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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 550

(5) Average final compensation.

[(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
article, all members of the Employees' Retirement System of
the State of Maryland who were employees of the State prior
to April 1, 19 17 and left their positions to serve in World
War I and who later reentered the employment of the State
without intervening employment elsewhere and have since
continued as and are at present members of the Employees'
Retirement System of the State, shall be entitled to prior
service credit for any part of the period of such World War
I service not otherwise credited and allowable under the
provisions of this article upon verification of such service
by the board of trustees, provided that application for such
prior service credit is made prior to January 1, 1950.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 551
(Senate Bill 1165)
AN ACT concerning

Code of Maryland Regulations — Reasons for

Withdrawing Regulations

FOR the purpose of providing when obsolete regulations are
to may be withdrawn removed from the Code of Maryland

Regulations]; and__providing that notice shall be given

in the Maryland Register and the Code of Maryland

Regulations when __a court of final appeal declares a

regulation, in whole or in part, invalid and

unconstitutional.

BY adding to

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Section 256C(e) and 256-I(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

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