1570                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 732

appointed to the Municipal Court of Baltimore City in office on
June 30, 1970, if subsequently elected to such office, are entitled
to be paid a retirement pension or salary under Plan A or Plan B
at their option.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subsection (c) of Section 125 of Article 26 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement),
title "Courts," subtitle "Municipal Court of Baltimore City," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

125.

(c) (1) Every elected judge of the Municipal Court of Baltimore
City who is retired from active service or is in office on June 30, 1970,
and every appointed judge in office on June 30, 1970, if subsequently
elected shall at his option elect Plan A and thereby be paid, after the
termination of his active service, if he is then at least sixty years of
age or when he becomes sixty years of age, a pension or salary cal-
culated at the rate of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum for
each year or any part thereof of active service by appointment and
election as a judge of said Municipal Court up to and including twenty
years of such active service, so that a maximum pension or salary for
such service payable hereunder to any one person shall not exceed the
sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00) per annum.

(1-1) Every elected judge of the Municipal Court of Baltimore
City who is retired from active service or who is in office on June 30,
1970, and every appointed judge in office on June 30, 1970, if sub-
sequently elected, who does not at his option elect to be paid a pension
or salary under Plan A, and every elected judge who takes office
after June 30, 1970, shall be placed under Plan B and shall be paid,
after termination of his active service, if he is then at least sixty
years of age or when he becomes sixty years of age, a pension or
salary in an amount equal to sixty per centum (60%) of his maxi-
mum salary, or one sixteenth (1/16) of that amount per annum for
each year or any part thereof of active service by appointment and
election, if he has served less than sixteen years as a judge of the
Municipal Court of Baltimore City.

(1-2) On or after July 1, 1970, every judge electing Plan B shall
provide written notice of election to the Director of Finance for the
mayor and city council of Baltimore City.

(1-3) Every judge under Plan B contributes toward the cost of
his pension in an amount equal to six per centum (6%) of his annual
compensation earned thereafter which is deducted from his com-
pensation each pay period and paid over to the mayor and city
council of Baltimore City.

(1-4) Any judge who was given the option of electing between
Plan A or Plan B who initially does not elect to be under Plan B
provided for in this subsection, but who later wishes to do so must,
upon such election, pay in a lump sum, in addition to the annual
contributions provided for in this subsection an amount equal to the
contributions he would have made, if initially under the plan for each
year after June 30, 1970, plus interest of four percent (4%).