HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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AN ACT concerning

Teachers' Retirement - Credit for Previous Service
as State Policeman

FOR the purpose of allowing members of the Teachers'
Retirement System to apply for credit for previous
service rendered with the State Police; providing the
method by which a member may apply for credit;
establishing the rate of contributions that apply to
the member; requiring the board of trustees of the
Teachers' Retirement System to verify the fact of
service credit and taxable compensation received;
requiring that the board of trustees determine the
amount due for the service; and defining taxable
compensation.

BY adding to

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 85(11)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 73B - Pensions

85.

(11) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, ANY MEMBER OF THE TEACHERS'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN A MEMBER OF THE
STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND WHO HAS NOT SERVED THE
NUMBER OF YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE A
VESTED RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FROM THE STATE POLICE SYSTEM, IS
ENTITLED TO APPLY FOR CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS SERVICE RENDERED
BY HIM TO THE STATE. THE MEMBER MAY FILE AN APPLICATION FOR
THIS CREDIT AT ANY TIME AFTER SEPARATION FROM THE MARYLAND
STATE POLICE AND SHALL DEPOSIT WITH THE TEACHERS' SYSTEM THE
AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS CREDIT, WITH
INTEREST TO THE DATE OF DEPOSIT THE RATE OF THE
CONTRIBUTIONS IS THAT RATE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN APPLICABLE
TO THE MEMBER IF A MEMBER OF THE TEACHERS' SYSTEM FOR THE
PERIOD OF THE CREDIT UPON RECEIVING A CLAIM FOR SERVICE
CREDIT FROM THE EMPLOYEE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TEACHERS' SYSTEM SHALL VERIFY THE FACT OF THE SERVICE CREDIT
AND THE TAXABLE COMPENSATION RECEIVED, AND SHALL DETERMINE
THE AMOUNT DUE FOR THE SERVICE BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS,
WITH INTEREST. THE TERM "TAXABLE COMPENSATION" AS USED IN
THIS SUBSECTION, SHALL MEAN SALARY PAID TO THE EMPLOYEE AS
SPECIFIED IN § 23(A) OF ARTICLE 88B DURING THOSE YEARS HE
WAS A MEMBER OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AND MAY NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO MEAN MONEYS RECEIVED THROUGH SUBSISTENCE
ALLOWANCES OF ANY TYPE.