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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 23

CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED TO BE MADE BY THE STATE ON BEHALF OF
THE SERVICE OF THE MEMBER.

(C) THE COUNTY, OR BALTIMORE CITY, SHALL:

(I)   DEDUCT THE APPROPRIATE CONTRIBUTION
REQUIRED TO BE MADE BY THE MEMBER ON ACCOUNT OF THE SERVICE
FROM THE COMPENSATION PAYABLE TO THE MEMBER; AND

(II)  PAY THESE AMOUNTS TO THIS PENSION
SYSTEM.

114. ELIGIBILITY SERVICE.

(1)   EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, ALL SERVICE WITH
THE STATE RENDERED BY AN EMPLOYEE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1,
1980 AND BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT SHALL BE ELIGIBILITY SERVICE
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PENSION SYSTEM. IF AN EMPLOYEE
COMPLETES AT LEAST 700 HOURS OF SERVICE IN ANY FISCAL YEAR,
HE SHALL BE CREDITED FOR A FULL YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY SERVICE.
EXCEPT FOR THE PRORATING OF HOURS WORKED IN THE FIRST AND
LAST YEARS, IF AN EMPLOYEE COMPLETES LESS THAN 700 HOURS OF
SERVICE IN ANY FISCAL YEAR, HE MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY
ELIGIBILITY SERVICE CREDIT FOR THAT YEAR THERE SHALL BE A
BREAK IN SERVICE WITH RESPECT TO ANY FISCAL YEAR AFTER THE
YEAR IN WHICH AN EMPLOYEE FIRST BECOMES EMPLOYED DURING
WHICH HE DOES NOT COMPLETE MORE THAN 350 HOURS OF SERVICE
WITH THE STATE. ANY SERVICE RENDERED BEFORE A BREAK IN
SERVICE THAT OCCURS BEFORE THE YEAR IN WHICH AN EMPLOYEE
RETIRES, DIES, OR OTHERWISE TERMINATES HIS EMPLOYMENT OR
BECOMES 62 YEARS OLD MAY NOT BE RECOGNIZED AS ELIGIBILITY
SERVICE, UNTIL THE EMPLOYEE COMPLETES 1 YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY
SERVICE FOLLOWING THE BREAK IN SERVICE. HOWEVER, IF AN
EMPLOYEE WHO HAS NOT COMPLETED THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR A VESTED RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE INCURS A BREAK IN SERVICE
IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE 1-YEAR BREAKS IN SERVICE
IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF YEARS OF
ELIGIBILITY SERVICE RENDERED BEFORE THE BREAK IN SERVICE,
EXCLUDING ANY YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY SERVICE DISREGARDED
BECAUSE OF ANY PRIOR BREAK IN SERVICE, THE SERVICE RENDERED
BEFORE THE BREAK IN SERVICE MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN HIS
ELIGIBILITY SERVICE. IF AN EMPLOYEE TERMINATES HIS
EMPLOYMENT AND IS REEMPLOYED AFTER INCURRING A BREAK IN
SERVICE, HIS SERVICE BEFORE THE BREAK IN SERVICE MAY NOT BE
INCLUDED IN HIS ELIGIBILITY SERVICE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
THIS SECTION.

(2)   WITH RESPECT TO ANY PERSON WHO WAS EMPLOYED BY
THE STATE ON DECEMBER 31, 1979, ELIGIBILITY SERVICE FOR
SERVICE RENDERED BEFORE THAT DATE SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE
CREDITABLE SERVICE RECOGNIZED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1979
UNDER THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS IN EFFECT ON THAT DATE.

(3)   IN THIS SECTION "SERVICE" MEANS SERVICE AS AN
EMPLOYEE, WHETHER OR NOT AS AN EMPLOYEE AS DEFINED IN § 111
OF THIS SUBTITLE.