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MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  26-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 26 - Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 26-308 - Creditable Service

    (a)    For the purpose of computing benefits under this title, creditable service consists of:        (1)    eligibility service as adjusted under subsection (b) of this section; and        (2)    credit for unused sick leave as provided in § 20-206 of this article.    (b)    (1)    This subsection does not apply to eligibility service that consists of:            (i)    service credit transferred from another retirement or pension system;            (ii)    military service credit granted under Title 38 of this article; or            (iii)    service credit purchased under this subtitle.        (2)    The Board of Trustees shall adjust a member’s eligibility service as provided in this subsection.        (3)    (i)    The Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations to determine for any fiscal year the amount of creditable service that equals the eligibility service for a member who has completed less than the normal hours of employment for the member’s position.            (ii)    The normal hours of employment for a position equals the minimum number of hours to be completed by a full-time employee serving in the member’s position.            (iii)    The creditable service recognized for a fiscal year may not be less than the eligibility service for the member multiplied by a fraction, not to exceed 1, that has:                1.    as its numerator, the number of hours of employment as a member that the member has completed during that year; and                2.    as its denominator, the normal number of hours for the member’s position.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  26-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 26 - Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 26-401 - Service Retirement

    (a)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a member may retire with a normal service retirement allowance if:            (i)    on or before the date of retirement, the member:                1.    has at least 25 years of eligibility service; or                2.    is at least 50 years old; and            (ii)    the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees on the form that the Board of Trustees provides stating the date when the member desires to retire.        (2)    A member may not retire before the first day of the month after employment ends.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, on retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals the number of years of the member’s creditable service multiplied by 2% of the member’s average final compensation.        (2)    A member’s normal service retirement allowance under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not exceed 65% of the member’s average final compensation.        (3)    (i)    This paragraph applies only to a member who is not subject to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Modified Pension Benefit under Subtitle 2, Part II of this title.            (ii)    Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, on retirement under this paragraph, the member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals:                1.    2.3% of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by each year of the member’s first 30 years of creditable service; and                2.    1% of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by each year of creditable service in excess of 30 years.        (4)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, on retirement under this section, if a member’s annuity is greater than the member’s normal service retirement allowance calculated under paragraph (1) or (3) of this subsection, the member’s normal service retirement allowance shall equal the member’s annuity.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  26-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 26 - Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 26-402 - Survivor Benefits

    (a)    This section applies to the surviving spouse or a child of a retiree in receipt of a service retirement allowance or a disability retirement allowance.    (b)    On the death of a retiree, the Board of Trustees shall pay 50% of the retiree’s retirement allowance to:        (1)    the surviving spouse; or        (2)    if there is no surviving spouse or if the surviving spouse dies, to any children of the deceased retiree who are under 26 years old or disabled, as defined under § 72(m)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, if the Board of Trustees pays an allowance to more than one child, the Board of Trustees shall divide the allowance among the children in a manner that provides for payments to continue until:            (i)    each child has died; or            (ii)    each child becomes 26 years old.        (2)    Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection, a surviving child who is disabled shall continue to receive an allowance under paragraph (1) of this subsection past the age of 26 years, if the child continues to be disabled.        (3)    (i)    If a surviving child receiving an allowance under paragraph (1) of this subsection is disabled, as defined under § 72(m)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Board of Trustees shall pay to the disabled surviving child an allowance equal to the total of the allowances paid under paragraph (1) of this subsection after:                1.    all other nondisabled surviving children have died; or                2.    the youngest nondisabled surviving child becomes 26 years old.            (ii)    If more than one surviving child is disabled, as defined under § 72(m)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, the allowance payable under this paragraph shall be divided equally among the disabled children.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  26-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 26 - Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 26-403 - Reemployment After Retirement

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, a retiree who is receiving a service retirement allowance may accept employment with a participating employer on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis, without any reduction in retirement allowance.    (b)    A reemployed retiree who is receiving a service retirement allowance may not receive creditable service or eligibility service during the period of reemployment.    (c)    The retiree’s compensation during the period of reemployment may not be subject to the employer pickup provisions of § 21-303 of this article or any reduction or deduction as a member contribution for pension or retirement purposes.    (d)    The State Retirement Agency shall institute appropriate reporting procedures with the affected payroll systems to ensure compliance with this section.    (e)    (1)    Immediately on the employment of any retiree, a participating employer shall notify the State Retirement Agency of the type of employment and the anticipated earnings of the retiree.        (2)    At least once each year, in a format specified by the State Retirement Agency, each participating employer shall provide the State Retirement Agency with a list of all employees included on any payroll of the employer, the Social Security numbers of the employees, and their earnings for that year.    (f)    An individual who is receiving a service retirement allowance under this title may not be employed within 45 days of the date the individual retired, on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis, by:        (1)    the State or other participating employer; or        (2)    a withdrawn participating governmental unit, if the retiree was an employee of the withdrawn participating governmental unit while the withdrawn governmental unit was a participating employer.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  26-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 26 - Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 26-404 - Other Benefits

