HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 65 - Militia

9.

[(h) Upon the termination of active service of any
person who has held the position of Adjutant General after
1966 and who has been in the military service of the State
of Maryland for eight years or more, such person shall be
paid, when he becomes fifty-five years of age, and for the
remainder of his life, a pension or salary calculated at the
rate of eight hundred and fifty dollars ($850) for each year
of active military service for the State of Maryland; but in
no event may the total pension or salary exceed thirteen
thousand six hundred dollars ($13,600). Following the death
of a former Adjutant General, whenever it occurred or
occurs, his surviving spouse shall be paid two thirds of the
pension or salary to which the former Adjutant General was
or would have been entitled under this subsection, if
married to him for not less than the three years immediately
prior to his death and, in the case of a retired Adjutant
General, not less than the three years immediately prior to
his retirement; and the surviving spouse shall be paid for
life unless he remarries, in which event the payments are to
cease. Any pension or salary paid under the provisions of
this subsection shall be in addition to and shall not affect
any benefits paid to the same person from or by another
retirement system operated by this State. THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUBSECTION DO NOT APPLY TO ANY ADJUTANT GENERAL
APPOINTED AFTER FEBRUARY 15, 1980.]

[(i) Upon the termination of active service of any
person who has held the position of assistant adjutant
general after 1970, there shall be paid, when the general
becomes sixty years of age and for the remainder of the
general's life, a pension calculated at the rate of $850 for
each year of active military service for the State of
Maryland; but in no event may the total pension or salary
exceed $13,600. Following the death of a former assistant
adjutant general, the surviving spouse shall be paid two
thirds of the pension to which the former assistant adjutant
general was or would have been entitled to under this
subsection if the surviving spouse was married to the
general for not less than the three years immediately prior
to the death, and in the case of a retired assistant
adjutant general, not less than the three years immediately
prior to the retirement. The surviving spouse shall be paid
for life unless the spouse remarries in which event the
payments are to cease. Any pension or salary paid under the
provisions of this subsection is in addition to and does not
affect any benefits paid to the same person from or by
another retirement system operated by this State. THE