1054                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 636

(2)   It provides that all services which constitute employment as
defined in Section 32 and are performed in the employ of the political
sub-division by employees thereof, shall be covered by the plan except
that it may exclude services performed by individuals to whom Sec-
tion 218 (c) (3) (C) of the Social Security Act is applicable, AND
PROVIDED THAT ANY PLAN APPLICABLE TO SERVICES
PERFORMED BY INDIVIDUALS TO WHOM SECTION 218 (D)
(3) OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT IS APPLICABLE SHALL
CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 38 OF THIS
ACT;

(3)   It specifies the source or sources from which the funds neces-
sary to make the payments required by paragraphs (1) and (3) of
Sub-section (d) and by Sub-section (e) are expected to be derived
and contains reasonable assurances that such sources will be adequate
for such purpose;

(4)   It provides for such methods of administration and financing
of the plan by the political sub-division as are found by the State
Agency to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration
of the plan;

(5)   It provides that the political sub-division will make such re-
ports, in such form and containing such information, as the State
Agency may from time to time require, and comply with such pro-
visions as the State Agency or the [Federal Security Administrator]
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare may from time to time
find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such
report; and

(6)   It authorizes the State Agency to terminate the plan in its
entirety, in the discretion of the State Agency, if it finds that there
has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision con-
tained in such plan, such termination to take effect at the expiration
of such notice and on such conditions as may be provided by regula-
tions of the State Agency and may be consistent with the provisions
of the Social Security Act. REGULATIONS OF THE STATE
AGENCY FOR THE TERMINATION OF THE PLAN SHALL
PROVIDE THAT IN THE EVENT OF TERMINATION THE RE-
TIREMENT RIGHTS AND EXPECTANCIES OF THE EM-
PLOYEES CONCERNED SHALL BE PROTECTED BY THE
POLITICAL SUB-DIVISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO-
VISIONS OF SECTION 38 OF THIS ACT.

(7)   It contains such other provision as the State Agency may by
rule and regulation reasonably require consistent with this sub-title
and the Social Security Act.

(b)   The State Agency shall not finally refuse to approve a plan
submitted by a political sub-division under sub-section (a), and shall
not terminate an approved plan, without reasonable notice and op-
portunity for hearing to the political sub-division affected thereby.

(c)   Any political sub-division which shall feel aggrieved by the
decision or action of the State Agency may appeal from such decision
or action of said State Agency within 30 days from such decision or
action, to the Circuit Court of the County in which its principal
office is located, or if located in Baltimore City, to the Superior Court
of Baltimore City, for the purpose of having the decision or action of
the State Agency reviewed. An appeal may be taken from the de-