Carven v. State Retirement & Pension System

In this case we are asked to consider whether an enrollee in the Maryland Employees’ Pension System (“EPS”) who is receiving benefits under that system is eligible for membership in Maryland’s Judges’ Retirement System (“JRS”) if subsequently employed in a position that otherwise qualifies for JRS membership.

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The EPS and the JRS are separate benefit-providing systems within the State Retirement and Pension System of Maryland (“SRPS”).1 Both systems are administered by the *395SRPS Board of Trustees (“the Board”). In addition to the Board, the General Assembly created the State Retirement Agency…