WEBB, Justice.
The resolution of this case depends on the interpretation of certain subsections of N.C.G.S. § 135-4, which were in effect on 7 December 1980 when the appellee became eligible to purchase a retirement credit based on his military service. At that time, N.C.G.S. § 135-4(f)(6), which was repealed in 1981 without diminishing any rights of a member thereunder, 1981 N.C.Sess.Laws ch. 636, § 1, provided in part as follows:
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