<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-101" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>This title applies to the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System.</text> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-102" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, the administration, management, and funding of the benefits for members of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System are the same as those for the Employees’ Retirement System.</text> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-201" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle applies only to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>correctional officers serving in any of the first six job classifications;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>security attendants at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a detention center officer employed by a participating governmental unit that on or after July 1, 2006, has elected to participate in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>an individual serving as a correctional dietary, maintenance, laundry, or supply officer;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>an individual serving as a Maryland Correctional Enterprises officer, officer trainee, plant supervisor, plant manager, or regional manager;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a correctional officer serving as a security chief, a facility administrator, an assistant warden, or a warden who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>begins employment in that position on or after July 1, 2014; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is serving in that position on June 30, 2014, and elects to transfer to the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System from:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Employees’ Pension System on or before December 31, 2014; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Employees’ Retirement System on or before December 31, 2015;</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>an individual serving as a correctional case management specialist, supervisor, or manager on or after July 1, 2016;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>an individual serving as a parole and probation agent, supervisor, or regional administrator on or after July 1, 2017;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>an individual serving as a Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services employee in one of the following positions on or after July 1, 2017:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an alcohol and drug:</text> <level label="1"> <text>associate counselor, counselor lead, counselor provisional, or counselor supervisor;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>professional counselor, counselor provisional, or counselor supervisor; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>supervised counselor or counselor provisional;</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a mental health professional counselor, graduate professional counselor, professional counselor advanced, or professional supervisor;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a psychologist, psychology associate, or psychology associate doctorate;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a social worker, social worker advanced, social worker supervisor, or social work regional supervisor; or</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a recreation officer or supervisor;</text> </level> </level> <level label="10"> <text>an individual serving as a Department of Juvenile Services employee in one of the following positions on or after July 1, 2018:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a community detention officer or community detention supervisor;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a youth transportation officer, youth transportation officer lead, youth transportation officer supervisor, or youth transportation officer trainee;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a resident advisor, resident advisor lead, resident advisor supervisor, or resident advisor trainee; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a youth recreation specialist;</text> </level> </level> <level label="11"> <text>an individual serving as a Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services employee in one of the following positions on or after July 1, 2018:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a parole and probation assistant regional administrator;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a psychology services chief;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a correctional maintenance officer supervisor;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a correctional maintenance officer manager;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a correctional maintenance services officer;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>a correctional maintenance services supervisor;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>a correctional maintenance services manager; or</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>a correctional maintenance regional manager;</text> </level> </level> <level label="12"> <text>an individual serving as a Department of Juvenile Services employee in one of the following positions on or after July 1, 2022:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a case management specialist I, II, or III;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a case management specialist supervisor;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a case management specialist program supervisor; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a group life manager I or II;</text> </level> </level> <level label="13"> <text>an individual serving as a Maryland Department of Health employee on or after July 1, 2024:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at one of the following facilities:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Eastern Shore Hospital Center;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Thomas B. Finan Center;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Potomac Center/Secure Evaluation and Therapeutic Treatment Program;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Spring Grove Hospital Center;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Springfield Hospital Center;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents – Baltimore; or</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in one of the following positions:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a CAMH associate I, II, or lead – CI;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a developmental disability associate – CI;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a direct care assistant I or II – CI;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a direct care trainee – CI;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a licensed practical nurse I, II, III advance, or III lead – CI;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a resident associate SETT – CI;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>a security attendant I, II, or III;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>a security attendant manager I or II; or</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>a security attendant supervisor;</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="14"> <text>an individual serving as a Maryland Department of Health employee on or after July 1, 2025:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at a facility described in item (13)(i) of this subsection; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in one of the following positions:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a CAMH associate supervisor – CI;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a developmental disability associate assistant manager – CI;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a developmental disability associate manager – CI; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a developmental disability associate supervisor – CI; and</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="15"> <text>an individual serving as a Maryland Department of Health employee on or after July 1, 2026:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at a facility described in item (13)(i) of this subsection; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in one of the following positions:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a CAMH specialist I – CI; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a CAMH specialist II – CI.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an employee of the Baltimore City Jail as of June 30, 1991, who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>became an employee of the Baltimore City Detention Center on July 1, 1991; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>did not elect to become a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System on that date;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a detention center officer employed by a participating governmental unit as a local detention center officer on the effective date of participation on or after July 1, 2006, who did not elect to become a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System within 6 months of the effective date of participation; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a correctional officer serving as a security chief, a facility administrator, an assistant warden, or a warden who is in that position on June 30, 2014, and does not elect to transfer membership to the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System from:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Employees’ Pension System on or before December 31, 2014; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Employees’ Retirement System on or before December 31, 2015.