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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 457

officio;

officio;

(c)  The   Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning, ex

(d)  The   Secretary of Personnel, ex officio;

(e)  The       State Superintendent of Education, ex

(f)  The   Superintendent of State Police, ex officio;

(g) 2 trustees who are members or beneficiaries of
the Employees' Retirement System or the Pension System for
Employees of the State of Maryland, not more than 1 of whom may
be a beneficiary of either system AT THE TIME OF ELECTION UNDER
SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION, and neither of whom may be an
employee of the State Retirement Agency or the State Investment
Agency;

(h) 2 trustees who are members or beneficiaries of
the Teachers' Retirement System or the Pension System for
Teachers of the State of Maryland, not more than 1 of whom may be
a beneficiary of either system AT THE TIME OF ELECTION UNDER
SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION;

(i) 2 trustees who are members or beneficiaries of
the State Police Retirement System of Maryland, not more than 1
of whom may be a beneficiary of the system;

(j) 1 trustee who shall represent the interests of
local governments participating in the Employees' Retirement
System and the Pension System for Employees of the State of
Maryland; and

(k) 2 trustees knowledgeable in the administration
and operation of pension systems and trust funds who shall
represent the interests of the general public and who are not
members of any of the several systems.

(2) (a) Trustees who serve in an ex officio capacity shall
serve for the duration of their term in office and any extensions
thereof.

(b) (i) Trustees who are members or beneficiaries of
the employees' and teachers' systems shall be elected by the
members and the beneficiaries of their respective systems for 4
year terms. Elections shall be conducted pursuant to rules and
regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees.

(II) TRUSTEES WHO ARE MEMBERS BUT ARE NOT
BENEFICIARIES OF THE EMPLOYEES' OR TEACHERS' SYSTEMS AT THE TIME
OF THEIR ELECTION MAY NOT BE PREVENTED FROM COMPLETING THEIR
TERMS OF OFFICE IF, DURING THOSE TERMS, THEY BECOME BENEFICIARIES
OF THE SYSTEM OF WHICH THEY WERE MEMBERS AT THE TIME OF ELECTION.