Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1102 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb1102
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 1102
8	8	P6 5lr3245
9	9	HB 791/21 – APP
10	10	By: Delegate Griffith
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2025
12	12	Assigned to: Appropriations
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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 – Military Service Credit – Eligibility 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of authorizing certain members of the State Retirement and Pension 3
21	21	System to receive credit for certain military service if the member receives military 4
22	22	service credit in another retirement system; prohibiting an individual from receiving 5
23	23	credit more than a certain number of times; and generally relating to members of 6
24	24	the State Retirement and Pension System receiving military service credit. 7
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26	26	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
27	27	Article – State Personnel and Pensions 9
28	28	Section 38–104 10
29	29	Annotated Code of Maryland 11
30	30	(2024 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
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32	32	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
33	33	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
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35	35	Article – State Personnel and Pensions 15
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37	37	38–104. 16
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39	39	(a) (1) This section applies to an individual who is: 17
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41	41	(i) a member of a State system; or 18
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43	43	(ii) a former member of a State system who is eligible to receive a 19
44	44	benefit under § 29–302 or § 29–303 of this article. 20
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46	46	(2) This section does not apply to a retiree of a State system. 21
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50	50	(b) Except as provided in [subsection (c)] SUBSECTIONS (C) AND (E) of this 1
51	51	section, an individual described in subsection (a) of this section, who has not met the 2
52	52	conditions set forth in § 38–103(a)(2) through (4) of this subtitle, is entitled to receive 3
53	53	service credit for military service only on the attainment of 10 years of service credit earned 4
54	54	through employment as a member of a State system. 5
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56	56	(c) (1) An individual described in subsection (a) of this section may not receive 6
57	57	credit for that military service if the individual receives credit for military service from 7
58	58	another retirement system for which retirement benefits have been or will be received by 8
59	59	the individual. 9
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61	61	(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to: 10
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63	63	(i) credit for military service provided under: 11
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65	65	1. the Social Security Act; 12
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67	67	2. the National Railroad Retirement Act; or 13
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69	69	3. Title 3 or Title 10, Chapter 1223, §§ 12731 through 12737 14
70	70	of the United States Code; [or] 15
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72	72	(ii) disability payments from a pension or retirement system; OR 16
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74	74	(III) A MEMBER OR FORMER M EMBER OF: 17
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76	76	1. THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT 18
77	77	SYSTEM; 19
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79	79	2. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ PENSION 20
80	80	SYSTEM; OR 21
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82	82	3. THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 22
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84	84	(3) (i) Military service credit under this section may not exceed 5 years. 23
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86	86	(ii) Subject to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, a member of the 24
87	87	Maryland National Guard or of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United 25
88	88	States who has not been activated under Title 10 of the United States Code, shall receive 26
89	89	service credit at the rate of 4 months for each full year of service with the Maryland 27
90	90	National Guard or with a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, not 28
91	91	to exceed a total of 36 months. 29
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93	93	(iii) Subject to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, an individual shall 30
94	94	receive service credit at the rate of 4 months for each full year of attendance at a United 31
95	95	States service academy, not to exceed a total of 16 months. 32 HOUSE BILL 1102 3
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99	99	(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the service credit 1
100	100	for military service that an individual receives under this section shall be applied to the 2
101	101	individual’s retirement allowance using the accrual rate in effect at the time the individual 3
102	102	retires from a State system. 4
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104	104	(2) If an individual applies for military service credit on or after July 1, 5
105	105	2011, the service credit for military service that the individual receives under this section 6
106	106	shall be applied to the individual’s retirement allowance using the accrual rate in effect at 7
107	107	the time the individual submits an application for military service credit to the State 8
108	108	Retirement Agency. 9
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110	110	(E) AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT RECEIVE SERVICE CRED IT UNDER THIS 10
111	111	SECTION MORE THAN ON CE. 11
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113	113	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 12
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