BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                         1911

accrued to him as a new member on account of service since
his last restoration to membership, provided that the total
pension on his subsequent retirement shall not exceed the
rate per centum he would have received had he remained in
service during the period of his prior retirement.

(12) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
article, if any person, while being a member of the State
Employees' Retirement System, has been or may hereafter be
appointed or elected to any State office, or promoted by an
express appointment by the appointing authority with the
express concurrence of the Secretary of Personnel to any
position within the State government which is not a part of
the classified service and which is not covered by the
provisions of Article 64A (Merit System), for a fixed or
indefinite term and not be continued in office after serving
in such position for a period of one (1) year, reappointed
or reelected, provided that the termination of employment is
involuntary as determined by the Secretary of Personnel,
after the completion of sixteen years of creditable service,
regardless of age, such member may elect, in lieu of the
withdrawal of his accumulated contributions, to have such
contributions paid to him in an annuity of equivalent
actuarial value, in which event he shall also be paid a
pension equal to the ordinary disability pension that would
have been payable at such time had he been retired on an
ordinary disability retirement; and if any person, while
being a member of said retirement system, shall vacate his
position by reason of the termination of his tenure by act
of the General Assembly after said person has twenty years
of creditable service, regardless of age, he may elect to
receive the allowance for service retirement in lieu of the
withdrawal of his accumulated contributions. The board of
trustees shall include any additional amount required to pay
such pension in the amount certified to the Governor as
required by [§ 14 (6)] §14(4) of this article. Should such
beneficiary be appointed or elected to any office, the
salary or compensation of which is paid by the State, his
retirement allowance shall cease, and he may again become a
member of the retirement system and shall contribute
thereafter at the same rate he paid prior to his retirement.
Any prior service [certificate] CREDIT on the basis of which
his service was computed at the time of his retirement shall
be restored to full force and effect, and in addition upon
his subsequent retirement he shall be credited with all his
service as a member, provided his pension upon such
subsequent retirement shall not exceed the pension he was
receiving prior to restoration plus such pension as may have
accrued on account of his membership service after
restoration. The payment of all such pensions and the
continued payment of such pensions shall be contingent on
the payment annually by the State of Maryland of the
additional amount so required to meet the current
disbursements of such pensions.

23.

(a) Membership in the system for such officers and