that for purposes of this section the en- trance of a member into authorized leave of absence shall not constitute termination of service as an employee provided the member re-enters service as an employee at the expiration of the period of au- thorized leave, and the entrance of a member into the Armed Forces of the United States shall not con- stitute termination of service as an employee pro- vide~ the member's service in such Armed Forces qualifies as creditable service under Section 26-24; or (2) Upon the cessation of his retirement allow- ance, unless in such event he immediately again be- comes an employee; or (3) Upon his death. (b) Should any person terminate service as an employee, other than by retirement under the provisions of this article, and should such person at any time again become an employee, whether or not his membership continued, he shall for all purposes of this article be considered a new employee and a new member, and any benefits becoming payable under the provisions of this article