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have at least 10 years of combined creditable service
Any period of time in which a participating public employer pays an active member a salary and the active member or the employer on the member's behalf pays contributions to PERS. For purposes of computing years of creditable service, full months and major fractions of a month are considered to be one-twelfth of a year and are added to all full years. One month of creditable service is earned for each major fraction of a month served. Creditable service includes all retirement credit received by a member. and prior service under PERS,
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apply to purchase the waiting time credit in a format acceptable to PERS,
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purchase the credit within the 90-day period before your effective date of retirement The first day of the month following the last day a member (1) worked, was on vacation, or was paid sick leave, or (2) the first of the month a member files his or her application for benefits, whichever is later., and
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make the purchase in one payment. The payment must equal the contributions you and your employer would have made had you been a member during that period.