ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 25

has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from
the date it is enacted.

Approved April 8, 2003.

CHAPTER 25
(Senate Bill 357)

AN ACT concerning

Employees' State Retirement and Pension System - Retirement Benefits -
Board of License Commissioners of Washington County

FOR the purpose of allowing certain retirees to receive service credit in the
Employees' Retirement System for a certain period of time; allowing certain
retirees to receive a normal service retirement benefit from the Employees'
Retirement System under certain circumstances; requiring certain retirees to
repay to the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System
certain retirement benefits received from the Employeeo' Retirement System;
requiring certain retirees to complete certain claims; requiring the Board of
License Commissioners of Washington County to pay a certain amount of money
to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring
certain retirees of the Employees' Retirement System to pay a certain amount of
money to the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System; a
normal service retirement benefit from the Employees' Retirement System
under certain circumstances; allowing certain retirees who are receiving a
normal service retirement benefit from the Employees' Retirement System to
receive a normal service retirement benefit from the Employees' Pension System
under certain circumstances; requiring certain retirees to make certain
payments to the Board of Trustees; and generally relating to retirement benefits
for retirees serving on the Board of License Commissioners of Washington
County.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(a) This section applies to any retiree of the Employees' Retirement System
who:

(1)     was employed by the Washington County Board of Elections on or
after April 1, 1976;

(2)     retired from the Washington County Board of Elections and began
receiving a normal service retirement benefit on or before December 31, 1993;

(3)     became employed by the Board of License Commissioners of
Washington County on or before December 31, 1994; and

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