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MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  22-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 22-307 - Purchase of Service Credit by Payment of Full Cost -- Purchase of Service Credit by Former Official

    A member of the Employees’ Retirement System who had served as an elected or appointed official of the State or a participating governmental unit may receive service credit for the previous service as an official including service before the establishment of the Employees’ Retirement System, if the member makes a single payment, within the period determined by the Board of Trustees, of the member contributions, plus interest, that the Board of Trustees considers appropriate.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  22-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 22-308 - Creditable Service -- in General

    (a)    Creditable service on which the allowance of a member is based consists of:        (1)    eligibility service, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section; and        (2)    credit for unused sick leave as provided in § 20-206 of this article.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a member’s creditable service for a period of regular part-time employment equals the member’s actual employment during that period.        (2)    Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a member’s creditable service for a period of regular part-time employment equals the member’s eligibility service for that period if:            (i)    the medical board determines that the member’s part-time employment is a result of a medically determined disability that prevents full-time work; and            (ii)    the member then elects to make the contributions for full-time employment required by § 22-214 of this title.        (3)    Except to the extent that a disability was aggravated after a member’s enrollment, paragraph (2) of this subsection does not apply to a disability incurred before a member’s enrollment.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  22-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 22-401 - Normal Service Retirement

    (a)    A member may retire with a normal service retirement allowance if:        (1)    on or before the date of retirement, the member:            (i)    has at least 30 years of eligibility service; or            (ii)    is at least 60 years old; and        (2)    the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals one fifty–fifth of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service.        (2)    On retirement under this section, if a member’s annuity is greater than the member’s normal service retirement allowance calculated under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the member’s normal service retirement allowance shall equal the member’s annuity.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  22-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 22-402 - Early Service Retirement

    (a)    A member may retire with an early service retirement allowance if:        (1)    on or before the date of retirement, the member:            (i)    has at least 25 but less than 30 years of eligibility service; and            (ii)    is less than 60 years old; and        (2)    the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire.    (b)    On retirement under this section, a member is entitled to an early service retirement allowance that equals one fifty-fifth of the member's average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service reduced by 0.5% for each month by which the member's date of retirement precedes the earlier of:        (1)    the date the member will be 60 years old; or        (2)    the date the member would have completed 30 years of eligibility service had the member continued employment.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  22-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 22-403 - Retirement After Termination of Membership

    (a)    This section applies to a former member who:        (1)    was eligible for a retirement allowance under § 22-401 or § 22-402 of this subtitle when the former member's membership terminated;        (2)    did not submit a written application under § 22-401 or § 22-402 of this subtitle before membership terminated; and        (3)    has not withdrawn accumulated contributions.    (b)    (1)    A former member described in subsection (a) of this section may retire with a retirement allowance under § 22-401 or § 22-402 of this subtitle on the first day of the month after the Board of Trustees receives a written application for retirement from the former member.        (2)    A former member who retires under this section may not receive benefits for the period before the former member submitted a completed application for retirement to the Board of Trustees.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  22-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 22-405 - Governor and Surviving Spouse

    (a)    Subject to subsection (d) of this section, if a Governor serves for at least:        (1)    one full term, the Governor is entitled to receive a retirement allowance equal to one–third of the annual salary received by the current Governor in office; or        (2)    two full terms, the Governor is entitled to receive a retirement allowance equal to one–half of the annual salary received by the current Governor in office.    (b)    The Board of Trustees shall suspend a retirement allowance received under this section during any period when the former Governor is employed by a unit of State government.    (c)    Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a Governor may not receive a retirement allowance under this section until the Governor is at least 62 years old.    (d)    (1)    A Governor who leaves office because of physical or mental disability, under Article II, Section 6(c) of the Maryland Constitution, shall immediately receive a disability retirement allowance equal to the amount the Governor would have received had the Governor completed the current term and become 62 years old.        (2)    If the physical or mental disability ends before the former Governor becomes 62 years old, the Board of Trustees shall stop the disability retirement allowance, but the former Governor shall receive the normal retirement allowance at age 62 if otherwise qualified.    (e)    On the death of a former Governor, the surviving spouse of the former Governor shall receive an allowance that is equal to one–half of the former Governor’s retirement allowance.    (f)    On the death of a Governor while in office, the deceased Governor’s surviving spouse shall receive one–half of the retirement allowance that the deceased Governor would have been entitled to receive had the deceased Governor completed the current term and become 62 years old.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  22-406.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 22-406.1 - Effect of Employment of Individual -- Restoration of Membership in Retirement System

