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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb1114* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 1114 |
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| 8 | 8 | | P6 4lr3363 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Carozza |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | State Retirement and Pension System – Transfers of Service 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing certain members of the State Retirement and Pension 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | System to transfer certain prior service into the State Police Retirement System; and 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | generally relating to transfers of service in the State Retirement and Pension 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | System. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | That: 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) In this section, “Local Fire and Police System” means the Local Fire and Police 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | System established under Title 28 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article. 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) This section applies to an individual who: 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) is an active member of the State Police Retirement System; 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) is eligible for a vested benefit from the Local Fire and Police System; 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) is not an active member in the Local Fire and Police System; and 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (4) incurred a break in employment: 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (i) after ceasing employment in a position in which the individual 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | was required to be a member in the Local Fire and Police System; and 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (ii) before beginning employment as a member of the State Police 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Retirement System. 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) Notwithstanding § 37–202(a) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, an 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | individual described under subsection (b) of this section may transfer the individual’s 21 2 SENATE BILL 1114 |
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| 51 | 51 | | creditable service in the Local Fire and Police System to the State Police Retirement System 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | in accordance with Title 37 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article. 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (d) An individual described under subsection (b) of this section shall make a 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | request to transfer service in accordance with subsection (c) of this section: 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) on or before December 31, 2024; and 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) by submitting to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Pension System a form provided by the State Retirement Agency for the purpose of electing 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | to transfer service under this Act. 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | 1, 2024. It shall remain effective for a period of 6 months and, at the end of December 31, 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 2024, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | and of no further force and effect. 12 |
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