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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 49 Rollovers and transfers to purchase service credit, effective January 1, 2002.">
  <section prefix="§" num="49" heading="Rollovers and transfers to purchase service credit, effective January 1, 2002.">
    <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="Rollover contribution.">
        <para num="(i)">“Rollover contribution” means an eligible rollover distribution, as defined in Internal Revenue Code § 402(c)(4), that the member:<para num="(A)">receives from an eligible retirement plan, as defined in Internal Revenue Code § 402(c)(8)(b); and</para>
          <para num="(B)">transfers to the system in accordance with Internal Revenue Code § 402(c) so as not to be included in the member’s taxable income.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">“Rollover contribution” does not include any portion of a distribution that would not be included in the member’s taxable income if it were not rolled over.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Trustee-to-Trustee transfer.">“Trustee-to-trustee transfer” means a direct transfer to the system made in accordance with Internal Revenue Code § 403(b)(13) or § 457(e)(17).</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="In general.">If any provision of &lt;cite data-path="|22"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; allows a member of any system to purchase or repurchase service credit by making a single payment, all or any portion of that payment may be made by a rollover contribution or a trustee-to-trustee transfer, except as specified in subsection (c) of this section.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Limitation.">No member may purchase or repurchase service credit under this section if the Board of Trustees determines that the purchase or repurchase does not qualify for tax-free rollover or transfer treatment under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code as then in effect.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-576</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
