1414                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 677

OR HER voluntary application or may be retired by the Superintendent of the
Department of Maryland State Police. [Such] THESE employees shall retire
forthwith upon reaching the age of 64, excepting the physician of the Department
who shall be retired forthwith upon reaching the age of 70. In all retirements under
the provisions of this section the employee in question shall be paid during the
remainder of his OR HER natural life a salary or pension, payable monthly, equal
to fifty percent (50%) of his OR HER annual remuneration, [said] THE annual
remuneration to be taken as of the year immediately preceding the granting of his
OR HER application for retirement; provided, however, that any employee who is
retired and is receiving retirement benefits under the provisions of this section and
§ 31A and such benefits in the aggregate are less than $200.00 per month, shall
receive an additional sum so that the amount received as benefit is in no event less
than $200.00. Any employee who is retired and who is receiving retirement benefits
under the provisions of this section and is also receiving benefits from the federal
old age and survivors insurance system, when [such] THE benefits in the
aggregate are less than $200.00 per month shall receive an additional sum equal to
[such] THE difference. No money payable under this subtitle shall, prior to
issuance and delivery of the warrant or voucher therefor, be capable of being
assigned, charged or taken in execution or attachment. All employees subject to
the provisions of this subtitle shall contribute to the pension fund, hereinafter
provided for, a sum equal to the contribution which [such] THE employees would
have paid to the State Police Retirement System for all benefits thereunder had
they elected to become members thereof. The amount of the contribution of each
of the employees subject to the provisions of this subtitle shall be fixed annually in
advance by the board of trustees of the retirement and pension system of the
Maryland State Police and shall be deducted monthly from the remuneration of
the [said] employees and paid in lieu thereof to the [said] board be placed by it
forthwith in [said] THE pension fund. The [said] fund shall also consist of all
fines imposed upon members of the Maryland State Police by way of discipline,
donations, all lost, abandoned, unclaimed or stolen money, which may remain in
the possession of [said] THE Department for the space of three years and for
which there shall be no lawful claimant, and net proceeds of sale of unclaimed
property in the custody of [said] THE Department.

(b)  For the purpose of determining the fifteen years of continuous meritorious
service rendered by any of the employees of said Department, transferred thereto
from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or by any of the license examiners of
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the years of service shall include those
rendered to [said] THE Commissioner and/or to [said] THE Department as the
case may be,

(c)  Every police employee retired on pension under the provisions of this article
shall be paid a pension determined by using his OR HER annual remuneration,
and all contributions made by such police employee to the pension fund of the
Department shall be made from [said] THE annual remuneration. "Annual
remuneration," as used in this article, shall mean salary plus the longevity pay
herein provided for.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.