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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIR- GINIA~ 1961, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 26-65 and 26-76 THEREOF PER~ TAINING TO THE PORTSMOUTH FIRE AND POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth~ Virginia: !. That the c~de of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended by amending Sections 26-65 and 26-76 thereof~ such amended sections to read as follows: Section 26-65. 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 limitation but in amplifi- cation of the foregoing, the meir~ership of any person in the system shall cease: (1) Upon his termination of service as an employee, other than by retirementr before he has completed ten years of creditable servicer provided, however, that for purposes of this section the entrance of a me~nfoer 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 ex- piration of the period of authorized leave, and the entrance of a member into the Armed Forces of the United States shall not constitute termination of service as an employee provided the member's service in such ~med Forces qualifies as creditable service under section 26~69; or ~ ---(2) Upon the cessation of his retirement allow- ance~ unless in such event he immediately again be- comes ail employee; or (3) Upon his death. (b) Should any person terminate service as an employee, other'than by re~eme~t under the provisions of this article, and should such person at any time again become an employee, whe- ther or not his ~embership continued~ he shall for all purposes of this article.~e considered a new employee and a new member, and any benefits becoming payable under the provisions of this article'shall be computed separately for each period of service.