Ch. 10

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

shall be based on the contribution rate applicable to all other City employee members of
the System, expressed as a percentage of participating employees covered compensation.
[Upon retirement, each employee shall receive from the City of Baltimore the same
health insurance benefits as other members of the Employees' Retirement System of the
City of Baltimore. Such employees shall not be entitled to receive retiree health insurance
benefits from the State.]

(c)     Notwithstanding any other provision of State or local law, a former Baltimore
City Jail employee may elect to enroll in and become a new member of the Maryland
State Retirement and Pension Systems on July 1, 1991. Such a former City Jail employee
shall be entitled to a vested allowance, as provided for in the Employees' Retirement
System of the City of Baltimore, to be paid by the City system for service credited to the
system. [Upon retirement, each employee may elect to participate in either:

(1)     The State Employee Health Insurance Program for Retirees, under the
same terms and conditions as other State employees as set forth in Article 64A of the
Code; or

(2)     The Baltimore City Health Insurance Program for Retirees, under the
same terms and conditions as other members of the Employees' Retirement System of the
City of Baltimore.]                                                           

(d)    If a former Baltimore City Jail employee who has elected to enroll in the
Maryland State Retirement and Pension Systems, as provided in subsection (c) of this
section, is not eligible to receive a vested allowance from the Employees' Retirement
System of the City of Baltimore, the employee shall receive a cash payment from the City
system equivalent to the value of the employee's accrued benefit in the Employees'
Retirement System of the City of Baltimore, as determined by the City's actuary.

(E). ON RETIREMENT, A FORMER BALTIMORE CITY JAIL EMPLOYEE IS
ENTITLED TO HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS AS PROVIDED IN § 8-111 OF THE STATE
PERSONNEL ARTICLE.                                                                        

REVISOR'S NOTE: Chapter______, Acts of 1993, which enacted Division I of the

State Personnel and Pensions Article, also added subsection (e) of this section
and deleted the fourth and fifth sentences of subsection (b) of this section and
the third sentence of (c) to reflect the revision in SP § 8-111 of the provisions
governing health insurance benefits for former Baltimore City Jail employees.

1-508.

(A) FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNDER THIS
ARTICLE, EACH CLASSIFIED SERVICE EMPLOYEE IN THE STATE PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHO TERMINATES EMPLOYMENT ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1990
FOR REASONS OTHER THAN RETIREMENT SHALL FORFEIT ANY ACCUMULATED SICK
LEAVE.

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