J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      979

ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP SERV-
ICE CREDIT FROM THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE
MEMBERSHIP IN THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND (NOTWITHSTANDING THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 33 OF ARTICLE 73B OF THE AN-
NOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, 1957 EDITION AS AMEND-
ED), SHALL BE AND CONTINUE AT THE RATE OF CON-
TRIBUTION FOR ATTAINED AGE AT THE TIME OF
ORIGINAL ENROLLMENT IN THE EMPLOYEES' RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE WHICH THEN
WAS IN EFFECT IN THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYS-
TEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT AS TO
THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
REFERENCE WHO HELD THAT POSITION AS IT THEN EX-
ISTED ON JANUARY 1, 1966, AND IF HE HAD BEEN IN THAT
POSITION FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS IMMEDIATELY
PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1966, THE DEFINITION OF "AVERAGE
FINAL COMPENSATION" IN SECTION 1(15) OF ARTICLE 73B
OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND (1957 EDITION,
AS AMENDED), IS MODIFIED SO THAT FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND "AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION" SHALL
MEAN THE AVERAGE ANNUAL EARNABLE COMPENSA-
TION OF THE EMPLOYEE FOR THE FIVE CONSECUTIVE
YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN EMPLOYEE DURING WHICH HIS
EARNABLE COMPENSATION WAS HIGHEST, OR IF HE HAD
LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE FROM AND AFTER
JULY 1, 1966, THEN HIS AVERAGE EARNABLE COMPENSA-
TION (EXPRESSED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS) FOR ANY
PERIOD OF SERVICE AFTER JULY 1, 1966.

Sec. 14. 16. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed to the extent
of the inconsistency.

Sec. 15. 17. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 572
(Senate Bill 13)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Article 23B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1965 Supple-
ment) , title "Municipal Corporation Charter," generally amending
the so-called Model Charter which is in the State Code for optional
use by the several municipal corporations in this State, in order
to make certain changes of substance and style in the provisions
of this charter.