1898                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 609

(11)(c), (14), (15), (16), (16a), (18), and

(20), respectively
to be Section 11(1)(b)(i) through (iv), inclusive,

(3)(b)(iv), (11)(b), (15), (16), (17), (18),

(19), and (21), respectively
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1970 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 11 (9) (c) and (14)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 73B — Pensions

11.

(2)    (a) There is hereby created the Maryland
Employees Retirement Review Board, The Board shall be
composed of six members including the following: the
Secretary of Personnel or his [designate] DESIGNEE; the
State Director on Aging; a physician designated by the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
and three members appointed by the Governor to represent the
public at large. The three members appointed by the
Governor shall serve until June 30, 1975. Thereafter,
members appointed by the Governor shall serve terms of four
years- Four members of the Board [is] ARE a quorum.

(b) The Board shall determine all retirement
cases brought before it by a member or the head of his
department. Subject to the provisions of paragraph
[11](1)(b) of this section, the Board may retire the
employee, may permit him to continue in employment, may
recommend that he be transferred to another position in the
State service, or may recommend that he be placed on a
part-time employment basis.

(3)    Upon retirement for service a member shall
receive a service retirement allowance which shall be
computed as:

(b) [(1)] (I) Notwithstanding anything in
this subtitle to the contrary, if the annuity resulting from
the member's regular contributions is less than one half of
the retirement allowance for membership service [determined
under paragraph (a) (i) of this subsection (3) ] the
difference, referred to hereinafter as the "additional
pension," shall be payable as provided under [section 3 (b)
(3)] PARAGRAPH (B) (III) OF THIS SUBSECTION (3); except that