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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="37-203.2" title_number="37" title_name="Transfers Between Retirement or Pension Systems" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subsection applies to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has accrued service credit in a State or local retirement or pension system;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has accepted new employment in a position requiring membership in one of the several systems; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>did not make a claim under § 37–203 or § 37–203.1 of this subtitle to transfer the previous service credit within 1 year of transferring into one of the several systems.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An individual described under subsection (a) of this section may request the Executive Director to accept the individual’s claim to transfer service credit accrued in the previous system.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Executive Director denies a request for a waiver, the denial shall be presented to the Board of Trustees for review.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board of Trustees may overturn the Executive Director’s decision under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or before October 1 of each year, the Board of Trustees shall submit a report to the Joint Committee on Pensions in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, that provides:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the number of requests made by individuals to the Executive Director requesting a waiver of the 1–year requirement to claim transferred service credit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the number of requests granted and denied by the Executive Director; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the number of requests granted by the Board of Trustees following a denial by the Executive Director.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board of Trustees shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
