# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 26. Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System

### Subtitle 3. Service Credit

#### Section 26-307

(a)

  (1) In the year of retirement, a member may purchase service credit for eligibility service of up to 10 years for periods of employment for which the member:

    (i) would have been entitled to purchase the service credit under the Employees' Pension System; and

    (ii) is not otherwise entitled to service credit under the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System.

  (2) To purchase service credit under this section, a member must:

    (i) 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

    (ii) pay to the Board of Trustees an amount equal to the annuity reserve and pension reserve required to fund the additional allowance.

(b)

  (1) A member may purchase credit for eligibility service for previous service in a position described in Sec. 23-204(a) of this article.

  (2) To purchase the service credit, the member must pay, in a single payment, the contributions, with interest, that the Board of Trustees considers appropriate.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)