Section 23-306.2 - Eligibility service - Purchase of service credit by members subject to contributory pension benefit. - Maryland Statutes

§ 23-306.2. Eligibility service - Purchase of service credit by members subject to contributory pension benefit.
 

(a)  Authorized.- A member who is subject to the contributory pension benefit or the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection may purchase service credit as provided in subsection (b) of this section for periods of employment described in subsection (c) of this section for which the member is not otherwise entitled. 

(b)  Requirements.-  

(1) A member who purchases service credit under this section shall: 

(i) complete a claim for the service credit and file it with the Board of Trustees on a form that the Board of Trustees provides; and 

(ii) pay to the Board of Trustees in a single payment the member contributions the member would have made for the period of employment for which service credit is being purchased if the member had earned the prior service in the same part of the Employees' Pension System or Teachers' Pension System in which the member is currently enrolled, plus regular interest to the date of payment. 

(2) A member may pay for service credit purchased under this section at any time before retirement. 

(3) Subject to § 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, an individual's accumulated contributions in excess of the amount determined under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be refunded on request. 

(c)  Employees of pension systems.-  

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a member may purchase service credit for a period of employment as a member of the Employees' Pension System or Teachers' Pension System if the member: 

(i) has withdrawn the member's accumulated contributions after a prior termination of membership; and 

(ii) was subject to the contributory pension benefit or the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection when the member previously terminated membership in the Employees' Pension System or the Teachers' Pension System. 

(2) A member may not purchase eligibility service credit that exceeds the member's creditable service credit. 
 

[2000, ch. 396; 2007, ch. 337.]