A member is entitled to service credit: for service as a member; regained under § 27–302 of this subtitle by a member who redeposits accumulated contributions previously withdrawn; for prior service as provided in § 27–303 of this subtitle; or for military service as provided in Title 38 of this article.

A member who, on a prior termination of service, withdrew accumulated contributions from the Judges’ Retirement System may receive service credit for the period of service during the previous membership if, within 1 year after the member’s restoration of membership, the member redeposits in a single payment the withdrawn accumulated contributions plus regular interest to the date of redeposit.

A member is entitled to service credit for prior service as a full-time judge of a people’s court or municipal court.