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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="24-306" title_number="24" title_name="State Police Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A member may purchase service credit as provided in this section for periods of employment described in subsection (c) of this section for which the member is not otherwise entitled to service credit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A member who purchases service credit under this section shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>complete a claim for the service credit and file it with the Board of Trustees on the form that the Board of Trustees provides; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pay to the Board of Trustees an amount equal to the annuity reserve and pension reserve required to fund the additional allowance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The member shall pay for service credit purchased under this section in a single payment at retirement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A member may purchase service credit for a period of employment not exceeding 10 years for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>federal service; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>out-of-state service with a political subdivision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
