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(b)    The amount of accumulated contributions of an employee with-
drawing from the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland
shall be transferred to this Plan and credited to the account of said
employee to be held to provide retirement benefits for the employee trans-
ferring. Accumulated County contributions with respect to the employee
will be simultaneously transferred to the pension fund under this plan.

(c)    The County will make the remainder of the contributions neces-
sary to provide the benefits hereunder and to pay the cost of administering
the plan.

Section 1-234.

(a)    The plan shall be administered by the Personnel Officer of the
County, who shall have such powers as are necessary for proper adminis-
tration of the plan, including but not limited to the following:

(1)    To prescribe procedures to be followed by employees in filing
application for benefits and for furnishing of evidence necessary to estab-
lish employee's rights to such benefits.

(2)    To make determination as to the rights of an employee applying
for or receiving retirement benefits and to afford a mechanism for ad-
justing the complaint of any individual dissatisfied with any such
determination.

(3)    To develop procedures for determining service of employees and,
after affording employees an opportunity after written notice to make
objection with respect thereto to establish such service in advance of
retirement.

(4)    To authorize all disbursements from the pension fund in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this ordinance and to establish necessary
procedures therefor.

(5)    To establish policies and standards and make determinations
concerning total and permanent disability for the purposes of this plan.

(6)    To notify employees at least two years prior to their normal
retirement date of their right to elect the contingent annuitant option
hereunder and the terms thereof.

(b)    In any matter relating to the administration of the plan, the
Personnel Officer may seek the advice and guidance of the county Personnel
Board as provided in the county charter. Any person aggrieved by a
decision of the personnel officer shall have the right to appeal to the
county board of appeals as provided in Section 602 (d) of the Charter
of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Section 1-235.

(a) This plan may be amended from time to time or terminated
but any such amendment or termination shall not adversely affect any
benefits payable before the effective date of any such change or termina-
tion, except as provided in Section 1-237. It is intended that the plan
be permanent, but the County reserves the right to terminate it at any
time. In the event of any such termination, the liability of the County
under the plan shall be to the extent of all participant's contributions which
have not been refunded plus the amount required, if any, to fully fund
the benefits accrued to the date of termination for all participants who
are then active, retired or disabled, or for other payees who are then
receiving benefits hereunder.