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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 22.04.02.02" title_num="22" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="02" heading="Continuation of Membership.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Retirement Agency may not deny an individual who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement System before December 1, 1973, the right to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Continue as a member of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement System; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Receive the accrued benefits to which the member was entitled.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Employees Enrolled in the Teachers' Retirement System in Error.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual enrolled in the Teachers' Retirement System may continue as a member of the Teachers' Retirement System if the individual was enrolled before October 1, 1972, as a result of an administrative error.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A recommendation of the Executive Director to remove an employee, enrolled for a period of 6 months or more after October 1, 1972, shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>