§ 23–303
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. § 23-303 (2026)
Title 23. Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems
Subtitle 3. Service Credit
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(a)
In this section, “break in service” means a period of separation from employment in a fiscal year after the one in which a member first becomes employed, if during that fiscal year the member does not complete more than 350 hours of employment while a member.
(b)
(1)
This section applies to a member of the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System who was a member of one of those State systems.
(2)
This section does not apply to:
(i)
a retiree of the Employees’ Pension System or the Teachers’ Pension System; or
(ii)
a member of the Employees’ Pension System or Teachers’ Pension System who is subject to the contributory pension benefit, the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection, or the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit.
(c)
A member is entitled to the eligibility service to which the member was entitled before the separation from employment if:
(1)
the member has not incurred a break in service;
(2)
the member was entitled to a vested allowance at the time of the separation from employment; or
(3)
(i)
the member has completed 1 year of eligibility service after a break in service; and
(ii)
the number of consecutive years in which the member incurred a break in service is less than the years of eligibility service as a member before the break in service.
(d)
To determine if a member is eligible for prior eligibility service under subsection (c)(3)(ii) of this section, the Board of Trustees shall determine the number of years of prior eligibility service:
(1)
as of the day the member separated from employment; but
(2)
excluding any eligibility service lost because of a prior break in service.
(e)
When a member receives credit for eligibility service under subsection (c) of this section from the other system, the member has no further rights in the other system.