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-202" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual described in § 25–201(a) of this subtitle is a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System as a condition of employment.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, membership in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System is optional for an individual described in § 25–201 of this subtitle who was employed by a participating governmental unit as a local detention center officer on the effective date of participation on or after July 1, 2006, but before July 1, 2017, for that participating governmental unit and who elects membership within 6 months of the effective date of participation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, membership in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System is optional for an individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>described in § 25–201 of this subtitle who was employed by a participating governmental unit as a local detention center officer on the effective date of participation on or after July 1, 2017, for that participating governmental unit; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>who elects membership before the effective date of participation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>To elect to be a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System, an individual shall file a written application with the State Retirement Agency on a form that the State Retirement Agency provides.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <level label="i"> <text>An election to join the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System under this subsection is a one–time, irrevocable election.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If an individual does not elect membership during the applicable period specified under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, the individual may not subsequently become a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-203" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <text>A member’s contribution rate is 5% of the member’s earnable compensation.</text> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-203.1" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <text>For members who transfer from the Employees’ Pension System or the Employees’ Retirement System, the Board of Trustees shall transfer to the accumulation fund of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System the employer contributions that were made to the Employees’ Pension System or the Employees’ Retirement System on behalf of those members who transferred, plus the interest earned on those contributions through the date of transfer.</text> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-204" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, regular interest is payable on member contributions at the rate of 4% a year, compounded annually, until retirement or withdrawal of the accumulated contributions.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no further interest shall be paid on member contributions after membership ends if the former member is not eligible to receive a vested allowance under Title 29, Subtitle 3 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>In this subsection, “active member” means a member who is not separated from employment with the State or a participating employer of one of the several systems.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This subsection applies only to an individual who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is a former member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is not eligible to receive a vested allowance from the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System under Title 29, Subtitle 3 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>has not withdrawn the individual’s member contributions from the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>is an active member of one of the several systems.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An individual described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall receive regular interest at the rate described under subsection (a) of this section on the individual’s member contributions in a nonvested account in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System while the individual is an active member of one of the several systems.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-205" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <text>Membership ends if the member:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is separated from employment for more than 4 years;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>withdraws the member’s accumulated contributions;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>becomes a retiree; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>dies.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-205.1" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to an individual who:</text> <level label="1"> <text>on or before June 30, 2011, was a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System;</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 Correctional Officers’ Retirement 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 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>An individual described in subsection (a) of this section who resumes employment in a position that is included in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System is subject to the same requirements to which an individual who was a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System on June 30, 2011, and remains a member on July 1, 2011, is subject.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-206" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <level label="a"> <text>For members who transfer from a local pension system, the local pension system shall transfer to the Board of Trustees the employer contributions that were made to the local pension system on behalf of those members who transferred, plus the interest earned on those contributions through the date of transfer.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Board of Trustees shall deposit any funds transferred under subsection (a) of this section in the accumulation fund of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-207" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership"> <text>If an individual was a member of any one of the several systems on June 30, 2011, and without incurring a break in employment of more than 30 days, becomes a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System on or after July 1, 2011, the individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>shall be considered to be a new member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System as of the date the individual joins the system; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is subject to the same requirements to which an individual who was a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System on June 30, 2011, and remains a member on July 1, 2011, is subject.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-301" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit"> <text>A member is entitled to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>eligibility service as provided in §§ 25-303 through 25-306 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>creditable service as provided in § 25-307 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-302" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations that specify the period of employment in a year that is equal to 1 year of service credit.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Board of Trustees may not allow more than 1 year of service credit for a calendar year.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A member is entitled to receive 1 month of service credit for employment for a month or a part of a month if a member contribution is made in that month.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-303" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit"> <text>Eligibility service for a member consists of service credit:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for employment as a member;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>regained under § 25-304 of this subtitle by a member who redeposits accumulated contributions previously withdrawn;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>transferred from a retirement or pension system under Title 37 of this article or Title 31, Subtitle 1 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>for military service as provided in Title 38 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>purchased under this subtitle; or</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>transferred from the Employees’ Pension System under § 25-306.1 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-304" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit"> <text>A member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System who previously terminated membership and withdrew accumulated contributions from either the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System, the Employees’ Retirement System, or the Teachers’ Retirement System may receive service credit for the period of employment during the previous membership if the member redeposits in a single payment the withdrawn accumulated contributions plus regular interest to the date of redeposit.