MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1845

board of trustees of the retirement and pension system of
the Maryland State Police and shall be deducted monthly
from the remuneration of the employees and paid in lieu
thereof to the board TO be placed by it forthwith in the
pension fund. The fund shall also consist of all fines
imposed upon members of the Maryland State Police by way
of discipline, donations, all lost, abandoned, unclaimed
or stolen money, which may remain in the possession of
the Department for the space of three years and for which
there shall be no lawful claimant, and net proceeds of
sale of unclaimed property in the custody of the
Department.

5.1.

The membership of the retirement system shall consist of
the following:

(3) Any person who is an employee on the
date of establishment and who is on that date and has
been since June 1, 19 35, a member of the State Police
pension fund shall become a member as of the date of
establishment unless within a period of thirty days next
following such employee shall file with the board of
trustees, on a form prescribed by the board, a notice of
his election not to be covered in the membership in the
retirement system and a duly executed waiver of all
present and prospective benefits which would otherwise
inure to him on account of his participation in the
retirement system. Any person who was a member of the
State Police pension fund on June 1, 1949, and who
elected in 1949 not to be covered in the membership in
the retirement system, shall have the further opportunity
to become a member of the retirement system, at any time
between June 1, 1961, and December 31, 1961, both dates
inclusive, and not thereafter; but this eligibility is
only for persons who would be eligible for membership in
the retirement system if they had begun their employment
in 1961. If during that time he elects to be covered in
the membership of the retirement system, his membership
therein shall begin as of the first day of the calendar
month next following the day of his election, subject to
the conditions of this section and of the other
provisions of this article not inconsistent with this
section. Any person who thus becomes a member of the
retirement system shall receive credit therein for what
would have been his prior service as of June 1, 1949.
Before being admitted to such membership, any such person
shall pay to the retirement system the full amount of
what would have been his accumulated contributions
therein had he in fact belonged to the system from June
1, 1949, to the date upon which he becomes a member under
the provisions of this [action] SECTION, together with
regular interest thereon. The State shall make such