Ch. 576 LAWS OF MARYLAND

receive a benefit equal to the State-provided part of [his] THE vested retirement
allowance.

Upon receipt of proper proof of the death of the person who is eligible for a
vested retirement allowance and dies prior to [his or her] THE effective retirement
date, the amount of that person's accumulated contributions shall be paid to the
beneficiary the person has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed
with the board of trustees, or if there be no designated beneficiary, then to the person's
estate.

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(8) (a) On verification to the board of trustees a member at the time of
retirement shall receive creditable service for unused sick leave in accordance with the
formula that 22 days of unused sick leave are equal to 1 month of creditable service.
One additional month of creditable service shall be granted if fractional days totaling 11
or more result from the application of this formula.

(b) For the purpose of this section, a member may not accumulate more
than 15 days of sick leave a year.

(c) For the purposes of this section, if a public school provides an annual
sick leave allowance in excess of 15 days, the days of sick leave actually used in any year
shall be charged first to the extent of the excess.

(D) A MEMBER WHO TERMINATES SERVICE PRIOR TO JULY 1,
1990, AND WHO IS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO A VESTED RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE, MAY RECEIVE CREDIT FOR UNUSED SICK LEAVE
REPORTED BY THE MEMBER'S EMPLOYER AT TIME OF TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT.

[(d)] (E) Sick leave creditable service may not be used to determine years
of eligibility service required for the following:

[(1)] (I) Death benefit;
[(2)] (II) Ordinary disability;
[(3)] (III) Vesting of employer contributions;
[(4)] (IV) Early retirement; and
[(5)] (V) Average final compensation.
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(14) Any member whose service is terminated other than by death or retirement
after [he] THE MEMBER has rendered 5 or more years of eligibility service shall be
eligible to receive a vested retirement allowance. The vested retirement allowance shall
be a deferred allowance that begins at age 62 and shall be computed as a service
retirement allowance as provided under subsection (2) of this section on the basis of the

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