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VETOES

(2) Any person who, on or after January 1, 1980,
is an employee and is a member of the retirement system is
entitled to be a member in this pension system, and may
become a member as of that date, or the first day of each
month thereafter [through and including July 1, 1980, or any
subsequent July 1,] by filing with the board of trustees an
executed waiver of all benefits which might inure to him
under the retirement system.

142.

The membership of this pension system shall consist of
the following:

(2) Any person who, on or after January 1, 1980,
is a teacher and is a member of the retirement system shall
be entitled to membership in this pension system, and may
become a member as of that date, or the first day of each
month thereafter [through and including July 1, 1980, or any
subsequent July 1,] by filing with the board of trustees an
executed waiver of all benefits that might inure to him
under the retirement system.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

May 19, 1981
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 257.

This bill provides that members of the Employees and
Teachers Retirement Systems may transfer to the respective
Employees and Teachers Pension Systems at any time rather
than on July 1 of any year.

House Bill 472, which was enacted by the General
Assembly and signed by me on April 28, 1981, accomplishes
the same purpose.

Therefore it is unnecessary for me to sign Senate Bill
257.