MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 421

THE FIRST MONDAY IN JULY, 1971, PLUS INTEREST OF FOUR
PERCENT (4%). THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
APPLY TO THE FULL-TIME JUDGES OF THE PEOPLE'S COURTS
OF ANNE ARUNDEL, PRINCE GEORGE'S, MONTGOMERY, WICOMICO
AND BALTIMORE CITY AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF
BALTIMORE CITY WHO RETIRED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS SUBTITLE.

63.

(A) (1) EACH JUDGE OF THE PEOPLE'S COURT OF ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY, INCLUDING A JUDGE WHO WAS CONTINUED IN
OFFICE AS A JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE IV, §41-I(G) OF THE CONSTITUTION, SHALL BE
PAID AFTER THE TERMINATION OF ACTIVE SERVICE, IF HE IS
THEN AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE (65) YEARS OF AGE, OR WHEN HE
BECOMES SIXTY-FIVE (65) YEARS OF AGE, A PENSION OR
SALARY CALCULATED AT THE RATE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500.00) PER ANNUM FOR EACH YEAR, OR ANY PAST
THEREOF, OF ACTIVE SERVICE FROM APPOINTMENT OR
ELECTION AS A JUDGE OF THE PEOPLE'S COURT UP TO AN
INCLUDING TWENTY (20) YEARS OF SUCH ACTIVE SERVICE, SO
THAT THE MAXIMUM PENSION OR SALARY FOR SUCH SERVICE
PAYABLE HEREUNDER TO ANY ONE PERSON SHALL NOT EXCEED
THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) PER
ANNUM. PROVIDED THAT NO JUDGE ELIGIBLE HEREUNDER FOR
A PENSION SHALL RECEIVE THE PENSION AS LONG AS HE IS
ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW, BUT IN THE EVENT HE
SHOULD THEREAFTER RELINQUISH SUCH PRACTICE AND NOTIFY
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY OF SUCH
FACT, THEN, FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF SUCH
NOTIFICATION, THE JUDGE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALL THE
BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION.

(2) THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF EVERY SUCH JUDGE
WHO DIES IN ACTIVE SERVICE SHALL BE PAID TWO THIRDS OF
THE PENSION TO WHICH THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE BEEN
ENTITLED ON THE DATE OF HIS DEATH IF HE HAD BEEN
ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT AND HAD RETIRED ON THE DATE
IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER HE SHALL HAVE ATTAINED THE AGE
OF SIXTY-FIVE (65) AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. THE
SURVIVING SPOUSE OF EVERY JUDGE WHO DIES AFTER
RETIRING SHALL BE PAID TWO THIRDS OF THE PENSION WHICH
THE JUDGE WAS RECEIVING AT THE DATE OF HIS DEATH. IN
ORDER TO BE ENTITLED TO THE PENSION PROVIDED BY THIS
SECTION,, A SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A JUDGE WHO DIES DURING
ACTIVE SERVICE SHALL HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO HIM FOR A
PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS BEFORE HIS
RETIREMENT. A SURVIVING SPOUSE WHO IS ENTITLED TO A
PENSION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE