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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="23-215.1" title_number="23" title_name="Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to a member who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on or before June 30, 2011, is subject to the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>is separated from employment for 4 years or less;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>is separated from employment for military service that meets the requirements of the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>resumes employment within 1 year of leaving military service in a position that is included in the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is separated from employment with the minimum eligibility service needed to be eligible for a vested allowance in the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection under Title 29, Subtitle 3 of this article;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>does not withdraw the member’s accumulated contributions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>does not become a retiree.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A member described in subsection (a) of this section who resumes employment in a position that is included in the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System, shall resume participation in the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection if the employer participates in the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection.</text>
  </level>
</section>
