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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 621

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

Article 73B - Pensions

11.

(12) (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this article, if any person, while being a member of the
State Employees' Retirement System, has been or may
hereafter be appointed or elected to any State office, or
promoted by an express appointment by the appointing
authority with the express concurrence of the Secretary of
Personnel to any position within the State government which
is not a part of the classified service and which is not
covered by the provisions of Article 64A (Merit System), for
a fixed or indefinite term and not be continued in office
after serving in such position for a period of one (1) year,
reappointed or reelected, provided that the termination of
employment [is] WAS involuntary, EXCEPT FOR OFFICIALS
ELECTED OR APPOINTED PRIOR TO JULY 22, 1981, as determined
by the Secretary of Personnel, after the completion of
sixteen years of creditable service, regardless of age, such
member may elect, in lieu of the withdrawal of his
accumulated contributions, to have such contributions paid
to him in an annuity of equivalent actuarial value, in which
event he shall also be paid a pension equal to the ordinary
disability pension that would have been payable at such time
had he been retired on an ordinary disability retirement;
and if any person, while being a member of said retirement
system, shall vacate his position by reason of the
termination of his tenure by act of the General Assembly
after said person has twenty years of creditable service,
regardless of age, he may elect to receive the allowance for
service retirement in lieu of the withdrawal of his
accumulated contributions. The board of trustees shall
include any additional amount required to pay such pension
in the amount certified to the Governor as required by §
14(4) of this article. Should such beneficiary be appointed
or elected to any office, the salary or compensation of
which is paid by the State, his retirement allowance shall
cease, and he may again become a member of the retirement
system and shall contribute thereafter at the same rate he
paid prior to his retirement. Any prior service credit on
the basis of which his service was computed at the time of
his retirement shall be restored to full force and effect,
and in addition upon his subsequent retirement he shall be
credited with all his service as a member, provided his
pension upon such subsequent retirement shall not exceed the
pension he was receiving prior to restoration plus such
pension as may have accrued on account of his membership
service after restoration. The payment of all such pensions