Section 21-704 – Forfeiture of Benefits
(a) If the final adjudication of charges results in conviction of a public employee, the public employee’s retirement allowance shall be forfeited in whole or in part in accordance with this section. (b) (1) On conviction of a public employee, the Attorney General or State’s Attorney shall file a complaint in circuit court to forfeit the public employee’s […]
Section 21-705 – Retirement of Employee Before Order Issued
(a) If a public employee has retired before a forfeiture order is issued under § 21–704 of this subtitle, the Board of Trustees may recover from the public employee the amount of benefits paid to the public employee before the order. (b) The recovery under subsection (a) of this section is limited to an amount equal to […]
Section 21-706 – Application for Retirement
(a) This section applies to a public employee who is not a retiree. (b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a public employee may submit an application for retirement. (c) If a public employee is eligible to apply for a retirement allowance, a public employee’s application for retirement benefits: (1) shall be considered submitted on the first day […]
Section 21-707 – Effect of Order Reversing or Overturning Conviction
(a) (1) On receipt of an order that reverses or overturns a conviction of a public employee, the court that issued a forfeiture order under § 21–704 of this subtitle shall rescind the forfeiture order and order the Board of Trustees to pay any benefits that are payable under this Division II of this article to the […]
Section 21-708 – Return of Accumulated Contributions
(a) A public employee subject to a forfeiture order issued under § 21–704 of this subtitle is entitled to a return of the individual’s accumulated contributions on request under § 29–501 of this article. (b) The public employee’s accumulated contributions shall be reduced by an amount equal to any benefit payments received by the public employee that […]
Section 21-709 – Regulations
The Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations to implement this subtitle.
Section 21-504 – Release of Retiree Information
(a) This section applies only to the: (1) Employees’ Pension System; (2) Employees’ Retirement System; (3) Teachers’ Pension System; and (4) Teachers’ Retirement System. (b) The Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations to allow a public employee organization to obtain, for a reasonable fee, each year: (1) the name and last known address of each individual during the last year who became […]
Section 21-505 – Optional Defined Contribution System Participation; Exchange of Participating Employee Information
The Board of Trustees and the State Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans shall exchange information about participating employees of the optional defined contribution system as necessary to administer the system.
Section 21-506 – Publication of Notice of Unclaimed Money Held by State Retirement System
(a) This section applies to a former member, retiree, or a beneficiary of a deceased former member or retiree of a State system who: (1) is entitled to a refund of accumulated contributions and has made no claim for those contributions; or (2) is currently eligible to receive a vested allowance and has not filed an application for […]
Section 21-601 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Direct rollover” means a payment by the State Retirement Agency directly to the eligible retirement plan specified by the participant, the surviving spouse of a participant, or the designated beneficiary of the participant. (c) “Eligible retirement plan” means: (1) an individual retirement account described in § 408(a) […]