Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 29-207

This is the official text of Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 29-207, part of Maryland’s Code, State Personnel and Pensions — governs state employees and public pensions.

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§29–207.

Official statutory text

(a) If a former member who is eligible for a vested allowance dies before payment of the vested allowance starts, the Board of Trustees, after receiving proof of death, shall pay the former member’s accumulated contributions to:

(1) the designated beneficiary; or

(2) if there is no designated beneficiary, the former member’s estate.

(b) If a former member who is not eligible for a vested allowance dies before withdrawing the former member’s accumulated contributions, the Board of Trustees, after receiving proof of death, shall pay the former member’s accumulated contributions to:

(1) the designated beneficiary; or

(2) if there is no designated beneficiary, the former member’s estate.

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