Ch. 5

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

10-218.

(a) (2) In no event shall a member receive a disability allowance for a disability
incurred prior to enrollment in the pension system, except to the extent that such a
disability was aggravated subsequent to the member's enrollment. A member who
transfers from the Pension System for Employees of the State of Maryland or from the
Employees' Retirement System to this pension system shall retain the enrollment date
first established in the [pension] system from which the member transferred.

(c)     (3) A member may not receive an accidental disability allowance for a
disability incurred prior to enrollment in the pension system, except to the extent that a
disability was aggravated subsequent to the member's enrollment*. A member who
transfers from the Pension System for Employees of the State of Maryland OR THE
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM to this pension system shall retain the enrollment
date first established in the [pension] system from which the member transferred,

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect reference in Article 73B, § 10-218(a)(2) and (c)(3) and
omitted reference in Article 73B, § 10-218(c)(3).

Occurred: Ch. 131, Acts of 1992.
10-224.

(d)     If a member who has transferred to this pension system from the Employees'
Retirement System dies in service, the surviving spouse may elect to receive in lieu of the
lump sum benefit payable under subsection (a) of this section, a monthly allowance for
life equal to the amount payable under Option 2, if:

(2) The member:

(ii) Had at [last] LEAST 15 years of creditable service and was 55
years old or older.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect word usage in Article 73B, § 10-224(d)(2)(ii).

Occurred: Ch. 131, Acts of 1992.

10-225.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any member whose service
is terminated other than by death or retirement after the member has rendered 5 or more
years of creditable service shall be eligible to receive a vested allowance. The vested
allowance shall be a deferred allowance that begins at age 62 and shall be computed as a
service retirement allowance as provided under [§ 10-201(c)(1)] § 10-217(C)(1) of this
subtitle on the basis of the member's average final compensation and creditable service at
the time the member's service is terminated.

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