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VETOES

FOR the purpose of providing that officials elected or
appointed prior to a certain date need not be
terminated involuntarily to elect to have their
accumulated contributions paid as an annuity; and
providing that officials initially elected or initially
appointed after a certain date, members promoted to an
unclassified position after a certain date, or members
whose tenure is terminated by acts of the General
Assembly after a certain date may not elect to have
accumulated contributions in the State Employees'
Retirement and Pension Systems paid as an annuity; and
generally relating to the election of an annuity.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 11(12) and 117(13)

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

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