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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

(1)    "CREDITED FUTURE SERVICE" MEANS SERVICE
RENDERED AFTER JULY 1, 1973 BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY
DURING WHICH HE IS A PARTICIPANT IN THIS RETIREMENT PLAN
AND IS MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS HEREUNDER.

(2)    "CREDITED PAST SERVICE" MEANS SERVICE WITH THE
COUNTY PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1973. A PARTICIPANT SHALL NOT
RECEIVE CREDITED PAST SERVICE UNLESS HE ELECTS TO BECOME
A PARTICIPANT OF THIS RETIREMENT PLAN BEFORE DECEMBER 1,
1973.

(B)    LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE (1)
YEAR WHICH IS AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY WILL BE COUNTED AS
SERVICE PROVIDED THAT THE EMPLOYEE RETURNS TO ACTIVE
SERVICE WITH THE COUNTY AT THE END OF SUCH LEAVE OF
ABSENCE. ABSENCE FROM EMPLOYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF ACTIVE
DUTY WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE
COUNTED AS CREDITED SERVICE PROVIDED THAT THE EMPLOYEE
RETURNS TO ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE COUNTY WITHIN NINETY
(90) DAYS AFTER HE BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE FROM SUCH
ACTIVE DUTY.

(C)    ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT PLAN, THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE RETIREMENT
PLAN OR THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND MAY TRANSFER HIS MEMBERSHIP TO THE APPOINTED AND
ELECTED OFFICIALS' RETIREMENT PLAN OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
IF HE ACCEPTS A POSITION AS AN EMPLOYEE COVERED BY THIS
RETIREMENT PLAN. THE PERSONNEL OFFICER SHALL CAUSE TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO THIS RETIREMENT PLAN THE AMOUNT DETERMINED
ACTUARIALLY NECESSARY TO PROVIDE IN FULL THIS CREDITED
SERVICE.

(D)    ANY PARTICIPANT OF THIS PLAN WHO BECOMES
ENGAGED IN AN OCCUPATION COVERED BY THE POLICE AND FIFE
SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAN OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY OR THE
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN MAY TRANSFER HIS MEMBERSHIP TO
THAT PLAN. THE PERSONNEL OFFICER SHALL CAUSE SUCH
PARTICIPANT'S CONTRIBUTIONS, WITH CREDITED INTEREST AND
THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTIONS WITH CREDITED INTEREST TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE RETIREMENT
PLAN, OR THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN.

(E)    AMY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY RETIRED UNDER
THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN, THE POLICE AND FIRE
SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAN OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY OR THE
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND
SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO TRANSFER HIS PAST SERVICE TO
THIS PLAN, BUT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL FOR BENEFITS
BASED ON CREDITED FUTURE SERVICE ONLY.

SECTION 1-26 4. PENSION BENEFITS.

(A) EACH PARTICIPANT WHO RETIRES ON OR AFTER HIS