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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 827

Pensions - Prior Service Credit - Board of Elections

FOR the purpose of altering the requirement for paying for
credit for previous service for employees of Boards of
Supervisors of Elections of the counties and Baltimore
City.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 3(6)(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

The membership of the retirement system shall consist
of the following:

(6) (a) All full-time and part-time permanent
employees of the boards of supervisors of elections of the
counties and in Baltimore City shall become members of the
Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland as a
condition of employment, except those board employees who
have elected to remain in the local merit system under the
provisions of 9G of Article 64A of this Code. Employees
who become members of the Employees' Retirement System under
this subsection may receive credit for any service performed
with the county or Baltimore City prior to January 1, 1972[,
if the reserves for this credit are paid by the employee
during the year in which the employee retires, except for
credit transferred under 31 through 34 of this article].
CREDIT FOR SERVICE PERFORMED BY AN EMPLOYEE WITH A COUNTY OR
BALTIMORE CITY BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1972 SHALL ONLY BE GRANTED
IF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE RESERVES REQUIRED TO FUND THE
PRIOR SERVICE IS PAID INTO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE
RESERVES MAY BE PAID BY:

(I)  THE COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY;

(II)  THE EMPLOYEE; OR

(III)  A COMBINATION OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (I)
AND (II) ABOVE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.