HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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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
and the continued payment of such pensions shall be
contingent on the payment annually by the State of Maryland
of the additional amount so required to meet the current
disbursements of such pensions.

(B) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO:

(I)  AN OFFICIAL INITIALLY ELECTED OR
INITIALLY APPOINTED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1982;

(II)  A MEMBER PROMOTED TO AN UNCLASSIFIED
POSITION ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1982; OR

(III)  A MEMBER WHOSE TENURE IS TERMINATED
BY AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1982.

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(13) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision in this
subtitle, if a member of this pension system has been or is
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 that is not a part of
the classified service and is not covered by Article 64A of
the Code, for a fixed or indefinite term and is not
continued in office after serving in that position for a
period of 1 year, reappointed or reelected, and if 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 he has
completed 16 years of creditable service, regardless of age,
the member instead of withdrawing his accumulated
contributions, may elect to be paid an unreduced service