Section 23-307.5 – Alternate Contributory Pension Selection — Purchase of Service Credit
(a) This section applies only to a former member, member, retiree, or surviving beneficiary of the Employees’ Pension System who, while a member, was an employee of a participating governmental unit that elected the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection for its employees under § 31-116.1 of this article. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, […]
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 […]
Section 23-308 – Purchase of Service Credit by Members of Teachers’ Pension System
(a) In the year of retirement, a member of the Teachers’ Pension System may purchase credit for eligibility service for periods of employment described in subsection (f) of this section for which the member is not otherwise entitled to service credit. (b) Except as provided in § 23–308.2 of this subtitle, to purchase service credit under this […]
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’ […]
Section 23-308.1 – Purchase of Service Credit by Members of Employees’ Retirement System or Teachers’ Retirement System
(a) This section applies only to a former member, member, retiree, or surviving beneficiary of the Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement System who is subject to the Selection C (Combination Formula) as provided in § 22-221 of this article and to Subtitle 2, Part II of this title. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) […]
Section 23-303.1 – Eligibility Service — Employees’ or Teachers’ Pension Systems
(a) This section applies to a member of the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System who has prior service in a part of the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System that is subject to a different rate of benefit accrual. (b) A member who is subject to the contributory pension benefit, Alternate Contributory Pension Selection, […]
Section 23-308.2 – Purchase of Service Credit by Members of Teachers’ Retirement System or Teachers’ Pension System
(a) For periods of employment as a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Pension System for which the member is not otherwise entitled to service credit, a member of the Teachers’ Pension System may purchase credit for eligibility service as provided in this section. (b) The total amount of service credit in the Teachers’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.