HARRY HUGHES, Governor 3521

(3) TERMINATED STATE SERVICE PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1984;
OR

(4) TERMINATED STATE SERVICE WITH 10 YEARS OF
CREDITABLE SERVICE AND WITHIN 5 YEARS OF NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE.

(c)  (1) A beneficiary and their designated beneficiaries
are eligible to receive the subsidy provided by the State for the
cost of the program on the following basis:

(i) If a beneficiary had at least 5 years of
[State] CREDITABLE service, the beneficiary and their designated
beneficiaries shall receive five-sixteenths of the subsidy
provided to a State employee.

(ii) In addition, if a beneficiary had more
than 5 but less than 16 years of [State] CREDITABLE service, the
beneficiary and their designated beneficiaries shall receive
one-sixteenth of the subsidy for each year of [State] CREDITABLE
service that is more than 5 but less than 16 years.

(iii) If a beneficiary had 16 years or more of
[State] CREDITABLE service, the beneficiary and their designated
beneficiaries shall receive the same subsidy that is provided to
a State employee.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection
(c)(1) of this section[, if]:

(I)  IF a beneficiary, retired from State
service, is in receipt of a State disability retirement
allowance, the beneficiary and their designated beneficiaries may
receive the same subsidy that is provided to a State employee;
AND

(II)  A PERSON IN RECEIPT OF A SPECIAL DEATH
BENEFIT UNDER ARTICLE 88B, § 53(9) OF THE CODE MAY RECEIVE THE
SAME SUBSIDY THAT IS PROVIDED TO A STATE EMPLOYEE.

(d)  The beneficiary and their designated beneficiaries
shall pay the part of the cost of the Program that is not
provided for under subsection (c) of this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.