2013 Maryland Code
STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS
§ 25-401 - Normal service retirement

§25-401.

(a) A member may retire with a normal service retirement allowance if:

(1) on or before the date of retirement, the member has at least 20 years of eligibility service;

(2) for at least 5 years immediately before retirement, the member was:

(i) a security attendant at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center;

(ii) a correctional officer in any of the first six job classifications;

(iii) a detention center officer employed by a participating governmental unit that has elected to participate in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System;

(iv) an individual serving as a correctional dietary, maintenance, laundry, or supply officer;

(v) an individual serving as a Maryland Correctional Enterprises officer, officer trainee, plant supervisor, plant manager, or regional manager; or

(vi) in a combination of these positions; and

(3) the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire.

(b) On retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive a normal service retirement allowance that equals one fifty-fifth of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service.

§ 25-401 - 1. Early service retirement

(a) Applicability. -- This section applies only to a Baltimore City Jail employee who:

(1) on or before June 30, 1991, was employed by the City of Baltimore as an employee of the Baltimore City Jail for at least 5 years; and

(2) is a member of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System on or after June 30, 2006.

(b) Allowance. -- A member described in subsection (a) of this section may retire with an early service retirement allowance if:

(1) the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire; and

(2) on or before the date of retirement, the member has at least 10 years but less than 20 years of eligibility service.

(c) Amount of allowance. -- On retirement under this section, a member is entitled to receive an early service retirement allowance that equals the normal service retirement allowance under § 25-401 of this subtitle.