# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 21. State Retirement and Pension System

### Subtitle 1. Administration

#### Section 21-102

The State Retirement and Pension System consists of:

(1) the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, established on July 1, 1974;

(2) the Employees' Pension System, established on January 1, 1980;

(3) the Employees' Retirement System, established on October 1, 1941;

(4) the Judges' Retirement System, which consists of:

  (i) the contributory plan, established on July 1, 1969; and

  (ii) the noncontributory plan, established on April 7, 1904;

(5) the Legislative Pension Plan;

(6) the Local Fire and Police System, established on July 1, 1989;

(7) the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, established on July 2, 1990;

(8) the State Police Retirement System, established on July 1, 1949;

(9) the Teachers' Pension System, established on January 1, 1980;

(10) the Teachers' Retirement System, established on August 1, 1927; and

(11) any other system or subsystem that the Board of Trustees administers.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)