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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 22

RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AS A CONDITION OF
EMPLOYMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL SUCH EMPLOYEE RECEIVE CREDIT
FOR SERVICE PERFORMED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE PRIOR
TO JANUARY 1, 1975.

(2) ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE, WHO ON DECEMBER 31, 1974, WAS
RECEIVING A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FROM ANY OF THE STATE
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, SHALL ON JANUARY 1, 1975, HAVE SUCH
ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS DISCONTINUED AND HE SHALL BE RESTORED TO
ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE APPROPRIATE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
HE SHALL BE REINSTATED WITH ALL PREVIOUS STATE SERVICE
CREDIT, AND UPON RETIREMENT, HIS ACCUMULATION FUND SHALL BE
REDUCED BY THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PENSION AND ANNUITY PAYMENTS
HADE DURING HIS PREVIOUS RETIREMENT PERIOD, UNLESS THE
SYSTEM IS REIMBURSED FOR SUCH PAYMENTS BY THE MEMBER.

(B) COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

ALL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT
OF EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1975 MAY JOIN THE TEACHERS'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE IF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE ELECTS TO DO SO WITHIN ONE
YEAR FOLLOWING JULY 1, 1976; OR THEY MAY JOIN AN OPTIONAL
RETIREMENT PROGRAM IF ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AS PROVIDED IN
§110 OF THIS ARTICLE. ALL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO ENTER
INTO A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT AFTER JULY 1, 1975 SHALL
PARTICIPATE IN THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR AN
OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM IF ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.
CLERICAL EMPLOYEES WHO ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1975, MAY JOIN THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM IF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE ELECTS TO DO SO WITHIN ONE YEAR
OF JULY 1, 1976. CLERICAL EMPLOYEES WHO ENTER A CONTRACT OF
EMPLOYMENT AFTER JULY 1, 1975, SHALL PARTICIPATE IN THE
TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. HOWEVER, ANY ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE
WHO JOINED THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM IN THE PERIOD
JULY 1, 1975, TO JUNE 30, 1976, WITHOUT EXERCISING HIS
OPTION AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
WITHDRAW HIS ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTION IN THE TEACHERS'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM. IN THE EVENT A PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE
ELECTS NOT TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECOMES A MEMBER, HE SHALL NOT BE
PERMITTED TO PURCHASE CREDIT FOR SERVICE PERFORMED PRIOR TO
HIS MEMBERSHIP IN SAID SYSTEM.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Section 3 of this Act presently appears
as Art. 77, §§ 175(b) and 190 through 212, except
§209, and Art. 77A, §§ 14N and 5(b).

Art. 77, §209, a severability clause, is deleted
as unnecessary in light of Art. 1, §23, which
provides that all statutes enacted after July 1,
1973, are severable.

In §100, Morgan State is referred to as a
"University" rather than as a college to reflect
the current name of the institution. This change
is not intended to affect in any way any benefits
that may have accrued to employees of Morgan