Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1245

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 381
(Senate Bill 33)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1(15) of
Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supple-
ment), title "Pensions," subtitle "In General"; to repeal and
re-enact, with amendments, Section 190(15) of Article 77 of the
Code (1971 Supplement), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chap-
ter 17. Teachers' Retirement System"; and to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Section 49(15) of Article 88B of the Code
(1971 Supplement), title "State Police," subtitle "State Police
Retirement System," amending the laws concerning the Em-
ployees', Teachers', and State Police Retirement Systems in order
to exclude certain extraordinary salary increases in the determina-
tion of "average final compensation," removing certain superfluous
language from the section concerning the State Police Retirement
System, and otherwise amending the definition of "average final
compensation" in the laws relating to the State Police Retirement
System.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1 (15) of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Supplement), title "Pensions," subtitle "In General," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that Section
190(15) of Article 77 of the Code (1971 Supplement), title "Public
Education," subtitle "Chapter 17. Teachers' Retirement System,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; and
that Section 49(15) of Article 88B of the Code (1971 Supplement),
title "State Police," subtitle "State Police Retirement System," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, all to
read as follows:

Article 73B
1.

(15) "Average final compensation" shall mean the average annual
earnable compensation of an employee for the three years of service
as an employee during which his earnable compensation was highest,
or if he had less than three years of service, then his average earnable
compensation for his total service. The average final compensation
of the judges of the Municipal Court of Baltimore City shall be
based on the total salary received by them from both the State and
the City. Effective July 1, 1971, the provisions of this subsection
shall be applicable to members who retired after July 1, 1970, as
well as to those members who retire on or after July 1, 1971. Effec-
tive July 1, 1972, the provisions of this subsection shall be applicable
to those members who retired on or prior to July 1, 1970.