1692                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 584

amount equal to sixty six and two-thirds per cent (66 2/3%) SIXTY
PER CENT (60%) of his maximum salary or one fifteenth (1/15)
ONE SIXTEENTH (1/16) of that amount for each year of service,
OR A PRO-RATA SHARE TO REFLECT LESS THAN A FULL
YEAR OF SERVICE, if he has served less than fifteen SIXTEEN
years as a full time Judge of the People's Court or Trial Magistrate
Court or Magistrate for Juvenile Causes for Montgomery County,
provided, however, that no person serving less than twelve months as
a judge under this subsection shall receive a pension or salary unless
such person involuntarily be caused to resign or to retire therefrom
because of sickness or physical incapacity or disability before the
termination of the prescribed minimum period of service. Provided
further, however, that any such judge who has retired or who here-
after voluntarily retires from active service after reaching the age
of sixty-two years and resumes the practice of law, shall not be
entitled to the pension or salary provided by this subsection, or any
portion thereof. In the event that a retired judge engaged in the
practice of law should thereafter relinquish such practice and notify
the County Council and the director of finance of Montgomery County
of such fact, then from and after the date of such notification the
judge shall be entitled to all the benefits provided by this subsection.
This subsection shall apply to all judges already retired from active
service except as provided herein. Any former judge who accepts
any salaried public office or position, municipal, county, State or
federal, shall not be paid any pension or salary so long as he remains
in such office or position. In the event that a retired judge serving
in any salaried public office or position as above enumerated should
thereafter relinquish such office or position and notify the County
Council and the director of finance of Montgomery County of such
fact, then from and after the date of such notification the judge
shall be entitled to all the benefits as provided by this subsection.
The County Council of Montgomery County is hereby expressly au-
thorized to levy for any (and) pay pensions and salaries to such
former judges of the People's Court who served on the said court
upon the terms and for the periods as herein provided; and any
such provision heretofore made is hereby ratified and confirmed. On
and after July 1, 1970 each judge in active service shall contribute
toward the cost of his pension in an amount equal to six per cent
(6%) of his annual compensation earned thereafter which shall
be deducted from his compensation each pay period and paid to
Montgomery County. It is further provided that any Judge who
has retired prior to the effective date of this Act may elect to continue
under the retirement plan in effect at the time of his retirement or
elect to receive the retirement benefits provided by this Act by
notifying the Director of the Department of Finance of Montgomery
County within sixty days after the effective date of this Act and
paying to Montgomery County within the said sixty days a lump
sum equal to six per cent of this total salary received during the
twelve months immediately preceding his retirement.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on July 1, 1970.

Approved May 5, 1970