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will liquidate its total unfunded accrued liability as so determined in a period of
thirty years from July 1, [1969] 1973. The accrued liability contribution for any
municipal corporation hereafter participating shall be set on a basis to liquidate its
unfunded accrued liability in a period of thirty years. Any participating municipal
corporation may with the consent of the board of trustees liquidate its unfunded
accrued liability in a shorter period than thirty years.

27.

Employees of participating municipal corporations on behalf of whom
contributions are paid as hereinabove provided shall be entitled to all the benefits
under the Employees' Retirement System of the State as though they were State
employees; except THAT THE SERVICE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OF
such municipal employees shall [not] be REDUCED BY THE ADDITIONAL
PENSION DESCRIBED IN § 11(3)(D) OF THIS ARTICLE UNLESS THE
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF WHICH THEY ARE EMPLOYEES HAS
ELECTED TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE IN SAID ADDITIONAL
PENSION AND MAKES THE NECESSARY CONTRIBUTIONS
THEREFOR, [entitled to this benefit provided by § 11 (3) (e) of this article unless
the municipal corporation of which they are employees has elected to have them
participate in the benefit provided by § 11 (3) (e).] Elected or appointed officials
of participating municipal corporations on behalf of whom contributions are paid
as hereinabove provided shall be entitled to all the benefits and obligations under
the Employees' Retirement System of the State as though they were State elected
or appointed officials.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 190, 192,
195(2), 195(4), 195(6), 195(8)(b), 195(10), 195A(e), 196(16), 197(2), 198, 199, and
205 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume
and 1972 Supplement), title "Public Education," subtitle ''Chapter 17. Teachers'
Retirement System," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

190.

The following words and phrases as used in this subtitle unless a different
meaning is plainly required by the context shall have the following meanings:

(1)  "Retirement system" shall mean the Teachers' Retirement System of the
State of Maryland as defined in § 191 of this article.

(2)  "Public school" shall mean any day school conducted within the State under
the authority and supervision of a duly appointed county board of education and
any educational institution supported by and under the control of the State, such
as the State normal schools, the School for the Feeble-Minded, and the School for
the Deaf.

(3)  "Teacher" shall mean any teacher, helping teacher, principal, supervisor or
superintendent, attendance officer, or clerk employed in a public day school within
the State or in any State educational institution supported and controlled by the
State. In all cases of doubt the board of trustees hereinafter defined, shall
determine whether any person is a teacher as defined in this article.

(4)  "Member" shall mean any teacher included in the membership of the system
as provided in § 192 of this article.

(5)   "Board of trustees" shall mean the board provided for in § 196 of this
article to administer the retirement system.