Section 26-302 – 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 Law Enforcement Officers’ 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 […]
Section 26-202 – Membership as Condition of Employment
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual described in § 26–201 of this subtitle is a member of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System as a condition of employment. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, membership in the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System is optional for an individual described in […]
Section 26-303 – Eligibility Service — Entitlements Before Separation From Employment
(a) This section applies to a member of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System who is subject to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Modified Pension Benefit under Subtitle 2, Part II of this title. (b) A member is entitled to the eligibility service to which the member was entitled before the separation from employment if the member: (1) was […]
Section 26-203 – Continuation of Membership
Membership continues for a member who is: (1) on leave of absence approved by the Board of Trustees; or (2) in military service within the periods specified in Title 38 of this article.
Section 26-304 – 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 from the Employees’ Retirement System, the member’s creditable service recognized under the Employees’ Retirement System through the date before the member became a […]
Section 26-203.1 – Transfer of Employer Contributions; Local Pension Fund Transfers
(a) For members who transfer from the Employees’ Pension System or the Employees’ Retirement System, the Board of Trustees shall transfer to the accumulation fund of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System the employer contributions that were made to the Employees’ Retirement System and the Employees’ Pension System on behalf of those members who transferred, plus […]
Section 25-304.1 – Eligibility Service — 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 25-305 – Purchase of Service Credit at Member’s Cost
(a) A member may purchase service credit as provided in subsection (b) of this section for periods of employment for which the member: (1) (i) would have been entitled to purchase service credit under the Employees’ Retirement System; and (ii) is not otherwise entitled to service credit under the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System; or (2) was not vested in the […]
Section 25-306 – Purchase of Service Credit by Payment of Full Cost
(a) A member may purchase service credit as provided in this section for periods of employment described in subsection (c) of this section for which the member is not otherwise entitled to service credit. (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 […]
Section 25-306.1 – Transfer of Service Credit
(a) A member who is a former member of the Employees’ Pension System who was vested but whose membership in the Employees’ Pension System terminated as a result of being laid off for nondisciplinary reasons may transfer service credit for eligibility service to the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System if the member files with the Board of […]