§ 21-602. Election of eligible rollover distribution

MD State Pers & Pens Code § 21-602 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    A participant may elect on the form the Board of Trustees requires to have all or any part of an eligible rollover distribution paid to an eligible retirement plan in a direct rollover.

(b)    (1)    If an eligible rollover distribution is payable to the designated spouse beneficiary of a member, former member, or retiree, the designated spouse beneficiary may elect to have all or any part of the eligible rollover distribution paid to an eligible retirement plan in a direct rollover.

(2)    (i)    A nonspouse designated beneficiary may roll over an eligible rollover distribution only to a traditional or Roth individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity established for the purpose of receiving the distribution.

(ii)    A traditional or Roth individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity established under this paragraph shall be treated as an inherited individual retirement account or annuity within the meaning of § 408(d)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c)    A member who is eligible to participate in the plan administered by the supplemental plan under Title 35, Subtitle 5 of this article may elect to have all or any part of the eligible rollover distribution paid in a direct rollover to the plan in accordance with the regulations adopted by the supplemental plan.