J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            537

CHAPTER 403
(Senate Bill 401)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1 (3) of
Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1960 Supple-
ment) , title "Pensions", sub-title "In General", to include certain
employees of the Military Department of the State in the defini-
tion of "employee" for purposes of the State Employees' Retire-
ment System laws.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1 (3) of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1960 Supplement), title "Pensions", sub-title "In General", be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

1.

(3) "Employee" shall mean any regular classified or unclassified
officer or employee of the State for whom compensation is provided
for by State appropriation, or whose compensation is paid from State
funds, including all regular employees of the State Roads Commis-
sion, whether classified or unclassified and whether paid on an
annual, daily or hourly basis, and shall expressly include those
engaged in work on the maintenance of county roads under the
supervision of the State Roads Commission. Provided, however, that
all unclassified persons working for the State Roads Commission or
on county roads under the supervision and control of the State Roads
Commission on an hourly basis who have not been regularly em-
ployed in such work for a period of one year, shall not be eligible
for membership until they have been so regularly employed for a
period of one year. The term "employee" shall include any appointed
or elected employee of the State, and any clerk of any court and
register of wills, and shall include the Sheriff of Baltimore City and
the employees of his office. It shall exclude any person who is a
member of or eligible to membership in the Teachers' Retirement
System of the State of Maryland or the State Police Pension Fund
or the Judges Retirement System and any class of employees whose
compensation is only partly paid by the State or who are serving on
a temporary basis. The term "employee" also shall include any per-
son who was regularly employed by Miners' Hospital in Frostburg
and who was a member of the Retirement System at the time it was
transferred from State ownership, and who continues in employ-
ment at the hospital after the transfer, so long as all contributions
to the Retirement System which are required from both employee
and employer are made when and as payable. From and after the
time the hospital is transferred from State ownership, the State no
longer has the responsibility of paying the employer's share of the
contributions. The term "employee" also shall, on and after June 1,
1961, include any person who is regularly employed by the State
Military Department as a National Guard technician, although paid
by or from federal appropriated funds, provided the employer's con-

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

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