(a) A member may retire with an early service retirement allowance if:
(1) on or before the date of retirement, the member:
(i) has at least 25 but less than 30 years of eligibility service; and
(ii) is less than 60 years old; and
(2) the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire.
(b) On retirement under this section, a member is entitled to an early service retirement allowance that equals one fifty-fifth of the member's average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service reduced by 0.5% for each month by which the member's date of retirement precedes the earlier of:
(1) the date the member will be 60 years old; or
(2) the date the member would have completed 30 years of eligibility service had the member continued employment.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 22 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems
Subtitle 4 - Service Retirement Benefits
Section 22-401 - Normal Service Retirement
Section 22-402 - Early Service Retirement
Section 22-403 - Retirement After Termination of Membership
Section 22-404 - Special Early Retirement
Section 22-405 - Governor and Surviving Spouse
Section 22-406 - Effect of Employment of Individual -- as Temporary or Contractual Employee
Section 22-407 - Service Credit for Members of the Judges' Retirement System