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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="26-403" title_number="26" title_name="Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Service Retirement Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g) of this section, a retiree who is receiving a service retirement allowance may accept employment with a participating employer on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis, without any reduction in retirement allowance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A reemployed retiree who is receiving a service retirement allowance may not receive creditable service or eligibility service during the period of reemployment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The retiree’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="d">
    <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="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Immediately on the employment of any retiree, a participating employer shall notify the State Retirement Agency of the type of employment and the anticipated earnings of the retiree.</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="f">
    <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a withdrawn participating governmental unit, if the retiree was an employee of the withdrawn participating governmental unit while the withdrawn governmental unit was a participating employer.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="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies to a retiree who is elected as a sheriff less than 1 year after the retiree’s date of retirement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board of Trustees shall, after giving notice, temporarily suspend the retiree’s allowance as of the date the retiree begins serving as a sheriff.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>On receiving satisfactory documentation that the individual is no longer serving as a sheriff, the Board of Trustees shall reinstate the retiree’s allowance with accumulated cost–of–living adjustments from the date the allowance was temporarily suspended.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The retiree’s allowance will be reinstated on the first day of the month following the month in which the retiree ceased serving as a sheriff.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If a retiree whose allowance is temporarily suspended dies while serving as a sheriff, survivorship benefits selected by the member at the time of retirement shall be paid to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the surviving spouse or child, in accordance with § 26–402 of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if there is no surviving spouse or child, the designated beneficiary in accordance with § 21–403 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
