2013 Maryland Code
STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS
§ 31-111 - Credit for service before the effective date

§31-111.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and §§ 31-111.1, 31-111.3, 31-111.4, 31-111.5, and 31-111.6 of this subtitle, if an employee of a participating governmental unit joins the Employees’ Pension System on the effective date, the employee is entitled to service credit for employment with the participating governmental unit before the effective date.

(b) If an employee of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council elects to become a member of the Employees’ Retirement System or the Employees’ Pension System, the employee may not receive credit for service from July 1, 1992, to the effective date unless the employee pays to the Board of Trustees the amount of the member contributions the employee would have made during that period, plus regular interest.

§ 31-111 - 1. Supportive service employee -- Kent County Board of Education

(a) Credit for service granted. -- A supportive service employee of the Board of Education of Kent County shall receive service credit for service prior to the effective date in the amount of the employee's credit, as certified by the Board of Education of Kent County as of the effective date.

(b) Credit for service denied. -- If a supportive service employee or former supportive service employee of the Board of Education of Kent County becomes a member of the Employees' Pension System at any time after the effective date, the employee may not receive service credit for employment with the Board of Education for Kent County before the effective date.

§ 31-111 - 2. Employees -- Town of Oakland

(a) Service credit -- Eligibility. -- An employee of the Town of Oakland who was an employee on June 30, 2000, and who remains an employee on June 30, 2003, shall receive additional service credit to equal the total eligibility service and creditable service accrued prior to the effective date that the Town of Oakland began participating in the Employees' Pension System, as certified by the Town of Oakland.

(b) Service credit -- Ineligibility. -- If an employee or a former employee of the Town of Oakland becomes a member of the Employees' Pension System at any time after the effective date that the Town of Oakland began participating in the Employees' Pension System, the employee may not receive service credit for employment with the Town of Oakland before the effective date that the Town of Oakland began participating in the Employees' Pension System.

§ 31-111 - 3. Employees -- City of Frostburg

(a) Service credit -- Eligibility. -- An individual who is an employee of the City of Frostburg on the effective date shall receive eligibility service and creditable service in the Employees' Pension System equal to one-half of the individual's period of employment with the City of Frostburg before the effective date, as certified by the City of Frostburg as of the effective date.

(b) Service credit -- Ineligibility. -- If an employee or former employee of the City of Frostburg becomes a member of the Employees' Pension System at any time after the effective date, the employee may not receive service credit for employment with the City of Frostburg before the effective date.

§ 31-111 - 4. Employees -- Town of Berwyn Heights.

(a) Service credit -- Eligibility. -- An individual who elects membership in the Employees' Pension System under § 23-204(e) of this article and is an employee of the Town of Berwyn Heights on the effective date shall receive eligibility service and creditable service in the Employees' Pension System equal to one-third of the individual's period of employment with the Town of Berwyn Heights before the effective date, as certified by the Town of Berwyn Heights as of the effective date.

(b) Service credit -- Ineligibility. -- If an employee or former employee of the Town of Berwyn Heights becomes a member of the Employees' Pension System at any time after the effective date, the employee may not receive service credit for employment with the Town of Berwyn Heights before the effective date.

§ 31-111 - 5. Employees -- Town of Sykesville

(a) Service credit -- Eligibility. -- An individual who is an employee of the Town of Sykesville on the effective date shall receive eligibility service and creditable service in the Employees' Pension System equal to 75% of the individual's period of employment with the Town of Sykesville before the effective date as certified by the Town of Sykesville as of the effective date.

(b) Service credit -- Ineligibility. -- If an employee or former employee of the Town of Sykesville becomes a member of the Employees' Pension System at any time after the effective date, the employee may not receive service credit for employment with the Town of Sykesville before the effective date.

§ 31-111 - 6. Employees -- Town of University Park

(a) Service credit -- Eligibility. -- An individual who is an employee of the Town of University Park on the effective date shall receive eligibility service and creditable service in the Employees' Pension System equal to 70% of the individual's period of employment with the Town of University Park before the effective date as certified by the Town of University Park as of the effective date.

(b) Service credit --Ineligibility. -- If an employee or former employee of the Town of University Park becomes a member of the Employees' Pension System at any time after the effective date, the employee may not receive service credit for employment with the Town of University Park before the effective date.