WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 6

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the following section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland are
repealed:

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 1-101 through 1-506, inclusive, and 1-601 through 1-604, inclusive, and the
title "Title 1. General Provisions"; 2-101 through 2-205, inclusive, 2-207 through 2-409,
inclusive, and 2-411 through 2-419, inclusive, and the title "Title 2. Employees'
Retirement System of the State of Maryland"; 3-101 through 3-205, inclusive, 3-207
through 3-416, inclusive, and 3-506(b)(l) and (c)(1) and (4), inclusive, and the title "Title
3. Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Maryland"; 4-101 through 4-416,
inclusive, and the title "Title 4. Pension System for Employees of the State of Maryland";
5-101 through 5-415, inclusive, and the title "Title 5. Pension System for Teachers of the
State of Maryland"; 6-101 through 6-413, inclusive, and the title "Title 6. State Police
Retirement System of the State of Maryland"; 7-101 through 7-412, inclusive, and the
title "Title 7. Correctional Officers' Retirement System"; 8-101 through 8-410, inclusive,
and the title "Title 8. Natural Resources Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System";
9-102, 9-103, and 9-105 and the title "Title 9. Judicial Retirement Plans"; 10-101
through 10-229, inclusive, and the title "Title 10. Municipal Corporations"; 11-101
through 11-111, inclusive, and the title "Title 11. Optional Retirement Program"; and the
article designation "Article 73B - Pensions"

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

Section 1-207

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

DIVISION II. PENSIONS.

TITLE 20. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SUBTITLE 1. DEFINITIONS.

20-101. DEFINITIONS.

(A) IN GENERAL.

IN THIS DIVISION II THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection formerly was Art. 73B, § 1-101(a).

The clause "unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context" is
deleted as unnecessary. Except for the definition of "member", for which a
specific exception is stated in that definition, this revision ensures that the
definitions apply throughout.

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