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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="28-401" title_number="28" title_name="Local Fire and Police System" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Service Retirement Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a member may retire with a normal service retirement allowance if, on or before the date of retirement, the member:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has at least 25 years of eligibility service;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is at least 62 years old; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is at least 60 years old and has transferred to the Local Fire and Police System from the Employees’ Retirement System.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To retire under this subsection, a member shall complete and submit a written application to the Board of Trustees on the form that the Board of Trustees provides stating the date when the member desires to retire.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member may not retire before the first day of the month after employment ends.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, on retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals the number of years of the member’s creditable service multiplied by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1% of the member’s average final compensation that is not in excess of the Social Security integration level; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="1">
        <text>5% of the member’s average final compensation that exceeds the Social Security integration level.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a member:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>who has not transferred from the Employees’ Retirement System; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>whose employer does not contribute to Social Security.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals the number of years of the member’s creditable service multiplied by 1.5% of the member’s average final compensation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a member who has transferred from the Employees’ Retirement System.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>2% of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by each year of the member’s first 30 years of creditable service; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>1% of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by each year of creditable service in excess of 30 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
