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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="26-307.1" title_number="26" title_name="Law Enforcement Officers' Pension 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 described in subsection (c) of this section for which the member is not otherwise entitled.</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 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>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a member may purchase service credit for a period of employment as a member of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System if the member:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has withdrawn the member’s accumulated contributions after a prior termination of membership; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>was subject to the modified pension benefit under Subtitle 2, Part II of this title when the member previously terminated membership in the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member may not purchase eligibility service credit that exceeds the member’s creditable service credit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
