{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-state-personnel-and-pensions-28-303","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 28–303","heading":"","body":"(a) In this section, “break in service” means a period of separation from employment in a fiscal year after the one in which a member first becomes employed, if during that fiscal year the member does not complete more than 350 hours of employment while a member.\n(b) A former member is entitled to the eligibility service to which the former member was entitled before the separation from employment if:\n(1) the former member has not incurred a break in service;\n(2) the former member was entitled to a vested allowance at the time of separation from employment; or\n(3) (i) the former member has completed 1 year of eligibility service after a break in service; and\n(ii) the number of consecutive years in which the member incurred a break in service is less than the years of eligibility service as a member before the break in service.\n(c) To determine if a former member is eligible for prior eligibility service under subsection (b)(3)(ii) of this section, the Board of Trustees shall determine the number of years of prior eligibility service:\n(1) as of the day the former member separated from employment; but\n(2) excluding any eligibility service lost because of a prior break in service.","path":["Article - State Personnel and Pensions"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gsp\u0026section=28-303","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:01:07Z","sha256":"6e7eccc2b5acfe7851c8231e46d8818fd9da7524ca03fc5cfa9c4e6cebd59c76","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-state-personnel-and-pensions-28-302","next":"us-md/md.-code-state-personnel-and-pensions-28-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}