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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-2 Commencement of participation.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-2" heading="Commencement of participation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Initial employment on or after July 1, 2014.">An employee initially employed by a participating employer on or after July 1, 2014, must make an election under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|22|§9"&gt;Article 22, § 9&lt;/cite&gt;.1, and, based on that election, will commence participation in the Plan as follows:<para num="(i)">A hybrid member will commence participation on the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary of the date on which his or her initial employment began.</para>
      <para num="(ii)">A non-hybrid member will commence participation on the 180&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day after the date on which his or her initial employment began.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Preemployment if initially employed before July 1, 2014.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Prior employment terminated after earning vested benefit.">An employee who was employed by a participating employer before July 1, 2014, and who, after having terminated that employment with a vested benefit under a City retirement plan, is reemployed by that or another participating employer on or after July 1, 2014, automatically commences participation in the Plan as a non-hybrid member on the 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day after the date of reemployment.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Prior employment terminated before earning vested benefit.">An employee who was employed by a participating employer before July 1, 2014, and who, after having terminated that employment before earning a vested benefit under a City retirement plan, is reemployed by that or another participating employer on or after July 1, 2014, must make an election under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|22|§9"&gt;Article 22, § 9&lt;/cite&gt;.1, and, based on that election, will commence participation as a hybrid member or a non-hybrid member on the date provided in subsection (a) of this section.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Breaks in service.">A Plan member who terminates employment with a participating employer and is subsequently reemployed by that or another participating employer will recommence participation in the Plan as a hybrid member or a non-hybrid member, based on his or her previous election under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|22|§9"&gt;Article 22, § 9&lt;/cite&gt;.1, on the 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day after the date on which his or her reemployment began.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-216</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-458</annotation>
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