MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             2075

PREVIOUS TIME SERVED AS A FULL-TIME PAID EMPLOYEE OF A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THIS STATE AND WHO IS NOT
ENTITLED TO RECEIVE SERVICE CREDIT FOR THE SAME PERIOD
UNDER ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, OR WHO IS NOT
RECEIVING RETIREMENT BENEFITS FROM ANY POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THIS STATE, SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS SERVICE RENDERED BY
HIM TO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION UPON MAKING IN A SINGLE
PAYMENT, WITHIN WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE
DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE CONTRIBUTIONS
WITH INTEREST, WHICH HE WOULD HAVE PAID ON BEHALF OF THAT
SERVICE. UPON RECEIVING A CLAIM FOR THAT SERVICE CREDIT
FROM THE EMPLOYEE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM SHALL VERIFY THE FACT OF THE SERVICE
CREDIT AND THE COMPENSATION RECEIVED, AND SHALL DETERMINE
THE AMOUNT DUE FOR THE SERVICE BASED ON THE
CONTRIBUTIONS, WITH INTEREST, WHICH HE WOULD HAVE PAID
HAD HE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS SYSTEM DURING THAT PERIOD OF
SERVICE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 615
(Senate Bill 437)
AN ACT concerning

Chartered Counties — Express Powers

FOR the purpose of including among the express powers of
chartered counties of Maryland, the power to provide
financial support for artistic, musical and cultural
public and private non-profit organizations and
activities.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 25A — Chartered Counties of Maryland

Section 5 (V)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 5 (V) of Article 25A - Chartered