Ch. 404                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  855

Trust Fund when the Fund has reached its ceiling of $5,000,000.]]

SECTION [[4]] 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is
held invalid for any reason, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or any
other application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid
provisions or application, and to this end, the provisions of this Act are declared to
be severable.

SECTION [[5]] 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect January 1, 1974.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 404
(Senate Bill 470)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Section 9(8) of Article 73B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume) [[and 1972
supplement]], title "Pensions," subtitle "In General," to [[provide that certain
service benefits be made available to certain employees only upon certain
conditions being met.]] change the kind of previous non-State service which
some members of the State Employees' Retirement System may claim as
service credit.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 9(8) of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume) [[and 1972 Supplement]], title
"Pensions," subtitle "In General," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

9.

(8) A member who for a temporary period prior to June 1, 1964, (1) did not
make contributions to the retirement system because of not being on a State
payroll, (2) had an employer other than the State, (3) was in employment related
or similar to or educationally desirable for his regular employment with the state
FOR A PERIOD NOT LONGER THAN TWO YEARS, and (4) all being [with
the consent or] at the direction of a State agency, after his return to State
employment and with the approval of the board may deposit with the retirement
system, with interest to the date of deposit, the contributions he would have made
to the retirement system had his employment been with the State during that
period; and when this deposit is made he shall be given service credit in the
retirement system for the temporary period in all subsequent respects as if he had
been a State employee during that period.

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

Approved May 21, 1973.