ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 534

(10) one representative of the Baltimore Retired Police Benevolent
Association, appointed by the Governor.

(c)     The members of the Task Force shall be appointed on or before June 30,
2004.

(d)     The Governor shall designate the chairman of the Task Force.

(e)     The State Retirement Agency shall provide staff for the Task Force.

(f)      A member of the Task Force:

(1)     may not receive compensation; but

(2)     is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State
Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.

(g)     The Task Force shall study the issue of exempting members of the State
Police Retirement System, the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, the Local
Fire and Police System, and any local pension or retirement system for law
enforcement officers, and parole and probation officers who are members of the
Employees' Retirement System or the Employees' Pension System from paying State
income taxes on their pensions, including:

(1)     the benefit that members of these retirement or pension systems
would derive from such an exemption;

(2)     the impact on State revenues and the ongoing structural budget
deficit;

(3)     the impact on the State Retirement and Pension System; and

(4)     the administrative and legal changes necessary to implement such an
exemption.

(h) The Task Force shall report its findings to the Governor and, in accordance
with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly, on or before
December 31, 2004.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2004. It shall remain effective for a period of 8 months and, at the end of
January 31, 2005, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act
shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

Approved May 26, 2004.

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