Section 38-102 – Benefits During Military Services
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, during a period that a member of a State or local retirement or pension system is absent from employment for military service, the member or the member’s estate, under a State or local retirement or pension system, is not entitled to: (1) ordinary disability benefits; […]
Section 38-103 – Rights to Membership and Service Credit
(a) This section applies only to a member of a State or local retirement or pension system who: (1) does not withdraw any of the member’s accumulated contributions, unless the member redeposits the sum withdrawn as provided under subsection (b) of this section; (2) within 1 year after the member leaves military service, is employed by the State […]
Section 38-104 – State Service Credit for Military Service
(a) (1) This section applies to an individual who is: (i) a member of a State system; or (ii) a former member of a State system who is eligible to receive a benefit under § 29–302 or § 29–303 of this article. (2) This section does not apply to a retiree of a State system. (b) Except as provided in subsection […]
Section 38-105 – Regulations
A governmental unit authorized to administer a State or local retirement or pension system may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.
Section 38-201 – Service Credit Required in Local Retirement Systems for Members of General Assembly
(a) This section applies only to individuals who are members of the General Assembly from and after January 15, 1963. (b) Notwithstanding any provisions of general or local law to the contrary, any member of a local retirement system that is operated on an actuarial basis, as described in Title 37 of this article, who is on […]
Section 39-101 – Definitions
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “County” means a county of the State and, unless expressly provided otherwise, Baltimore City. (c) (1) “Special retirement or pension system” means a retirement or pension system that: (i) provides retirement or pension benefits; and (ii) allows a county executive, county council member, county commissioner, or appointed official to […]
Section 39-102 – Creation of a Special Retirement or Pension System by County
(a) A county may not create a special retirement or pension system that allows the system’s benefits to be set or amended by a means other than by ordinance enacted by the governing body of the county. (b) On or after February 1, 1996, a county may create a special retirement or pension system if the system […]
Section 39-103 – System Allowing Benefits to Be Set or Amended by Means Other Than Ordinance
If a county has created a special retirement or pension system that allows or has allowed the system’s benefits to be set or amended by a means other than by ordinance enacted by the governing body of the county, on or before January 31, 1996, the governing body of the county shall: (1) (i) modify the system […]
Section 39-104 – Termination of a System
(a) If a special retirement or pension system is terminated, the governing body of the county shall provide, by ordinance, for a distribution of the assets of the system in an equitable and nondiscriminatory manner to the system’s members, former members, retirees, and beneficiaries to the extent they would be eligible to receive a benefit under […]
Section 40-101 – Local Pension Systems
(a) In this section, “local jurisdiction” means any county or municipal corporation in the State. (b) (1) Subject to any other provision of State or federal law, a local jurisdiction that establishes a public pension system on or after July 1, 2005, is required to adhere to the principles incorporated in the Uniform Management of Public Employee Retirement […]