HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Disability Pensions - Reduction

FOR the purpose of altering the amount that a disability
pension must be reduced if a disability beneficiary is
engaged in a gainful occupation paying more than the
difference between the retirement allowance and the
average final compensation.

FOR the purpose of changing the maximum salary which a
disabled beneficiary of a state retirement or pension
system may earn before the disability allowance is
reduced.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 73B - Pensions

Section ll(8)(a), 86(5)(a), 117(9)(b), and 145(9)(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 88B - State Police

Section 53(7)(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

11.

(8) Once each year, the board of trustees may, and
upon his application shall, require any disability
beneficiary who has not yet attained the age of 60 to
undergo a medical examination, such examination to be made
at the place of residence of such beneficiary or other place
mutually agreed upon, by a physician or physicians
designated by the board of trustees. Should any disability
beneficiary who has not yet attained the age of 60 refuse to
submit to such medical examination, his allowance may be
discontinued until his withdrawal of such refusal, and
should his refusal continue for one year, all his rights in
and to his pension may be revoked by the board of trustees:

(a) Should the medical board report and certify
to the board of trustees that any disability beneficiary is
engaged in or is able to engage in a gainful occupation
paying more than the difference between his retirement
allowance and his average final compensation PLUS $3,000,
and should the board of trustees concur in such report, then
the amount of his pension shall be reduced to an amount
which, together with his annuity and the amount earnable by