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Ch. 395
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(B) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2000, A MEMBER MAY ELECT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' MODIFIED PENSION BENEFIT
UNDER PART II OF THIS SUBTITLE BY SUBMITTING AN ELECTION ON A FORM
PROVIDED BY THE STATE RETIREMENT AGENCY.
(C) (1) AN ELECTION BY A MEMBER UNDER THIS SECTION IS IRREVOCABLE.
(2) SUBJECT TO § 26-401(A)(2) OF THIS ARTICLE, AN ELECTION BY A
MEMBER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE THAT IT IS FILED
WITH THE STATE RETIREMENT AGENCY.
(3) THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY NOT ACCEPT AN ELECTION TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' MODIFIED PENSION BENEFIT
THAT IS FILED WITH THE STATE RETIREMENT AGENCY AFTER 5 P.M. ON DECEMBER
29, 2000.
26-302.
(a) Subject to subsection (b) AND (C) of this section, a member is entitled to
eligibility service for periods of employment while a member of the Law Enforcement
Officers' Pension System.
(b) (1) If a member completes at least 500 hours of employment while a
member in any fiscal year, the member is entitled to 1 year of eligibility service.
(2) Except in the first and last fiscal years, a member may not receive
any eligibility service for a fiscal year in which the member completes less than 500
hours of employment while a member.
(3) In the first and last fiscal years, if a member completes less than 500
hours of employment while a member, the Board of Trustees shall prorate the
eligibility service based on the number of hours worked.
(C) IF A MEMBER WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS'
MODIFIED PENSION BENEFIT UNDER SUBTITLE 2, PART II OF THIS TITLE COMPLETES
LESS THAN 500 HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT WHILE A MEMBER, THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES SHALL PRORATE THE MEMBER'S ELIGIBILITY SERVICE BASED ON THE
NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED.
[26-303.
(a) In this section, "break in service" means a period of separation from
employment in a fiscal year after the one in which a member first becomes employed,
if during that fiscal year the member does not complete more than 350 hours of
employment while a member.
(b) A former member is entitled to the eligibility service to which the former
member was entitled before the separation from employment if:
(1) the former member has not incurred a break in service;
(2) the former member was entitled to a vested allowance at the time of
separation from employment; or
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