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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="28-307" title_number="28" title_name="Local Fire and Police System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>would have been entitled to purchase service credit under the Employees’ Pension System; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is not otherwise entitled to service credit under the Local Fire and Police System.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To purchase service credit under this section, a member must:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>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</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pay to the Board of Trustees an amount equal to the annuity reserve and pension reserve required to fund the additional allowance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A member may purchase credit for eligibility service for previous service in a position described in § 23-204(a) of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To purchase the service credit, the member must pay, in a single payment, the contributions, with interest, that the Board of Trustees considers appropriate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
