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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="26-203.4" title_number="26" title_name="Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Membership">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to an employee of the Warrant Apprehension Unit, formerly of the Division of Parole and Probation in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>had the powers granted to a peace officer or police officer under the former § 6–106 of the Correctional Services Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>transferred to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System on or before December 31, 2015.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A member shall deposit in the annuity savings fund of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>contributions at the rates specified under § 26–204 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>regular interest on the contributions required under item (1) of this subsection at the rate of 5% per year compounded annually.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board of Trustees shall transfer a member’s accumulated contributions from the annuity savings fund of the Employees’ Pension System to the annuity savings fund of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount a member is required to deposit under subsection (b) of this section shall be reduced by the amount of accumulated contributions transferred under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
