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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="28-308" title_number="28" title_name="Local Fire and Police System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Service Credit">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For the purpose of computing benefits under this title, creditable service consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>eligibility service as adjusted under subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>credit for unused sick leave as provided in § 20-206 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to eligibility service that consists of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>service credit transferred from another retirement or pension system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>military service credit granted under Title 38 of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>service credit purchased under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board of Trustees shall adjust a member’s eligibility service as provided in this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations to determine for any fiscal year the amount of creditable service that equals the eligibility service for a member who has completed less than the normal hours of employment for the member’s position.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The normal hours of employment for a position equals the minimum number of hours to be completed by a full-time employee serving in the member’s position.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The creditable service recognized for a fiscal year may not be less than the eligibility service for the member multiplied by a fraction, not to exceed one, that has:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>as its numerator, the number of hours of employment as a member that the member has completed during that year; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>as its denominator, the normal number of hours for the member’s position.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
