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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="22-217" title_number="22" title_name="Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership">
  <text>Membership ends if the member:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>is separated from employment for more than:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>4 years, if a member of the Employees’ Retirement System; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>5 years, if a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>withdraws the member’s accumulated contributions;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>transfers to the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>becomes a retiree; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>dies.</text>
  </level>
</section>
