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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 255

APPOINTED, or with any employees of the Governor's office, or
with any desk officer or employee of either house of the General
Assembly who receives an annual salary as his compensation for
such employment, who shall be deemed to be an appointed official
within the application of this subsection. All officials elected
or appointed on or after July 1, 1957, may become members of the
system upon making application therefor at any time after their
elections or appointment and before the expiration of their
respective terms. All such officials shall be entitled to credit
for previous service rendered by them to the State, or a
participating municipal corporation, including service rendered
prior to the establishment of the Employees' Retirement System.
Upon receiving a claim for such service credit from the official,
the board of trustees of the retirement system shall verify the
fact of such previous employment and the creditable service to
which the member is entitled, compute the amount due from such
political subdivision for which credit is claimed, and submit a
statement to the participating municipal corporation for such
amount, such computation to be based upon the compensation
actually received by the official from the municipal corporation
during the period for which service is to be credited. The
participating municipal corporation is authorized and directed
forthwith to pay the said amount to the retirement system or to
place it in the next ensuing budget for prompt payment when that
budget becomes effective. The board of trustees is authorized
and directed to include any amount due from the State in the
appropriation allowed by the next ensuing State budget.

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(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of [Article 73B]
THIS ARTICLE, any member of this retirement system who has
previously served in the Department of Legislative Reference or
the State Law Department or as secretary to the Speaker of the
House of Delegates or as secretary to the President of the Senate
during a session of the General Assembly shall be entitled to
receive credit for such service upon payment to this retirement
system, in a. single payment, the contribution, with interest,
which he would have paid on behalf of such service. For the
purpose of this subsection "year of service" shall mean a year or
any portion thereof.

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(3) Upon retirement for service a member shall receive a
service retirement allowance which shall be computed as:

(b) (ii) The annuity provided as a result of
voluntary contributions permitted under this subtitle and its
amendments shall be payable and shall not be used in determining
the additional pension, if any, determined under this
[subdivision] SUBSECTION.

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