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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="23-209" title_number="23" title_name="Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership">
  <text>The Board of Trustees may deny membership in the Teachers’ Pension System to, or make membership optional for, any class of individuals described in § 23-206(a) of this subtitle whose:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>compensation is paid only partly by the State; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>employment is temporary or on other than a yearly basis.</text>
  </level>
</section>