    (a)    Notwithstanding § 22-406 of this subtitle and Chapter 703 of the Acts of 1994, if a retiree of the Employees’ Retirement System who had an average final compensation of less than $10,000, retired from an elected position as an official of a participating governmental unit, retired with a service retirement allowance before July 1, 1994, has been reemployed in a permanent position as a State employee and would otherwise have been entitled to be restored to membership in the Employees’ Retirement System except for the enactment of Chapter 703, the Board of Trustees shall, at the option of the retiree:        (1)    restore the membership of the reemployed retiree;        (2)    stop retirement allowance payments after the last day of the month that membership is restored;        (3)    restore previous creditable service and eligibility service to the account of the member; and        (4)    on payment of the amounts required under subsection (b) of this section, credit the member with creditable service and eligibility service performed beginning the date of reemployment.    (b)    On restoration of membership, the member shall reimburse the employees’ retirement system for the retirement allowance payments made from the date of reemployment and shall pay the amount of member contributions the member would have made from the date of reemployment plus regular interest to the date of payment.    (c)    If the member later retires or dies while employed by a participating employer, the Board of Trustees shall reduce the member’s annuity reserve and pension reserve by the amount of payments made to the member during the member’s earlier retirement less any amount that the member reimbursed the Employees’ Retirement System for those payments.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  22-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems|Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits|Section 22-408 - 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. §  23-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Section 23-101 - Scope of Title

    This title applies only to:         (1)    the Employees’ Pension System; and        (2)    the Teachers’ Pension System.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-301 - In General

    A member of the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System is entitled to:         (1)    eligibility service as provided in §§ 23-302 through 23-308 of this subtitle; and        (2)    creditable service as provided in § 23-309 of this subtitle.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-302 - Eligibility Service -- Rules for Computation

    (a)    Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, a member is entitled to eligibility service for periods of employment while a member of the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System.    (b)    The Board of Trustees may not allow more than 1 year of service credit for a calendar year.    (c)    (1)    If a member completes at least 500 hours of employment while a member in any fiscal year, the member is entitled to 1 year of eligibility service.        (2)    Except in the first and last fiscal years or except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a member may not receive any eligibility service for a fiscal year in which the member completes less than 500 hours of employment while a member.        (3)    In the first and last fiscal years, if a member completes less than 500 hours of employment while a member, the Board of Trustees shall prorate the eligibility service based on the number of hours worked.    (d)    If a member who is subject to the contributory pension benefit, the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection, or the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit completes less than 500 hours of employment while a member, the Board of Trustees shall prorate the member’s eligibility service based on the number of hours worked.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-303 - Eligibility Service -- Break in Service Rules

    (a)    In this section, “break in service” means a period of separation from employment in a fiscal year after the one in which a member first becomes employed, if during that fiscal year the member does not complete more than 350 hours of employment while a member.    (b)    (1)    This section applies to a member of the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System who was a member of one of those State systems.        (2)    This section does not apply to:            (i)    a retiree of the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System; or            (ii)    a member of the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System who is subject to the contributory pension benefit, the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection, or the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit.    (c)    A member is entitled to the eligibility service to which the member was entitled before the separation from employment if:        (1)    the member has not incurred a break in service;        (2)    the member was entitled to a vested allowance at the time of the separation from employment; or        (3)    (i)    the member has completed 1 year of eligibility service after a break in service; and            (ii)    the number of consecutive years in which the member incurred a break in service is less than the years of eligibility service as a member before the break in service.    (d)    To determine if a member is eligible for prior eligibility service under subsection (c)(3)(ii) of this section, the Board of Trustees shall determine the number of years of prior eligibility service:        (1)    as of the day the member separated from employment; but        (2)    excluding any eligibility service lost because of a prior break in service.    (e)    When a member receives credit for eligibility service under subsection (c) of this section from the other system, the member has no further rights in the other system.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-304 - Eligibility Service -- Transferred Service Credit

