WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 779

[(f)] (H) "Judge" means a judge of a court. For the
purpose of this subsection, a judge also includes any
commissioner of the Workmen's Compensation Commission, and any
master in chancery or master in juvenile causes appointed ON OR
BEFORE JUNE 30, 1989 in any county by the circuit court for that
county and who serves on a full-time basis as a master, subject
to the benefits and limitations of paragraphs (1) through (8) of
subsection [(m)] (O) of this section.

[(g)] (I) "Medical board" means a board defined in § 159 of
this article.

[(h)] (J) "Noncontributory plan" means the plan for payment
of pensions to former judges who were in office on June 30, 1969,
and to their spouses, provided for in this subtitle.

[(i)] (K) "Pension" is the amount of money payable to a
former judge or to his spouse under this subtitle, and has the
same meaning as "retirement allowance" in § 1(18) of this
article.

[(j)] (L) (1) "Spouse" is the surviving husband or wife of
a deceased judge.

(2) "Surviving spouse" is the surviving husband or
wife who has attained the age of 50, of a former judge.

[(k)] (M) "Supplementation" means any additional payment
from a political subdivision to a former judge or his spouse,
including but not limited to a payment in the form of salary,
bonus, pension, or spouse's benefits.

[(1)] (N) "System" means the Employees' Retirement System
of the State of Maryland, created by this article.

[(m)] (O) "Termination of service" means the permanent
cessation of active judicial service by a judge, and takes place
when:

(1)  He retires at the age of 70 years as required by
Article IV, § 3, of the Constitution; or

(2)  He voluntarily retires after reaching the age of
60 years and before reaching the age of 70 years; or

(3)  He resigns because of disability before reaching
the age of 60 years; or

(4)  He is retired by order of the Court of Appeals;
or

(5)  He resigns at any time for any other reason, or
without stating a reason; or

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