1184                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 545

Any judge qualified for the pension plan provided for in this subsection who
resigns, for reasons other than disability, prior to reaching sixty years of age, shall
be entitled to allow his contributions to remain in the pension system and shall at
sixty years of age be entitled to a pension as provided in this subsection; or shall
be entitled to withdraw his accumulated contributions plus interest at four per
centum (4%) calculated from the date or dates of payment and shall forfeit any
pension rights under the provisions of this subsection. Any judge who withdraws
his contribution and is subsequently appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeals,
Court of Special Appeals, circuit court, or Supreme Bench may obtain credit for
his prior years' service as a judge by the payment in a lump sum, of an amount
equal to the accumulated contributions and interest withdrawn, plus interest at four
per centum (4%) from the date of withdrawal to the date of deposit.

If a judge dies prior to termination of active service and is not survived by a
[widow] SPOUSE qualified for a pension under § 50 of this article, the
accumulated contributions plus interest of four per centum (4%) shall be paid to
the judge's estate. If a judge who is receiving a pension dies and is not survived by
a [widow] SPOUSE qualified for a pension under § 50 of this article or a
[widow] SPOUSE who is receiving a pension under § 50 of this article dies, no
portion of the accumulated contributions shall be paid to either estate.

In no event shall any judge make the contributions provided for by this
subsection for more than sixteen years.

(5)  There shall be no local supplementation of pensions for judges who elect to
receive a pension under this subsection in any amount that will make the total of
State and local pension exceed $20,000.

Judges entitled to a State pension under the provisions of this subsection of
more than $20,000 may receive the amount to which they are entitled but shall not
be eligible to receive any local supplementation.

(6)  Each judge covered by the pension plan provided for in this subsection shall
be subject to the benefits and the limitations of § 49 (e), (f) and (g) and § 50 of
this article.

(7)   The contributions made under this subsection shall be credited to the
appropriate fund of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland.
The board of trustees of the Employees' Retirement System shall be responsible
for the management and investments of the funds and the administration of the
pension system provided for in this subsection. An amount equal to the judges'
contributions made under this subsection prior to July 1, 1970, shall be credited by
the State Treasurer to the appropriate fund of the Employees' Retirement System.

(8)  As used in this subsection the term "initial appointment" means the first
appointment as a judge of the Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals, Circuit
Court or Supreme Bench, and shall not apply to a judge who receives a subsequent
appointment or reappointment to any of the aforementioned courts. The term
"initially elected" means a person who first becomes a judge of one of the
aforementioned courts by being elected to the office.

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The [widow] SPOUSE of every judge who dies in active service shall be paid
one half of the pension or salary to which such judge would have been entitled on
the date of his death if he had been eligible for retirement and had retired on said
date irrespective of whether he shall have attained the age of 60 at the date of his
death. The [widow] SPOUSE of every such judge who dies after retiring shall be
paid one half of the pension [of] OR salary which [such] THE judge was