Any member of the Police or Fire Department after thirty days’ written notice to the secretary of the board and to the Auditor of the City, may cease contributing to the fund and thereafter neither they nor their beneficiaries shall be entitled to and shall not be paid any of the benefits under this chapter; provided, however, that upon the death or separation from the service such member, or their beneficiaries, shall be entitled to the return of any contributions without interest, made by such member to the fund.

Any member who has ceased to contribute to the fund, under the provisions of this section, and who shall thereafter wish to avail themselves of the provisions of this chapter, shall be fully reinstated and entitled to all benefits under this chapter upon filing with the City Auditor a written authorization to make salary deductions for the payment of required contributions to the fund; provided, however, that such member shall pay to the fund a sum equal to the total amount of contributions such member would have made to the fund, under the provisions of this chapter, during the period they did not contribute. In the event such member fails to pay the amount of such contributions for such period within thirty days from the date that they file with the City Auditor such written authorization, then the total amount of any unpaid portion thereof shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per year compounded semiannually from the date they again begin contributing to the fund until paid; provided, however, that in the event any such contributions are unpaid at the time of the granting of any of the benefits under the terms of this chapter, the total amount unpaid with interest as above provided shall be deducted from such benefits before any payment is made from the fund. (Ord. 3558-NS § 31, 1957)