Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits
Section 29-106 - Ordinary Disability Retirement -- Allowance for Employees', Teachers', and Correctional Officers' Retirement Systems

(a)    This section applies only to members of:
        (1)    the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System;
        (2)    the Employees’ Retirement System; and
        (3)    the Teachers’ Retirement System.
    (b)    An ordinary disability retirement allowance equals the greater of:
        (1)    a normal service retirement allowance; or
        (2)    the amount computed under subsection (c) or (d) of this section.
    (c)    If a member is at least normal retirement age, the amount to be used under subsection (b)(2) of this section is 25% of the member’s average final compensation.
    (d)    If a member is under normal retirement age, the amount to be used under subsection (b)(2) of this section is the lesser of:
        (1)    25% of the member’s average final compensation; or
        (2)    the normal service retirement allowance that is computed by using:
            (i)    the number of years of creditable service that the member would have received if the member continued employment until normal retirement age; and
            (ii)    an average final compensation that the member would have received if the member continued employment without a change in earnable compensation.

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