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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="32-205.1" title_number="32" title_name="Optional Defined Contribution System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Optional Defined Contribution System">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Employees of the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority who are members of the Employees’ Pension System shall be eligible for a matching contribution if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Supplemental Board determines that employees of the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority are eligible to participate in and contribute to one or more of the State supplemental plans; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority makes an irrevocable election to participate in the Optional Defined Contribution System.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority makes an election under this section, the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority shall be required to pay for each employee who makes contributions under § 32–204 of this subtitle, a contribution in an amount equal to the lesser of the employee’s contributions or $600 per fiscal year, in the manner directed by the Supplemental Board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
