WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 479

CHAPTER 479

(Senate Bill 77)

AN ACT concerning

Pensions - Natural Resources Law Enforcement Officers

FOR the purpose of establishing a pension system for Natural
Resources law enforcement officers; providing for membership
in the system; providing for service retirement, disability
retirement, and death and surviving spouse or children's
benefits; providing for workers' compensation benefits;
allowing the vesting of pension benefits; providing for
cost-of-living adjustments; providing for member
contributions; assigning responsibility for administration
of the system; providing for a delayed effective date for
the inclusion of the Department of Natural Resources law
enforcement officers in the system; and generally relating
to pensions for Natural Resources law enforcement officers.

BY adding to

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 157 to be under the new subtitle "Natural Resources

Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 73B - Pensions

NATURAL RESOURCES LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' PENSION SYSTEM

157.

(A)  THERE IS A NATURAL RESOURCES LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS'
PENSION SYSTEM.

(B)  THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS PENSION SYSTEM SHALL CONSIST OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES. ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IN THE EMPLOY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
AFTER JULY 1, 1990 SHALL BECOME A MEMBER OF THIS PENSION SYSTEM
AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. MEMBERSHIP IN THIS PENSION SYSTEM
SHALL BE OPTIONAL FOR ANY PERSON EMPLOYED AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON JUNE 30, 1990.

(C)  (1) A MEMBER IS ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE IF, ON OR BEFORE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF RETIREMENT, THE MEMBER:

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