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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="22-214" title_number="22" title_name="Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to a member who is subject to Selection A (Additional member contributions).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a member whose membership started on or before June 30, 1973, the contribution rate as a percent of a member's earnable compensation is the lesser of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>2% plus the contribution rate adopted by the Board of Trustees and in effect when membership began; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>7%.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For a member whose membership started on or after July 1, 1973, the contribution rate is 7% of a member's earnable compensation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For a member who under § 22-308(b)(2) of this title elects to receive full-time service credit for regular part-time employment, the contribution rate is 7% of the compensation the member would have earned had the member been a full-time employee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a member who is subject to Selection B (Limited cost-of-living adjustment).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a member whose membership started on or before June 30, 1973, the contribution rate as a percent of a member's earnable compensation is the lesser of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the contribution rate adopted by the Board of Trustees and in effect when membership began; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>5%.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For a member whose membership started on or after July 1, 1973, the contribution rate is 5% of a member's earnable compensation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For a member who elects under § 22-308(b)(2) of this title to receive full-time service credit for regular part-time employment, the contribution rate is 5% of the compensation the member would have earned had the member been a full-time employee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a member who is subject to Selection C (Combination formula).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member’s contribution rate is as provided in § 23-212 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
