1844                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [Ch. 535

Article 88B — State Police, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 88B - State Police
31.

(a) Whenever any of the employees of the Department
of Maryland State Police, who have elected not to become
members of the State Police Retirement System of the
State of Maryland, and any of the license examiners of
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have given
meritorious service as an employee for a period of
fifteen continuous years, and shall have reached the age
of 55 years, excepting the physician of the Department
who shall have reached the age of 65 years, the employees
shall be eligible for retirement forthwith upon his or
her voluntary application or may be retired by the
Superintendent of the Department of Maryland State
Police, 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, 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 the benefits in the aggregate are
less than $200.00 per month shall receive an additional
sum equal to 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 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