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exclude any person who is a member of or eligible to
membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
of Maryland or of the State Police Pension Fund or any judge
of the circuit courts. Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,
Court of Appeals of Maryland, Court of Special Appeals, and
District Courts or any commissioner of the Workmen's
Compensation Commission, and any class of employees whose

compensation is only partly paid by the State or who are

serving on a temporary basis. The term "employee" also
shall include any person who was regularly employed by
Winers' Hospital in Frostburg and who was a member of the
retirement system at the time it was transferred from State
ownership, and who continues in employment at the hospital

after the transfer, so long as all contributions to the

retirement system which are required from both employees and
employer are made when and as payable. From and after the
time the hospital is transferred from State ownership, the
State no longer has the responsibility of paying the
employer's share of the contributions. The term "employee"
also shall, on and after June 1, 1961, include any person

who is regularly employed by the State Military Department

as a National Guard technician, although paid by or from
federal appropriated funds, provided the employer's
contribution to the retirement system, when and as payable,
shall be made by the United States, or otherwise, and
provided the State shall not be responsible for payment of
such employer's contribution. The term "employee" also
includes all the several classes of assessors, including
supervisors and assistants, for whom the State pays a
portion of annual salary under the provisions of the
subtitle "State Department of Assessments and Taxation" in
Article 81 of this Code; but the term "employee" does not
include any such assessor who is a member of a retirement or
pension system operated by a political subdivision of this
State. The term "employee" also includes regular and
full-time staff members of the Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code and of any successor agency or agencies. In
all cases of doubt, the board of trustees, provided for in §
12 of this article, shall determine whether any person is an
employee as defined in this article, irrespective of the
method of payment. The term "employee" also includes
"additional employees" of the Maryland Racing Commission as
that term is defined in § 5(a) of Article 78B of the Code.
However, eligibility for membership of these "additional
employees" shall be determined by the board of trustees.

THE TERM "EMPLOYEE" DOES NOT INCLUDE A PERSON WHO IS

EMPLOYED PURSUANT TO A FEDERAL COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND

TRAINING ACT (CETA) PROJECT PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT

PROGRAM.

22.

On and after January 1, 1946, any officer or employee

of any municipal corporation, except such officers and

employees as are now eligible to participate in a retirement
system wholly or partially maintained at the expense of a
municipal corporation, AND ANY PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED
PURSUANT TO A FEDERAL COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING