1. (a) A member may retire with an early service retirement allowance if:

   1. (1) on or before the date of retirement, the member:

      1. (i) has at least 25 but less than 30 years of eligibility service; and
      2. (ii) is less than 60 years old; and
   2. (2) the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire.

2. (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. (1) the date the member will be 60 years old; or
   2. (2) the date the member would have completed 30 years of eligibility service had the member continued employment.

Added by Acts 1994, c. 6, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1994.

Formerly Art. 73B, §§ 2-402, 3-402.