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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="23-212" title_number="23" title_name="Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, a member’s contribution rate is 5% of the part of the member’s earnable compensation that exceeds the taxable wage base for each year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The contribution rate of a member who is subject to the contributory pension benefit under Part II of this subtitle is 2% of the member’s earnable compensation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The contribution rate of a member who is subject to the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection under Part III of this subtitle is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>3% of the member’s earnable compensation received from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, both inclusive;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>4% of the member’s earnable compensation received from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, both inclusive;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>5% of the member’s earnable compensation received from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2011, both inclusive; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>7% of the member’s earnable compensation received on or after July 1, 2011.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The contribution rate of a member who is subject to the reformed contributory pension benefit under Part IV of this subtitle is 7% of the member’s earnable compensation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
