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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="22-221" title_number="22" title_name="Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only to a member who is not subject to Selection A (Additional member contributions) or Selection B (Limited cost-of-living adjustment).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The effective date for application of this section is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>July 1, 1984, for a member employed by a participating employer on that day who had not elected Selection A (Additional member contributions) or Selection B (Limited cost-of-living adjustment);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date of return to employment by a participating employer for a member who returned to active employment and had not elected Selection A (Additional member contributions) or Selection B (Limited cost-of-living adjustment); or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the date of election of Selection C (Combination formula) by a member who on or before December 31, 2004, had formerly elected Selection A (Additional member contributions) or Selection B (Limited cost-of-living adjustment).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For purposes of computing a member’s allowance under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>service credit, other than military service credit, received by an individual before the individual last became a member shall be treated as service credit as of the date the service was rendered; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>military service credit, received by a member in accordance with Title 38 of this article, shall be determined as of the date the Board of Trustees verifies the military service credit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>From the effective date for application of this section, a member shall receive an allowance as provided in this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For normal service retirement, the allowance is computed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for creditable service before the effective date, as provided by § 22-401 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for creditable service on and after the effective date, as provided by § 23-401 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For early service retirement, the allowance is computed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for creditable service before the effective date, as provided by § 22-402 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for creditable service on and after the effective date, as provided by § 23-402 of this article, except that the reduction under that section may not exceed 42% of the normal service retirement allowance based on the creditable service on or after the effective date.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For ordinary disability retirement, the allowance is computed on the greater of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the allowance computed as provided by § 29-106 of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the allowance computed as provided by § 29-108 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>For accidental disability retirement the allowance is computed as provided by § 29-110 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>For determining the average final compensation of a member who was employed on a part time basis, the average final compensation is computed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for employment before the effective date, as provided in § 20-204 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for employment on and after the effective date, as provided in § 20-205 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A member who is subject to this section and who at the time of retirement is entitled to service credit for unused sick leave under § 20-206 of this article shall have the total amount of unused sick leave credit apportioned in the same ratio that the member’s creditable service is apportioned for computation of the allowance under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A member who retires on or after the effective date for application of this section shall have the allowance adjusted as provided in §§ 29–401, 29–402, and 29–407 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>For creditable service received on and after the effective date for application of this section, the rate of member contributions is that provided by § 23-212 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
