404                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 316

and directed to levy for or appropriate such funds, from time to time,
as may be necessary for this purpose. The provisions of this sub-
section are subject to the requirements of section 18 A of Article 88A
of this Code.

(b-1) Administrative costs—Payments to State Retirement System
and federal social security system; reimbursements by State to Balti-
more City. Each of the twenty-three county welfare boards shall
pay to the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland,
annually an amount equal to twenty percentum (20%) of the total
amount which is required for that year as the State's or employer's
contributions to the Retirement System and the system operating
under the provisions of the Social Security Act of the United States
for the employees of each county, respectively; and the contributions
by the State to the Retirement System and the system operating
under the provisions of the Social Security Act shall be accordingly
reduced. These payments shall be part of the administrative costs
of the county welfare board to be paid from funds derived from local
sources. If the ratio of administrative costs paid from funds derived
from local sources varies from time to time to a percentage greater
or less than twenty percentum (20%), the payment by the county
of a proportion of the contributions to the Retirement System and
the system operating under the provisions of the Social Security Act
shall be changed accordingly.

In consideration of the membership of the employees of the depart-
ment of public welfare of Baltimore City in the employees' retire-
ment system of the City of Baltimore, there shall be included in the
State budget each year an appropriation item to reimburse the
mayor and city council of Baltimore in an amount equal to eighty
percentum (80%) of the contribution by the City of Baltimore for
that year to the employees' retirement system of the City of Balti-
more for such positions in Baltimore City; but the annual reimburse-
ment by the State shall never exceed eighty percentum (80%) of
the amount which would be contributed for that year by the State
to the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland for
such positions if they were included in the Employees' Retirement
System of the State of Maryland. If the ratio of administrative
costs paid from State and federal funds varies from time to time
to a percentage greater or less than eighty percentum (80%), the
payment by the State of a proportion of such expense incurred by
the mayor and city council of Baltimore shall be changed accordingly.

There shall also be included in the State budget each year an ap-
propriation item to reimburse the mayor and city council of Balti-
more in an amount equal to eighty percentum (80%) of the total
amount of money paid by the mayor and city council of Baltimore
for that year to obtain for the employees of the department of
public welfare of Baltimore City the full benefits of the system
operating under the provisions of the Social Security Act. If the
ratio of administrative costs paid from State and Federal funds
varies from time to time to a percentage greater or less than eighty
percentum (80%), the payment by the State of a proportion of such
expenses paid by the mayor and city council of Baltimore shall be
changed accordingly. The provisions of this subsection are subject
to the requirements of section 18A of Article 88A of this Code.