Ch. 6

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) "Judge" includes any member of the State Workers' 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.

(f)      "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
[title] SUBHEADING.

(g)     "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.

(h) "System" means the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland,
established under [§ 2-102 of this article] § 21-102 OF THE STATE PERSONNEL AND
PENSIONS ARTICLE.

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

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

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

(3)     The judge resigns because of disability before reaching the age of 60
years;

(4)     The judge is retired by order of the Court of Appeals;

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

(6)     The judge served under an appointment which required later election or
confirmation and was not elected or confirmed at or within the time provided for election
or confirmation;

(7)     The judge served a term which expired, and the judge was not
reappointed; or

(8)     The judge's office is abolished.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 73B, § 9-101.

Former § 9-101 is not retained in the Code because, as it related to the
noncontributory plan of the Judges' Retirement System, it is apparently
obsolete because there are no active members of the noncontributory plan.
However, it is transferred to the Session Laws to avoid any inadvertent
substantive effect that its repeal might have.

The only changes are in style.

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