§ 22-402
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§22–402.
(a)A member may retire with an early service retirement allowance if:
(1)on or before the date of retirement, the member:
(i)has at least 25 but less than 30 years of eligibility service; and
(ii)is less than 60 years old; and
(2)the member completes and submits a written application to the Board of Trustees stating the date when the member desires to retire.
(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)the date the member will be 60 years old; or
(2)the date the member would have completed 30 years of eligibility service had the member continued employment.