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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="21-311" title_number="21" title_name="State Retirement and Pension System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Funding">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board of Trustees shall credit to each member’s individual account in the annuity savings fund of the appropriate State system:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the member contributions of the member as provided in this Division II; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>regular interest on the accumulated contributions of the member as provided in this Division II.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>From the annuity savings fund of the appropriate system, the Board of Trustees shall pay the accumulated contributions of a member or former member that, as provided in this Division II:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>are withdrawn by the member or former member; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if a member or former member dies, are paid to the member’s or former member’s estate or designated beneficiary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>When a member retires or a former member commences to receive a vested allowance, the Board of Trustees shall transfer the member’s or former member’s accumulated contributions from the annuity savings fund of the appropriate State system to the accumulation fund of that system.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a former member is not eligible to receive a vested allowance under Title 29, Subtitle 3 of this article, when the former member’s membership ends, the Board of Trustees shall transfer the former member’s accumulated contributions from the annuity savings fund of the appropriate State system to the accumulation fund of that system.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If accumulated contributions of a former member are transferred to the accumulation fund under paragraph (1) of this subsection, at the request of the former member, the Board of Trustees shall return the accumulated contributions to the former member from the accumulation fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
