HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      3475

(F) Any Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of Harford County subject
to the provisions of Article 73B, Section 11B(2) or Section
117(2), respectively, may have a retirement allowance computed as
follows, upon filing a request with the Board of Trustees on the
forms the Board requires:

(1) For creditable service before January 1, 1986,
the retirement allowance is computed as provided by Section
169(2), as added by this Act, upon the payment of the accumulated
contributions, with interest, that the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff
would have paid if a member of a 5% contributor plan, and

(2) For creditable service from January 1, 1986, the
retirement allowance is computed as provided by Section 169(2),
as added by this Act, upon the making of contributions in
accordance with Section 174(1)(b)(i), as added by this Act.

Article 73B - Pensions

160.

(6) (A) THE STATE RETIREMENT AGENCY MAY PROVIDE BENEFIT
DETERMINATION DATA AND OTHER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE WRITTEN
REQUEST OF A PARTICIPATING MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT DESIRES TO
ESTABLISH A SEPARATE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM OF INTERIM OR
SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOWANCES FOR A CLASS OR CLASSES OF ITS OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES AS AUTHORIZED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(B) THE STATE RETIREMENT AGENCY SHALL CHARGE ANY
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAKING A REQUEST UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF
THIS SUBSECTION FOR THE EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PREPARATION OF THE DATA AND THE PROVISION OF THE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.

(C) A PARTICIPATING MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY
ESTABLISH, BY LAW, A SEPARATE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM OF INTERIM OR
SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOWANCES FOR A CLASS OR CLASSES OF ITS OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION SEPARATE AND APART FROM ANY BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.