</text> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-304.1" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a member may not purchase service credit under this title if the member is separated from employment.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A member who is separated from employment may purchase service credit under this title for a leave of absence approved by the Board of Trustees under regulations that apply to all members, if the member purchases the service credit within 60 days after the expiration of the leave of absence.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For good cause shown, the Executive Director, in the Executive Director’s sole discretion, may extend the time period to purchase service credit under paragraph (1) of this subsection if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the purchased service credit would allow the member to meet the eligibility service requirements to apply for an ordinary disability retirement under § 29–105(a) of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the member completes the purchase of the service credit before the earlier of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>4 years after the expiration of the leave of absence; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the date membership ends.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations to carry out this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-305" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit"> <level label="a"> <text>A member may purchase service credit as provided in subsection (b) of this section for periods of employment for which the member:</text> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>would have been entitled to purchase service credit under the Employees’ Retirement System; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is not otherwise entitled to service credit under the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>was not vested in the Employees’ Pension System.</text> </level> </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 a form that the Board of Trustees provides; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>pay to the Board of Trustees in a single payment the member contributions the member would have made for the period of employment for which service credit is being purchased plus regular interest to the date of payment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A member may pay for service credit purchased under this section at any time before retirement.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-306" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' 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:</text> <level label="1"> <text>not exceeding 10 years for out-of-state public school teaching service;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>not exceeding 10 years for public or nonpublic school teaching service;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>not exceeding 5 years for postsecondary school teaching service;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>not exceeding 10 years for federal service or out-of-state service with a political subdivision; or</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>as an employee of a political subdivision of this State if the employee is not receiving retirement benefits from a political subdivision of the State for the same period of employment.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-306.1" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit"> <level label="a"> <text>A member who is a former member of the Employees’ Pension System who was vested but whose membership in the Employees’ Pension System terminated as a result of being laid off for nondisciplinary reasons may transfer service credit for eligibility service to the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System if the member files with the Board of Trustees an executed waiver of all benefits to which the member may be entitled under the Employees’ Pension System.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Eligibility service transferred from the Employees’ Pension System under subsection (a) of this section shall be transferred at the rate of 6 months of eligibility service in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System for each year of eligibility service in the Employees’ Pension System.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-307" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit"> <level label="a"> <text>Creditable service on which the allowance of a member is based consists of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>eligibility service, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>credit for unused sick leave as provided in § 20-206 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A member’s creditable service for a period of regular part-time employment equals the member’s actual employment during that period.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-401" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Service Retirement Benefits"> <level label="a"> <text>A member may retire with a normal service retirement allowance if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>on or before the date of retirement, the member:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has at least 20 years of eligibility service;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <level label="1"> <text>is a correctional case management specialist, supervisor, or manager on or before June 30, 2016;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is vested in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>has a combined total of at least 20 years of eligibility service from:</text> </level> <level label="A"> <text>the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System and the Employees’ Retirement System; or</text> </level> <level label="B"> <text>the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System and the Employees’ Pension System;</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <level label="1"> <text>is serving in a position specified in:</text> </level> <level label="A"> <text>§ 25–201(a)(8) or (9) of this title on or before June 30, 2017;</text> </level> <level label="B"> <text>§ 25–201(a)(10) or (11) of this title on or before June 30, 2018;</text> </level> <level label="C"> <text>§ 25–201(a)(12) of this title on or before June 30, 2022;</text> </level> <level label="D"> <text>§ 25–201(a)(13) of this title on or before June 30, 2024;</text> </level> <level label="E"> <text>§ 25–201(a)(14) of this title on or before June 30, 2025; or</text> </level> <level label="F"> <text>§ 25–201(a)(15) of this title on or before June 30, 2026;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is vested in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>has a combined total of at least 20 years of eligibility service from:</text> </level> <level label="A"> <text>the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System and the Employees’ Retirement System; or</text> </level> <level label="B"> <text>the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System and the Employees’ Pension System; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>is at least 55 years old and has:</text> <level label="1"> <text>at least 5 years of eligibility service credit, if the member is a member on or before June 30, 2011; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>at least 10 years of eligibility service credit, if the member becomes a member on or after July 1, 2011; and</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals one fifty–fifth of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>On retirement under this section, if a member’s annuity is greater than the member’s normal service retirement allowance calculated under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the member’s normal service retirement allowance shall equal the member’s annuity.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection applies only to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a correctional case management specialist, supervisor, or manager who has a combined total of 20 years of eligibility service as provided in subsection (a)(1)(ii) of this section; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a member serving in a position specified in § 25–201(a)(8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), or (15) of this title who has a combined total of 20 years of eligibility service as provided in subsection (a)(1)(iii) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals an allowance based on the creditable service the member has in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-401.1" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Service Retirement Benefits"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only to a Baltimore City Jail employee who:</text> <level label="1"> <text>on or before June 30, 1991, was employed by the City of Baltimore as an employee of the Baltimore City Jail for at least 5 years; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System on or after June 30, 2006.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A member described in subsection (a) of this section may retire with an early service retirement allowance if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>on or before the date of retirement, the member has at least 10 years but less than 20 years of eligibility service.