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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 22.04.01.03" title_num="22" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Electronic Payment of Member Contributions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This regulation applies only to a participating employer that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is a local employer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is a participating governmental unit; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Does not pay its employees through the Central Payroll Bureau of the Office of the State Comptroller.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except for a participating employer that has been granted a waiver in accordance with Regulation .04 of this chapter, each participating employer shall designate an authorized account at a financial institution for the purpose of making payment of all required member contributions via ACH Debit.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Except as provided in §D of this regulation, as each payroll is paid and upon final submission of the supporting payroll data in the manner and format required by the Retirement Agency, the participating employer shall pay the amounts provided in Regulation .02A(10) of this chapter via an ACH Debit.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Payment via ACH Credit.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>This section applies only to a participating employer that has been granted a waiver in accordance with Regulation .04 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>As each payroll is paid, and immediately following final submission of the supporting payroll data in the manner and format required by the Retirement Agency, the participating employer shall pay the amounts provided in Regulation .02A(10) of this chapter via an ACH Credit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A participating employer that does not pay the member contributions required by this regulation as each payroll is paid and in the manner prescribed by the Retirement Agency is liable for penalties and interest in accordance with State Personnel and Pensions Article, §21-314(d), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>