WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 6

In subsection (a)(1) of this section, the words "accumulation fund" are
substituted for "each of the several funds" for accuracy and clarity, because
the employer contribution is credited to the accumulation fund of each system.

In subsections (a)(2)(ii) and (d) of this section, the specific references to "the
professional and clerical employees of the Department of Public Libraries of
Montgomery County" is substituted for the former general reference to
"members of local retirement funds in the city and counties of the State" for
accuracy and clarity, because those employees of the Department of Public
Libraries of Montgomery County are the only individuals to whom the former
provision applied.

In subsection (b)(1) of this section, the requirement that the Comptroller
compute the amount to be charged each unit as the employer's share of
retirement cost is expressly applied to and limited to all members whose
compensation is paid by the State. As to the State's contribution for members
of the teachers' systems whose compensation is paid by the State, this
requirement only was implied in former Art. 73B, § 1-305.5(b). As to
members of the several systems other than the teachers' systems, the
limitation of this requirement to members whose compensation is paid by the
State only was implied in former Art. 73B, § 1-305.

In subsection (e) of this section, the reference to "each nonclerical and
nonprofessional former Community College of Baltimore employee" who
chose to remain a member of the Baltimore City Retirement Plan is
substituted for the former reference to "each employee" who chooses to
remain a member of the Baltimore City Retirement Plan "in accordance with
this paragraph" for clarity and to reflect that former Art. 73B, § 3-506(c)(4)(i)
is revised at § 23-201(b) of this article.

Also in subsection (e) of this section, the reference to the "Employees'
Pension System" is substituted for the former reference to the "State Pension
System" for accuracy.

The sixth sentence of former Art. 73B, § 9-105(j), which provided a
cross-reference to LE § 9-316 with respect to the funding of retirement
allowances of members of the State Workers' Compensation Commission who
are members of the Judges' Retirement System, is deleted as unnecessary in
light of subsection (b) of this section. LE § 9-316 provides that "[o]ut of
money appropriated for the maintenance of the Commission, the State shall
pay the salaries, administrative expenses, and all other expenses of the
Commission, including ... any cost incurred by the State, including
contribution as an employer, because of the participation of a Commissioner
in the judicial pension system of the State". This provision is not an exception
to the procedure used in subsection (b) of this section and therefore a
cross-reference to it in this Division II is unnecessary.

The State Personnel and Pensions Article Review Committee notes, for the
consideration of the General Assembly, that there is no provision in the law
for inclusion in the State budget of employer retirement contributions on

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