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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 601

any costs of administering that benefit. CONTRIBUTIONS
QUALIFYING UNDER § 403(B) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED Any
member electing to contribute toward this service who
retires before completing the payments required to purchase
this service shall receive pro rata credit for service
purchased prior to the date of retirement, but the member
may elect at the time of retirement to make an additional
lump-sum payment for the amount necessary to receive full
credit. In the event a member dies in active service while
paying for credit, and if the credit qualifies for benefits
under this subtitle, the surviving spouse may pay for the
appropriate final adjustment. Otherwise, the appropriate
final adjustment shall be made in the year in which a member
retires, and shall be for previous service time:

(a)  With an out-of-state public school;

(b)  With the federal government;

(c)  With a nonpublic school;

(d)  With any municipal corporation;

(e)  As a postsecondary teacher.

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(9) (a) Once each year [during the first 5 years
following the retirement of a member on a disability
retirement allowance, and once in every 3-year period
thereafter,] the board of trustees may, and on his
application shall, require any disability beneficiary who
has not yet attained the age of 62 to undergo a medical
examination. The examination may be made at the place of
residence of the beneficiary or any other place mutually
agreed on, by a physician designated by the board of
trustees. If any disability beneficiary who is under the
age of 62 refuses to submit to the medical examination, his
allowance may be discontinued until he withdraws his
refusal, and if he continues to refuse for 1 year, all his
rights in and to his pension may be revoked by the board of
trustees.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 20, 1980.

CHAPTER 602
(House Bill 512)