1. (a)

   1. (1) This subsection applies only to an individual who is a member of the Judges' Retirement System on or before June 30, 2012.

   2. (2) A member or former member is entitled to a retirement allowance:

      1. (i) on termination of service, if the member is at least 60 years old;
      2. (ii) on the recommendation of the medical board, if the member or former member resigns because of disability;
      3. (iii) when retired by order of the Supreme Court of Maryland; or
      4. (iv) at the age of 60 years, if the former member's termination of service occurred earlier.

2. (b)

   1. (1) This subsection applies only to an individual who becomes a member of the Judges' Retirement System on or after July 1, 2012.

   2. (2) A member or former member is entitled to a retirement allowance:

      1. (i) on termination of service, if the member is at least 60 years old and has at least 5 years of eligibility service;
      2. (ii) on the recommendation of the medical board, if the member or former member resigns because of disability;
      3. (iii) when retired by order of the Supreme Court of Maryland, if the member has at least 5 years of eligibility service;
      4. (iv) at the mandatory retirement age required by Article IV, § 3 of the Maryland Constitution with less than 5 years of eligibility service, if the member has eligibility service equal to the mandatory retirement age required by Article IV, § 3 of the Maryland Constitution minus the member's age when the member first becomes a member; or
      5. (v) at the age of 60 years, if the former member's termination of service occurred earlier and the former member had at least 5 years of eligibility service when the former member terminated service.

Added by Acts 1994, c. 6, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 2012, c. 485, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2015, c. 150, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2018, c. 248, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 249, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2023, c. 49, § 6.

Formerly Art. 73B, § 9-104.