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>On retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive an early service retirement allowance that equals the normal service retirement allowance under § 25-401 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-402" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Service Retirement Benefits"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to a former member who:</text> <level label="1"> <text>was eligible for a retirement allowance under § 25-401 of this subtitle when the former member’s membership terminated;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>did not submit a written application under § 25-401 before membership terminated; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>has not withdrawn accumulated contributions.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A former member described in subsection (a) of this section may retire with a retirement allowance under § 25-401 of this subtitle on the first day of the month after the Board of Trustees receives a written application for retirement from the former member.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A former member who retires under this section may not receive benefits for the period before the former member submits a completed application to the Board of Trustees.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-403" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Service Retirement Benefits"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, an individual who is receiving a service retirement allowance or vested allowance may accept employment with a participating employer on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis, if the individual immediately notifies the Board of Trustees:</text> <level label="1"> <text>of the individual’s intention to accept the employment; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>of the compensation that the individual will receive.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Board of Trustees shall reduce the allowance of an individual who accepts employment as provided under subsection (a) of this section if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the individual’s current employer is a participating employer other than the State and is the same participating employer that employed the individual at the time of the individual’s last separation from employment with a participating employer before the individual commenced receiving a service retirement allowance or vested allowance; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the individual’s current employer is any unit of State government and the individual’s employer at the time of the individual’s last separation from employment with the State before the individual commenced receiving a service retirement allowance or vested allowance was also a unit of State government.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Subject to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the reduction under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall equal the amount by which the sum of the individual’s initial annual basic allowance and the individual’s annual compensation exceeds the average final compensation used to compute the basic allowance.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Any reduction taken under this subsection may not reduce the retiree’s allowance to an amount less than the required deduction for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>if the retiree retired from any unit of State government, the retiree’s monthly State–approved medical insurance premiums; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>if the retiree retired from a participating employer other than the State, the approved monthly medical insurance premiums required by the participating employer that employed the retiree at the time of the retiree’s retirement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Board of Trustees shall recover from the retiree any difference between the reduction required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and the reduction taken under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The reduction under this subsection does not apply to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an individual who has been retired for 5 years, beginning on January 1, after the date the individual retires;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an individual whose average final compensation was less than the minimum annual salary on the standard State pay scale as of January 1 of the preceding calendar year and who is reemployed on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an individual who is serving in an elected position as an official of a participating governmental unit or as a constitutional officer for a county that is a participating governmental unit;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a retiree of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System who is reemployed on a contractual basis for not more than 4 years by the Division of Correction, the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, or the Patuxent Institution in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as a correctional officer in a correctional facility defined in § 1–101 of the Correctional Services Article;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a retiree of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System who is reemployed on a contractual basis for not more than 4 years as a parole and probation employee in a position authorized under Title 6, Subtitle 1 of the Correctional Services Article; or</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>a retiree of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System who is employed as a bailiff in a State court.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>An individual who is receiving a service retirement allowance or a vested allowance and who is reemployed by a participating employer may not receive creditable service or eligibility service during the period of reemployment.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The individual’s compensation during the period of reemployment may not be subject to the employer pickup provisions of § 21–303 of this article or any reduction or deduction as a member contribution for pension or retirement purposes.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The State Retirement Agency shall institute appropriate reporting procedures with the affected payroll systems to ensure compliance with this section.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>Immediately on the employment of any individual receiving a service retirement allowance or a vested allowance, a participating employer shall notify the State Retirement Agency of the type of employment and the anticipated earnings of the individual.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At least once each year, in a format specified by the State Retirement Agency, each participating employer shall provide the State Retirement Agency with a list of all employees included on any payroll of the employer, the Social Security numbers of the employees, and their earnings for that year.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>At the request of the State Retirement Agency, a unit of State government shall certify to the State Retirement Agency that the individual was not employed by any unit of State government at the time of the individual’s last separation from employment before the individual commenced receiving a service retirement allowance or a vested allowance.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>An individual who is receiving a service retirement allowance under this title may not be employed within 45 days of the date the individual retired, on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis, by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the State or other participating employer; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a withdrawn participating governmental unit, if the retiree was an employee of the withdrawn participating governmental unit while the withdrawn governmental unit was a participating employer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>The Division of Correction, the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, or the Patuxent Institution in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall notify the State Retirement Agency of any retirees who qualify under subsection (b)(3)(iv) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>On or before September 1 of each year, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services, and the Director of the Patuxent Institution in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall jointly submit a report in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article to the Joint Committee on Pensions that provides:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the number of rehired retirees under subsection (b)(3)(iv) and (vi) of this section;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the annual salary of each rehired retiree at the time of retirement and the current annual salary of each rehired retiree;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the number of correctional officers hired who are not retirees; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the annual salary of each correctional officer who is hired.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="25-404" title_number="25" title_name="Correctional Officers' Retirement System" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Service Retirement Benefits"> <text>A member may be entitled to benefits under Title 29 of this article other than, or in addition to, the benefits provided under this subtitle.</text> </section>