1448                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 669

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3 (6) of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1966 Supplement), title "Pensions", subtitle "In General", be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

3.

(6)   Should any member in any period of six consecutive years
after last becoming a member be absent from service more than
two years, or should he withdraw all or part of his accumulated
contributions, or should he become a beneficiary or die, he shall
thereupon cease to be a member; provided, however, that any mem-
ber who was absent from service for more than two years on
account of the transfer or lease to the United States of the facility
or property where said member was employed and who continued
to work at the same place as an employee of the United States until
the return of the property to the State after the war, when he again
became an employee of the State, shall be entitled to credit for all
service as an employee of the State before he became an employee
of the United States as hereinbefore described and his prior service
certificate shall again become effective as if he had not ceased to
be an employee of the State. However, any such person who has
withdrawn his accumulated contributions (other than one who has
become a beneficiary or died) may [upon approval of the board]
subsequently redeposit in the retirement system the amount of
accumulated contributions previously withdrawn, with interest to
the date of redeposit, and regain previous service credit with the
condition, however, that he may not retire within three years after
the date of re-entry in the retirement system.

Any member who had terminated membership in the Teachers'
Retirement System may [upon approval of the board] and upon
deposit into the Employees' Retirement System of the accumulated
contributions previously withdrawn from the Teachers' System, with
interest to date of deposit, receive credit in the Employees' System
for the service that had previously been terminated with the con-
dition, however, that he may not retire within three years after the
date of entry in the Employees' Retirement System.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 110 (7) of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume), title "Public Education", subtitle "Teachers' Certificates,
Salaries and Pensions", subheading "Teachers' Retirement System",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

110.

(7)   Should any member in any period of six consecutive years
after last becoming a member be absent from service more than five
years, or should he withdraw his accumulated contributions, or
should he become a beneficiary or die, he shall thereupon cease to
be a member. However, any such person who has withdrawn his
accumulated contributions (other than one who has become a bene-
ficiary or died) may [upon approval of the board] subsequently
redeposit in the Retirement System the amount of accumulated con-
tributions previously withdrawn, with interest to the date of rede-
posit, and regain previous service credit with the condition, how-