MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1399

(d)   The governing body of any county or municipal corporation,
in its discretion, may enter into reciprocal agreements for such
periods as it deems advisable with any county or municipal corpora-
tion, within or without the State, including the District of Columbia,
in order to establish and carry into effect a plan to provide mutual
aid through the furnishing of its police and other employees and
agents together with all necessary equipment in the event of an
emergency as provided in Section 602B (a) of this subtitle. No county
or municipal corporation may enter into an agreement unless the
agreement provides that each of the parties to the agreement shall:
(1) waive any and all claims against all the other parties thereto
which may arise out of their activities outside their respective juris-
dictions under such agreement; and (2) indemnify and save harmless
the other parties to such agreement from all claims by third parties
for property damage or personal injury which may arise out of the
activities of the other parties to such agreement outside their respec-
tive jurisdictions under such agreement.

(e)  The governing body of any county or municipal corporation
in this State may procure or extend the necessary public liability
insurance to cover claims arising out of mutual aid agreements
executed with another county or municipal corporation outside the
State.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 597
(Senate Bill 350)

AN ACT to add new Section 9 (9) to Article 73B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume), title "Pensions,"
subtitle "In General," to follow immediately after Section 9 (8) to
permit a State employee to receive retirement credit for previous
service rendered as an elected or appointed official AND MAT-
TERS GENERALLY RELATED THERETO.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 9 (9) be and it is hereby added to Article 73B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume),
title "Pensions," subtitle "In General," said new Section to follow
immediately after Section 9(8) and to read as follows:

9.

(9) An employee of the State, who is or becomes a member of the
Employees' Retirement System and who at any previous time was
an elected or appointed official, (PROVIDED THAT THE ANNUAL
COMPENSATION OF SUCH POSITION WAS IN EXCESS OF
ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,500.00)
shall be entitled to credit for previous service rendered by him to
the State as an elected or appointed official, upon the HIS payment