    A member may be entitled to benefits under Title 29 of this article other than, or in addition to, the benefits provided under this subtitle.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 27-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Termination of service” includes:        (1)    retirement at the age required by Article IV, § 3 of the Maryland Constitution;        (2)    voluntary retirement;        (3)    resignation because of disability;        (4)    retirement by order of the Court of Appeals;        (5)    resignation;        (6)    nonelection or nonconfirmation when election or confirmation is required;        (7)    expiration of term without reappointment; or        (8)    abolition of the member’s office.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 27-102 - Scope of Title

    This title applies only to the Judges’ Retirement System.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 27-103 - Construction of Title

    This title does not impair or reduce any benefit that a former member or retiree or a spouse of a member, former member, or retiree has been or would be entitled to receive under any public general law.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 2 - Membership|Section 27-201 - Membership

    (a)    The following individuals are members of the Judges’ Retirement System:        (1)    a judge of the Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals, circuit court of a county, or District Court of Maryland;        (2)    a member of the State Workers’ Compensation Commission; and        (3)    a magistrate in chancery or magistrate in juvenile causes who:            (i)    was appointed by the circuit court of a county on or before June 30, 1989; and            (ii)    serves full time as a magistrate.    (b)    A former judge who is temporarily assigned to sit in a court of the State under the authority of Article IV, § 3A of the Maryland Constitution is not a member.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 2 - Membership|Section 27-202 - Contributions by Members

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a member’s contribution rate is 8% of the member’s earnable compensation.    (b)    After 16 years of service as a member, a member does not make any further contributions.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 2 - Membership|Section 27-203 - Regular Interest; Exception

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, regular interest is payable on member contributions at the rate of 4% a year compounded annually, until retirement or withdrawal of the accumulated contributions.    (b)    (1)    This subsection applies only to an individual who becomes a member of the Judges’ Retirement System on or after July 1, 2012.        (2)    No further interest shall be paid on member contributions after membership ends if the former member is not eligible to receive a vested allowance under Title 29, Subtitle 3 of this article.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 2 - Membership|Section 27-204 - Ending Membership; Termination of Rights in System

    (a)    Membership ends if the member:        (1)    is separated from employment for more than 4 years;        (2)    withdraws the member’s accumulated contributions;        (3)    becomes a retiree; or        (4)    dies.    (b)    A former member who withdraws accumulated contributions does not have further rights under the Judges’ Retirement System.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 27-301 - Types

    A member is entitled to service credit:         (1)    for service as a member;        (2)    regained under § 27-302 of this subtitle by a member who redeposits accumulated contributions previously withdrawn;        (3)    for prior service as provided in § 27-303 of this subtitle;        (4)    for military service as provided in Title 38 of this article; or        (5)    purchased under § 27-304 of this subtitle.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 27-302 - Redeposit of Accumulated Contributions

    A member who, on a prior termination of service, withdrew accumulated contributions from the Judges’ Retirement System may receive service credit for the period of service during the previous membership if, within 1 year after the member’s restoration of membership, the member redeposits in a single payment the withdrawn accumulated contributions plus regular interest to the date of redeposit.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 27-303 - Credit for Prior Service

    A member is entitled to service credit for prior service as a full-time judge of a people’s court or municipal court.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 27-304 - Purchase of Service Credit

    (a)    A member may purchase service credit as provided in subsection (b) of this section for periods of service described in subsection (c) of this section for which the member is not otherwise entitled to service credit.    (b)    (1)    To purchase service credit under this section, a member must:            (i)    complete a claim for the service credit and file it with the Board of Trustees on the form that the Board of Trustees provides; and            (ii)    pay to the Board of Trustees in a single payment 6% of the amount received in compensation for that full-time service plus regular interest to the date of payment.        (2)    A member may pay for service credit purchased under this section at any time before retirement.    (c)    A member may purchase service credit for prior service as:        (1)    a full–time magistrate in chancery or magistrate in juvenile causes on or before June 30, 1975; or        (2)    a member of the State Workers’ Compensation Commission on or before June 30, 1977.    (d)    Service credit that is purchased under this section may not be used as service credit in another retirement or pension system of the State or a political subdivision of the State.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 4 - Benefits|Section 27-401 - Eligibility for Retirement

