Section 11666 - Involuntary retirement allowance; voluntary retirement allowance after twenty years of service(a) Should a contributor be discontinued from service not voluntarily, or an elected county officer complete his term of office and discontinue service after having completed eight years of total service, or voluntarily after having completed twenty years of total service but before reaching superannuation retirement age, except as herein provided for certain contributors who have completed twenty years of total service, he shall be paid as he may elect, as follows: (1) The full amount of the accumulated deduction standing to his credit in the members' annuity reserve account; or(2) A member's annuity of equivalent actuarial value to his accumulated deductions standing to his credit in the members' annuity reserve account, and, in addition, a county annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of a county annuity beginning at superannuation retirement age but based on the period of service up to the date of discontinuance from service and not on the period of service required to reach superannuation retirement age. The same options shall be available to retirees in case of involuntary retirement as provided herein in the case of superannuation retirement. In the event a contributor, after having completed eight or more years of total service, heretofore has or hereafter shall be discontinued from service because of appointment or election to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth or to a position incompatible with his service as a county employe or officer and such employe or officer has not reached the superannuation retirement age, such withdrawal shall be considered involuntary; the accumulated deductions and the contributions of the county, at the option of the employe or officer, shall remain in the fund until superannuation age has been reached. In the event a refund of accumulated contributions has been made and the county's accumulated contributions have been withdrawn under the above circumstances, the employe or officer shall be permitted to repay into and the county shall be required to reimburse the fund the amounts paid out, with interest to the date of repayment, thereby reestablishing the rights of the contributor in said fund even though superannuation retirement age has been reached and benefits shall be paid as if the original severance had been involuntary.(b) Any contributor who has completed twenty years of total service and who has reached the superannuation retirement age shall be entitled to the superannuation retirement allowance provided in section 14. 1971, Aug. 31, P.L. 398, No. 96, § 16. Amended 1983, Dec. 20, P.L. 282, No. 75, § 2, imd. effective; 1990, Nov. 21, P.L. 551, No. 136, § 6, effective 1/1/1991.