§ 21-303. Accumulation funds

   (a) Credits to accumulation fund. -- The Board of Trustees shall credit to the accumulation fund of each State system:

   (1) all employer contributions to the State system;

   (2) all interest, dividends, and other income derived from the assets of the State system; and

   (3) amounts transferred under § 21-311(c) of this subtitle.

(b) Payments from accumulation fund. -- The Board of Trustees shall pay from the accumulation fund of a State system all benefits payable under that State system except for benefits payable from the annuity savings fund of that State system.

(c) Transfers from accumulation fund to annuity savings fund. --

   (1) Each year the Board of Trustees shall transfer from the accumulation fund of each State system to each member's account in the annuity savings fund of that State system regular interest on the account as provided in this Division II.

   (2) If a retiree who has retired because of disability is restored to membership, the Board of Trustees shall transfer from the accumulation fund of the appropriate State system to the annuity savings fund of that State system an amount equal to the remaining portion of the retiree's annuity reserve.

(d) Transfers from accumulation fund to expense fund; payment of administrative and operational expenses. --

   (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each year, the Board of Trustees shall transfer from the accumulation fund of each State system to the expense fund of that system the amounts required by § 21-315 of this subtitle.

   (2) The administrative and operational expenses of the Board of Trustees and the State Retirement Agency, not including amounts as authorized by the Board of Trustees necessary for investment management services, shall be paid by participating employers as provided in § 21-316 of this subtitle and may not be transferred from the accumulation fund of each system.

   (3) (i) 1. Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a budget amendment is approved in any fiscal year for administrative and operational expenses for the Board of Trustees and the State Retirement Agency, the Board of Trustees may transfer the amount approved by budget amendment from the accumulation funds of the State Retirement and Pension System to the expense funds of the State Retirement and Pension System.

         2. A. Subject to subsubsubparagraph B of this subsubparagraph, any funds transferred from the accumulation funds under subsubparagraph 1 of this subparagraph shall be reimbursed to the accumulation funds on or before June 30 of the second following fiscal year from payments for administrative and operational expenses received by the Board of Trustees under § 21-316 of this subtitle.

            B. Any funds transferred from the accumulation funds under subsubparagraph 1 of this subparagraph resulting from an underpayment of administrative and operational expenses owed by the State or local employers under § 21-316 of this subtitle, shall be reimbursed to the accumulation funds as part of the annual or quarterly administrative and operational expense reimbursements on or before June 30 of the second following fiscal year from payments for administrative and operational expenses received by the Board of Trustees under § 21-316 of this subtitle by the appropriate employers.

      (ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the Board of Trustees and the State Retirement Agency receive administrative and operational expenses in excess of the amount expended, the Board of Trustees shall offset the annual or quarterly administrative and operational expense reimbursements of the appropriate employers on or before June 30 of the second following fiscal year by the excess amount of administrative and operational expenses received.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 73B, § 1-303; 1994, ch. 6, § 2; 2011, ch. 397, § 1; 2012, ch. 474.