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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 24

DEPENDENTS, DOES NOT APPLY TO MEMBERS OR BENEFICIARIES OF
THIS PENSION SYSTEM, THEIR SURVIVING SPOUSES, OR ANY OTHER
DEPENDENTS, EXCEPT BENEFITS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY.

155. RESERVED.

CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

156. CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS.

(A)   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
ARTICLE, ANY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SERVING IN ANY OF THE
FIRST SIX JOB CLASSIFICATIONS WHO HAS COMPLETED 20 YEARS OF
CREDITABLE SERVICE AND WHO HAS SERVED AS A CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER IN ONE OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE RETIREMENT MAY RETIRE AND RECEIVE A
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE THAT IS EQUAL TO 1/55 OF HIS AVERAGE
FINAL COMPENSATION MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF
SERVICE. RETIREMENT FOR A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IN THESE
CLASSIFICATIONS IS MANDATORY WHEN HE IS 60 YEARS OLD;
HOWEVER, YEAR-TO-YEAR EXTENSIONS MAY BE PERMITTED BEYOND AGE
60 WITH THE APPROVAL OF:

(I)   THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION FOR
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION; AND

(II)  THE DIRECTOR OF PATUXENT INSTITUTION
FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS OF THAT INSTITUTION.

(B)   THE BENEFITS FOR ORDINARY DISABILITY FOR
ANY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IN THESE CLASSIFICATIONS, WHO HAS
SERVED AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IN ONE OF THESE
CLASSIFICATIONS FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE
RETIREMENT, SHALL BE COMPUTED AS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION.
THE BENEFIT FOR ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY SHALL BE COMPUTED AS
PROVIDED BY § 11(7) OF THIS ARTICLE. IN CASES OF VESTED
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE AS PROVIDED UNDER § 11(15) OF THIS
ARTICLE, THE BENEFITS PAYABLE TO ANY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IN
THESE CLASSIFICATIONS WHO HAS SERVED AS A CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER IN ONE OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS, FOR AT LEAST 5
YEARS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE RETIREMENT, SHALL BEGIN WHEN HE IS
55 YEARS OLD.

(C)   THE BENEFITS PAYABLE ON THE DEATH OF ANY
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SHALL BE THOSE PROVIDED BY §§ 11(9) AND
11(11)(B) OF THIS ARTICLE. THE OPTIONAL ALLOWANCE PROVIDED
BY § 11(11)(A) OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER RETIRING ON A DISABILITY OR SERVICE
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE.

(D)   THE ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT, AND FUNDING
OF THE BENEFITS FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS SHALL BE THE SAME
AS THOSE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows: