420                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                [Ch.

(A)   EVERY JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT, UPON
RETIREMENT FOR ANY REASON, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A
PENSION COMPUTED ON THE SAME BASIS AND AT THE SAME
RATES AS ARE APPLICABLE TO A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, AND
THE SPOUSE OF ANY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE SHALL LIKEWISE
BE ENTITLED TO A PENSION COMPUTED ON THE SAME BASIS
AND AT THE SAME SATES AND UPON THE SAME CONDITIONS AS
ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SPOUSE OF A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE.

(B)   IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE AN IN THOSE COUNTIES
WHERE A JUDGE WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBTITLE, HAS ACQUIRED RETIREMENT AND PENSION BENEFITS
OR RIGHTS BY VIRTUE OF CITY OR COUNTY LEGISLATION OR
STATE LEGISLATION APPLYING TO A PARTICULAR LOCAL
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR SUBDIVISIONS, AND WHICH JUDGE
CONTINUES IN OFFICE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBTITLE, ALL PENSION OR RETIREMENT BENEFITS OR RIGHTS
SO ACQUIRED SHALL BE CONTINUED AND PAID AS PROVIDED
UNDER THE PARTICULAR LEGISLATION CREATING THEM; BUT
THE JUDGE OR HIS SURVIVING SPOUSE, AS THE CASE MAY BE,
MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE THE STATE PENSION AS PROVIDED IN
SUBSECTION (A) HEREINBEFORE DESCRIBED, COMPUTED ON THE
BASIS OF YEARS OF FULL-TIME JUDICIAL SERVICE AT THE
TIME OF MAKING THE ELECTION AS WELL AS YEARS OF
JUDICIAL SERVICE THEREAFTER, AND ANY JUDGE WHO IS
INELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE BY REASON OF THE
CONSTITUTION OR THIS SUBTITLE, SHALL NOT LOSE ANY
PENSION OR RETIREMENT BENEFITS WHICH HE HAS ACQUIRED
UNDER ANY LAW PRIOR TO THE FIRST MONDAY IN JULY, 1971.

(C)    EVERY JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT WHO ELECTS
TO RECEIVE THE PENSION PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF
THIS SECTION OR WHO IS OTHERWISE UNDER THIS PENSION
PLAN, SHALL CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THE COST OF THIS PENSION
AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SIX PER CENTUM (6%) OF HIS ANNUAL
COMPENSATION WHICH SHALL BE DEDUCTED FROM HIS
COMPENSATION EACH PAY PERIOD AND PAID TO THE STATE
TREASURER. CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL NOT BE RETROACTIVE
WITH RESPECT TO THOSE FULL-TIME JUDGES ALREADY IN
OFFICE AND CARRIED OVER INTO THE DISTRICT COURT BY THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE BUT SHALL COMMENCE FOR
THOSE JUDGES ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBTITLE.
THE ELECTION PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBSECTION MUST BE
EXERCISED WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS OF THE FIRST MONDAY IN
JULY, 1971, PROVIDED THAT ANY JUDGE WHO INITIALLY DOES
NOT ELECT TO BE UNDER THE PENSION PLAN PROVIDED FOR IN
THIS SECTION, BUT LATER WISHES TO DO SO, MUST UPON
SUCH ELECTION, PAY IN A LUMP SUM IN ADDITION TO THE
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBSECTION,
AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS HE WOULD HAVE
MADE IF INITIALLY UNDER THE PLAN FOR EACH YEAR AFTER