HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2295

subdivision of the State, including any public library
association or organization and any fire department receiving
part or all of its funds from or through any such county, town,
municipality, special taxing area or other political subdivision
of the State, and also including any board or commission created
by an act of the General Assembly for public purpose and not for
the profit of any private person or corporation. If a municipal
corporation ceases to meet the definition of "municipal
corporation" by virtue of any public general or public local law,
any employee thereof who has been a member of the retirement
system may continue membership in the system at the employee's
election if the employer's contribution, as required herein,
continues to be made pursuant to this article.

(2) For the purpose of participation in the
Employees' Retirement System the following entities each shall be
considered to be a municipal corporation:

River Basin;

Maryland, Inc.

[and]

(i) The Interstate Commission on the Potomac

(ii) A cooperative library commission;

(iii) The Upper Potomac River Commission;

(iv) The Tri-County Council for Western

(v) The Allegany County Transit Authority;
(vi) The Health Planning Council of Appalachia;
(vii) The St. Mary's County Nursing Home;
(viii) The Maryland Environmental Service;

(ix) The Chesapeake Bay Commission; AND

(X) FROM AND AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1983, THE LOWER
SHORE PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL, INC.

(c) "Legislative body" means county commissioners, city
council, town council, president and commissioners, burgess and
commissioners (or by whatever other name the legislative body of
any incorporated town, city or municipality may be known) and the
board or commission having authority or control over any other
political subdivision of the State, including the board or
governing body of any public library association or organization
and any fire department receiving part or all of its funds from
or through any county, incorporated town or municipality or
special taxing area or other political subdivision of the State.

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