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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="29-305" title_number="29" title_name="Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Deferred Vested Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “constitutional officer” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Attorney General of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Comptroller of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Lieutenant Governor of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Secretary of State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Treasurer of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A constitutional officer who is a member of the Employees’ Pension System:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on taking office, has immediate vesting rights in the Employees’ Pension System; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, is entitled to a retirement allowance as provided in Title 23, Subtitle 4 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The retirement allowance of a constitutional officer who serves at least one full term may not be less than 10% of the annual salary received during the constitutional officer's last term.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