    (a)    (1)    This subsection applies only to an individual who is a member of the Judges’ Retirement System on or before June 30, 2012.        (2)    A member or former member is entitled to a retirement allowance:            (i)    on termination of service, if the member is at least 60 years old;            (ii)    on the recommendation of the medical board, if the member or former member resigns because of disability;            (iii)    when retired by order of the Court of Appeals; or            (iv)    at the age of 60 years, if the former member’s termination of service occurred earlier.    (b)    (1)    This subsection applies only to an individual who becomes a member of the Judges’ Retirement System on or after July 1, 2012.        (2)    A member or former member is entitled to a retirement allowance:            (i)    on termination of service, if the member is at least 60 years old and has at least 5 years of eligibility service;            (ii)    on the recommendation of the medical board, if the member or former member resigns because of disability;            (iii)    when retired by order of the Court of Appeals, if the member has at least 5 years of eligibility service;            (iv)    at the mandatory retirement age required by Article IV, § 3 of the Maryland Constitution with less than 5 years of eligibility service, if the member has eligibility service equal to the mandatory retirement age required by Article IV, § 3 of the Maryland Constitution minus the member’s age when the member first becomes a member; or            (v)    at the age of 60 years, if the former member’s termination of service occurred earlier and the former member had at least 5 years of eligibility service when the former member terminated service.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 4 - Benefits|Section 27-404 - End of Allowances

    Except for a retiree who elects an optional form of an allowance under §§ 21–401 and 21–402 of this article, payment of an allowance ends and further rights may not arise from service as a member if:        (1)    a member, former member, or retiree dies; and        (2)    (i)    the member, former member, or retiree leaves no surviving spouse or children who are under the age of 26 years or are disabled;            (ii)    the surviving spouse dies and there are no children of the member, former member, or retiree, who are under the age of 26 years or are disabled; or            (iii)    the last of any children under the age of 26 years and are not disabled becomes 26 years old or dies before becoming 26 years old.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 4 - Benefits|Section 27-405 - Return of Accumulated Contributions

    If a member’s service is terminated by death and the member leaves no spouse, child who is under the age of 26 years or is disabled, or designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, the member’s accumulated contributions shall be paid to the member’s estate.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 4 - Benefits|Section 27-406 - Effect of Reemployment of Retiree

    (a)    This section does not apply to a retiree who is temporarily assigned to sit in a court of this State under the authority of Article IV, § 3A of the Maryland Constitution.    (b)    Subject to subsection (e) of this section, a retiree may accept employment in which all or part of the compensation for the employment comes from municipal, county, or State funds, if the retiree immediately notifies the Board of Trustees of:        (1)    the retiree’s intention to accept the employment; and        (2)    the compensation that the retiree will receive.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Board of Trustees shall reduce the retirement allowance of a retiree who accepts employment as provided under subsection (b) of this section if the retiree’s current employer is any unit of State government and the retiree’s employer at the time of the retiree’s last separation from employment with the State before the retiree commenced receiving a service retirement allowance was also a unit of State government.        (2)    The reduction required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall equal the amount that the sum of the retiree’s annual retirement allowance and the retiree’s annual compensation exceeds the amount of the compensation on which the retirement allowance is based.        (3)    The reduction required under paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to an individual who:            (i)    has been retired for 5 years, beginning on January 1 after the date the individual retires; or            (ii)    is employed as a member of the faculty of a public institution of higher education in the State.    (d)    (1)    Any reduction taken under subsection (c) of this section may not reduce the retiree’s allowance to an amount less than the required deduction for the retiree’s monthly State–approved medical insurance premiums.        (2)    The Board of Trustees shall recover from the retiree any difference between the reduction required under subsection (c) of this section and the reduction taken under paragraph (1) of this subsection.    (e)    A retiree may not be employed by the State or other participating employer on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis within 45 days of the date the individual retired.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  27-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 27 - Judges' Retirement System|Subtitle 4 - Benefits|Section 27-407 - Limitation on Supplements

    (a)    In this section:        (1)    “supplement” means a payment in addition to a retirement allowance that is paid to a retiree or a surviving spouse of a member, former member, or retiree; and        (2)    “supplement” includes a salary, bonus, pension, or spouse’s benefits.    (b)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a county may not pay a supplement to a retiree or a surviving spouse of a member, former member, or retiree.    (c)    If a retiree was covered by the contributory plan of the Judges’ Retirement System as a member or former member on or before June 30, 1974, a county may pay a supplement to the retiree or surviving spouse of the retiree, if:        (1)    the sum of the supplement and the retirement allowance of the retiree does not exceed $20,000; or        (2)    the sum of the supplement and the retirement allowance of the surviving spouse does not exceed $10,000.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  28-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 28 - Local Fire and Police System|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Section 28-101 - Scope of Title

    This title applies to the Local Fire and Police System.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  28-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 28 - Local Fire and Police System|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Section 28-102 - Legislative Policy

    Except as otherwise provided in this title, the operation of the Local Fire and Police System shall be the same as the operation of the Employees’ Pension System.