County pensions for former employees

Any provision to the contrary notwithstanding, the pension board of each county may grant pensions to former employees of the county upon the following conditions: (1) That the former employee was required to, and did, become a member of the employees' retirement system after having been in the service and employment of the county for a period of not less than ten years; (2) That the former employee has attained the age of sixty years, or through illness or injury sustained without the former employee's fault or negligence in the performance of duty in the former employee's service for the county has become incapable of sustained remunerative work; (3) That the former employee has ceased to be an employee of such county and is not a member of the system; and (4) That the former employee is not the recipient or beneficiary of any allowance or benefit from the system or any pension from the State or any county.