1. 1. A member of either the transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement system, or the state employees' retirement system, who leaves his employment and within one month becomes a member of the other system may transfer his accumulated contributions from the one system to the other system. In such event, whether contributions have been made or not, if there are no accumulated contributions for all or any part of the prior service under the member's first employment, he shall nevertheless receive credit for all time served as a member of the prior system. Credit for prior service shall include all prior service credit which has been given by the department from which the member shall have transferred.
2. 2. The board of trustees of each of the retirement systems shall prescribe the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.

(L. 1959 H.B. 575 § 1, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1211)