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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="26-302" title_number="26" title_name="Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, a member is entitled to eligibility service for periods of employment while a member of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System.</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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a member completes at least 500 hours of employment while a member in any fiscal year, the member is entitled to 1 year of eligibility service.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except in the first and last fiscal years, a member may not receive any eligibility service for a fiscal year in which the member completes less than 500 hours of employment while a member.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In the first and last fiscal years, if a member completes less than 500 hours of employment while a member, the Board of Trustees shall prorate the eligibility service based on the number of hours worked.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a member who is subject to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Modified Pension Benefit under Subtitle 2, Part II of this title completes less than 500 hours of employment while a member, the Board of Trustees shall prorate the member’s eligibility service based on the number of hours worked.</text>
  </level>
</section>
