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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect;
June 1, 1956.

Approved March 26, 1956.

CHAPTER 93

(Senate Bill 77)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-Section (7)
of Section 6 of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1955 Supplement), title "Pensions", sub-title "Creditable Serv-
ice", relating to the prior service of members of the Employees*
Retirement System as elected or appointed officials of one or more
of the counties or municipal corporations of this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,,
That Sub-Section (7) of Section 6 of Article 73B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1955 Supplement), title "Pensions", sub-title
"Creditable Service", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

6.

(7) Prior service credit for certain elective or appointive officials.
—Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this article, every
elected or appointed official who is or becomes a member of the
employees' retirement system and who at any previous time was an
elected or appointed official of one or more of the counties or
municipal corporations of this State shall receive in the employees'
retirement system prior service credit for the time spent as an
elected or appointed official of the cuanty or municipal corporation..
Upon receiving a claim for such prior service credit from the official,
the board of trustees of the retirement system shall verify the fact
of previous tenure as an elected or appointed official of the county
or municipal corporation, compute the amount due from such politi-
cal subdivision for the prior service credit, and submit a statement
to the county or municipal corporation for such amount, such compu-
tation to be based upon the compensation actually received by such
elected or appointed official from the county or municipal corpora-
tion during the period for which prior service is to be credited. The
county or municipal corporation is authorized and directed forthwith
to pay the said amount to the retirement system, or to place it in the
next ensuing budget for prompt payment when that budget becomes,
effective.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts,,
whether public general or public local, or special, inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the General Assembly
here declares the provisions of this Act to have been the legislative

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.