SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor

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31A.

(a)    The board of trustees of the retirement and pension system
of the Maryland State Police is hereby authorized and directed, sub-
ject to the annual appropriation of the necessary funds and in addi-
tion to those provided in accordance with and in the same manner
as that provided in Section 31, and subject to the conditions herein-
after provided, to make a supplementary payment to any beneficiary,
or member who may be retired from service in the future, in addi-
tion to the benefits provided in Section 31 of this article on the
following basis:

(b)    Which is not less than the rate of the supplementary pay-
ment received by any beneficiary prior to July 1, 1962, and [Which]
which, when added to the benefits provided pursuant to Section 31 of
this article is not less than [$1600] $2,000 per annum; provided,
however, that the said beneficiary, or member may be retired from
service in the future, is credited with 25 years of service, and pro-
vided that any beneficiary, or member who may be retired from
service in the future, having less than 25 years of creditable service
shall have his supplemental payment reduced in proportion to the
ratio of the number of years of creditable service divided by 25,
and provided that no such reduction shall be made for any bene-
ficiary or member who may be retired in the future who was re-
tired for disability, and

(c)    Which is computed pro rata on the basis of the following
condensed table:

Beneficiaries Receiving

under Section 31 of         Length of

this Article                 Service

$ 900                      25 years

1200                      25 years

1500                      25 years

1800                      25 years

2100                      25 years

2400                      25 years

2700                      25 years

3000                      25 years

3300                      25 years

3600                      25 years

3900                        25 years

4200                        25 years

4500                        25 years

4800                        25 years

Supplementary
Payments

[700]
[600]
[525]
[450]
[375]
[300]
[225]
[150]
[75]
[0 and;

$1100
900
825
750
675
600
525
450
375
300
225
150
75
0 and

(d) Which pro rata computation is made by the use of the fol-
lowing formula:

[$3600] $4800 — b

c.s.

25

in which formula "b" represents "benefits provided by Section 31"
and "c.s." represents "years of creditable service," except that the
ratio of "c.s. divided by 25" shall not be applied to any beneficiary
who was, or member who may be retired for disability having less
than 25 years of creditable service, and