MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1693

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
49(15) of Article 88B - State Police, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1975
Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 88B - State Police

49.

The following words and phrases as used in this
subtitle, unless a different meaning is plainly required
by the context shall have the following meanings:

(15) "Average final compensation" [shall mean]
MEANS the average annual earnable compensation of an
employee during the three years of service as an
employee, during which [his] THE EMPLOYEE'S earnable
compensation was highest or if [he] THE EMPLOYEE had less
than three years of service, then [his] THE EMPLOYEES
average earnable compensation for his OR HER total
service. [Effective July 1, 1971, the provisions of this
subsection shall be applicable to members who retired
after July 1, 1970, as well as to those members who
retire on or after July 1, 1971. Effective July 1, 1972,
the provisions of this subsection shall be applicable to
those members who retired on or prior to July 1, 1970.]

In the determination of average final compensation,
any extraordinary salary increase in the [last year prior
to retirement] LAST THREE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT WOULD
OTHERWISE BE INCLUDED IN AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION shall
be excluded, and the Board of Trustees by a rule of
general application shall determine what constitutes an
extraordinary salary increase. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS

PARAGRAPH OF THE DEFINITION OF "AVERAGE FINAL

COMPENSATION" DO NOT APPLY IN CASES OF PROMOTION.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 611
(Senate Bill 874)
AN ACT concerning

Mandatory Life Sentence
FOR the purpose of altering the types of crimes for which