2013 Maryland Code
STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS
§ 22-303 - Service credit -- Types of service credit

§22-303.

Eligibility service for a member of the Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement System consists of service credit:

(1) for employment as a member;

(2) transferred from a retirement or pension system under Title 37 of this article or Title 31, Subtitle 1 of this article;

(3) for military service, as provided in Title 38 of this article;

(4) purchased under this subtitle; and

(5) that equals, for a member who has transferred between the Employees’ Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement System, the member’s eligibility service recognized under the previous system through the date before the member became a member of the current system.

§ 22-303 - 1. Service credit -- Purchase by member separated from employment prohibited; leave of absence exception.

(a) Purchase by member separated from employment prohibited. -- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a member may not purchase service credit under this title if the member is separated from employment.

(b) Leave of absence exception. -- A member who is separated from employment may purchase service credit under this title for a leave of absence approved by the Board of Trustees under regulations that apply to all members, if the member purchases the service credit within 60 days after the expiration of the leave of absence.