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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9.1 Election between plans.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9.1" heading="Election between plans.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Definitions.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Class D member.">“Class D member” means a Class D member of this System, as described in § 9.2 {“Class D membership”} of this subtitle.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Hybrid member.">“Hybrid member” has the meaning stated in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|22"&gt;Article 22&lt;/cite&gt;A {“Retirement Savings Plan”}, § 1-1 {“Definitions”}.</para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Non-hybrid member.">“Non-hybrid member” has the meaning stated in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|22"&gt;Article 22&lt;/cite&gt;A {“Retirement Savings Plan”}, § 1-1 {“Definitions”}.</para>
      <para num="(5)" heading="Retirement Savings Plan.">“Retirement Savings Plan” means the Retirement Savings Plan of the City of Baltimore, as established by City Code &lt;cite data-path="|22"&gt;Article 22&lt;/cite&gt;A {“Retirement Savings Plan”}.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Employee to elect Plan.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Election.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">An employee who, on or after July 1, 2014, is initially employed or is reemployed under § 9.2(l)(2)(iv) or (vi) of &lt;cite data-path="|22"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; must, within 150 days after the date on which his or her employment or reemployment began, file a plan-election form with the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Savings Plan.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Transfers.">The status of an employee who, on or after July 1, 2014, transfers, without a break in employment, from a position with the City covered under another City retirement plan (as defined in &lt;cite data-path="|22|§9|(a)|(1)"&gt;§ 9(a)(1) of this article&lt;/cite&gt;) is determined in accordance with &lt;cite data-path="|22|§9|(a)|(2)|(ii)"&gt;§ 9(a)(2)(ii) of this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Plan-election form.">The form shall indicate whether the member elects to become:<para num="(i)">both a Class D member of this System and a hybrid member of the Retirement Savings Plan; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a non-hybrid member of the Retirement Savings Plan.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Modification or revocation of form.">During this 150-day period, the member may file a new form to modify or revoke any previous election.  However, the final election becomes effective and irrevocable on the 150&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day after the date of employment or reemployment.</para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Default.">If a member does not make a written election within 150 days, the member will automatically become both a Class D member of this System and a hybrid member of the Retirement Savings Plan.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-216</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-488</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