    A member is entitled to eligibility service that equals:        (1)    the member’s service credit transferred from a retirement or pension system under Title 37 of this article;        (2)    for a member who has transferred to the Employees’ Pension System from the Employees’ Retirement System or to the Teachers’ Pension System from the Teachers’ Retirement System, the member’s creditable service recognized under the previous system through the date before the member became a member of the current system;        (3)    for a member of the Employees’ Pension System, the member’s service credit transferred from a retirement or pension system under Title 31, Subtitle 1 of this article; and        (4)    for a member who has transferred between the Employees’ Pension System and the Teachers’ Pension System, the member’s eligibility service under the previous system through the date before the member became a member of the current system if the member:            (i)    is not subject to the noncontributory pension benefit in both the current and previous systems;            (ii)    is subject to the contributory pension benefit in both the current and previous systems;            (iii)    is subject to the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection in both the current and previous systems; or            (iv)    is subject to the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit in both the current and previous systems.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-304.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-304.1 - Purchase by Member Separated From Employment Prohibited; Leave of Absence Exception

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a member may not purchase service credit under this title if the member is separated from employment.    (b)    (1)    A member who is separated from employment may purchase service credit under this title for a leave of absence approved by the Board of Trustees under regulations that apply to all members, if the member purchases the service credit within 60 days after the expiration of the leave of absence.        (2)    For good cause shown, the Executive Director, in the Executive Director’s sole discretion, may extend the time period to purchase service credit under paragraph (1) of this subsection if:            (i)    the purchased service credit would allow the member to meet the eligibility service requirements to apply for an ordinary disability retirement under § 29–105(a) of this article; and            (ii)    the member completes the purchase of the service credit before the earlier of:                1.    4 years after the expiration of the leave of absence; or                2.    the date membership ends.        (3)    The Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations to carry out this subsection.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-305 - Eligibility Service -- Military Service Credit

    A member is entitled to eligibility service equal to the military service credit granted under Title 38 of this article.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-306 - Eligibility Service -- Approved Leaves of Absence

    (a)    A member is entitled to eligibility service during a leave of absence if the leave of absence:        (1)    is approved by the Board of Trustees under regulations that apply to all members similarly situated; and        (2)    is not otherwise recognized as eligibility service under this subtitle.    (b)    To receive service credit for a leave of absence described under subsection (a) of this section, a member shall pay the member contributions with regular interest, if any, as determined by the Board of Trustees under regulations that apply to all members similarly situated.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-306.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-306.1 - Eligibility Service -- State Racing Commission

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a member of the Employees’ Pension System who is an additional employee or agent of the State Racing Commission authorized by § 11-207 of the Business Regulation Article is entitled to eligibility service for any service on or after January 1, 1986 as an additional employee or agent of the State Racing Commission.        (2)    For the purpose of computing benefits under this Division II, a member of the Employees’ Pension System who is an additional employee or agent of the State Racing Commission authorized by § 11-207 of the Business Regulation Article is entitled to creditable service for service on or after the initial date of employment or July 1, 1991, whichever is later.    (b)    If the Board of Trustees determines that the eligibility service and creditable service granted in subsection (a) of this section creates an unfunded liability to the Employees’ Pension System, the licensees of the State Racing Commission shall pay, over a period of 25 years, an amount sufficient to amortize the unfunded liability.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  23-306.2 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 23 - Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems|Subtitle 3 - Service Credit|Section 23-306.2 - Eligibility Service -- Purchase of Service Credit by Members Subject to Contributory Pension Benefit or Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit

    (a)    A member who is subject to the contributory pension benefit, the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection, or the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit may purchase service credit as provided in subsection (b) of this section for periods of employment described in subsection (c) of this section for which the member is not otherwise entitled.    (b)    (1)    A member who purchases service credit under this section shall:            (i)    complete a claim for the service credit and file it with the Board of Trustees on a form that the Board of Trustees provides; and            (ii)    pay to the Board of Trustees in a single payment the member contributions the member would have made for the period of employment for which service credit is being purchased if the member had earned the prior service in the same part of the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System in which the member is currently enrolled, 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.        (3)    Subject to § 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, an individual’s accumulated contributions in excess of the amount determined under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be refunded on request.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a member may purchase service credit for a period of employment as a member of the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System if the member:            (i)    has withdrawn the member’s accumulated contributions after a prior termination of membership; and            (ii)    was subject to the contributory pension benefit, the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection, or the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit when the member previously terminated membership in the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System.        (2)    A member may not purchase eligibility service credit that exceeds the member’s creditable service credit.