1906

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 610

board of trustees a member at the time of retirement shall
receive membership service for unused sick leave in
accordance with the formula that 22 days of unused sick
leave are equal to one month of membership service. One
additional month of membership service shall be granted if
fractional days totaling 11 or more result from the
application of this formula.

[(ii)] (3) For the purpose of this
[section] PARAGRAPH, no more than 15 days of sick leave of
any member may be accumulated annually.

[(iii)] (C) For the purposes of this
[section] PARAGRAPH, if an employer provides an annual sick
leave allowance in excess of 15 days, the days of sick leave
actually used in any year shall first be charged against
accumulated leave to the extent of the excess.

[(iv)] (D) Sick leave membership
services shall not be used to determine years of membership
service required for the following:

(1)    Death benefit;

(2)    Ordinary disability;

(3)    Vesting of employer
contributions;

(4)    Early retirement; or

(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.]

(7) (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this article, every employee of the State or of a
participating municipal corporation, who is or becomes a
member of the Employees' Retirement System and who at any
previous time since October 1, 1941, was an employee of the
State or of one or more of the counties or municipal
corporations of this State, and whose previous employment by
the State or county or municipal corporation of this State
was not terminated at his own volition, shall receive in the
Employees' Retirement System service credit for the time
spent as a member of the Employees' Retirement System in