(a) Generally. A participant may receive a maximum of three years of credited pre-plan military service for active duty pre-plan military service honorably completed before employment with an employer if:
(1) for a participant in the Fire Service Retirement Plan or the Police Service Retirement Plan, the participant completes actual plan service plus transferred service under § 5-1-304 totaling 20 years;
(2) for a category I participant or a category II participant hired before July 1, 2015, in the Detention Officers' and Deputy Sheriffs' Retirement Plan, the participant completes actual plan service plus transferred service under § 5-1-302 totaling five years;
(3) for a category II participant in the Detention Officers' and Deputy Sheriffs' Retirement Plan hired on or after July 1, 2015, the participant completes actual plan service plus transferred service under § 5-1-302 totaling 10 years;
(4) except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, for a participant in the Employees' Retirement Plan hired before July 1, 2015, the participant completes actual plan service plus transferred service under § 5-1-302 totaling five years;
(5) except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, for a participant in the Employees' Retirement Plan hired on or after July 1, 2015, the participant completes actual plan service plus transferred service under § 5-1-302 totaling 10 years;
(6) for a participant in the Employees' Retirement Plan who is an elected official whose first term begins on or after December 1, 2014, the participant completes actual plan service plus transferred service under § 5-1-302 totaling 10 years; or
(b) Inter-plan transfer. For an inter-plan transfer under § 5-1-202, credited pre-plan military service for active duty pre-plan military service shall be based on the provisions of the plan into which the employee transfers.
(1985 Code, Art. 7, § 1-209) (Bill No. 90-01; Bill No. 97-13)