Ch. 355                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b) (1) (i) The trustees who are members or retirees of THE CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, the Employees' Pension System, [or] the Employees'
Retirement System, THE JUDGES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE LEGISLATIVE PENSION
PLAN, THE LOCAL FIRE AND POLICE SYSTEM, OR THE NATURAL RESOURCES
PENSION PLAN shall be elected by the members and the retirees of those State systems.

(ii) The trustees who are members or retirees of the Teachers' Pension
System or the Teachers' Retirement System shall be elected by the members and the
retirees of those State systems.

(iii) The elections shall be conducted under regulations that the Board
of Trustees adopts.

(iv) A trustee is not eligible for reelection if:

1.       the trustee becomes a retiree of [either) THE
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, the Employees' Pension System,
[or] the Employees' Retirement System, THE JUDGES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE
LEGISLATIVE PENSION PLAN, THE LOCAL FIRE AND POLICE SYSTEM, OR THE
NATURAL RESOURCES PENSION PLAN, and the other elected trustee FOR THOSE
STATE SYSTEMS is already a retiree of one of those State systems; or

2.       the trustee becomes a retiree of either the Teachers' Pension
System or the Teachers' Retirement System and the other elected trustee FOR THOSE
STATE SYSTEMS is already a retiree of one of those State systems.

(d) (2) . A trustee who is a member but not a retiree of THE CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, the Employees' Pension System, the Employees'
Retirement System, THE JUDGES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE LEGISLATIVE PENSION
PLAN, THE LOCAL FIRE AND POLICE SYSTEM, THE NATURAL RESOURCES PENSION
PLAN, the Teachers' Pension System, or the Teachers' Retirement System at the time of
election of the trustee may complete the term of office even if, during the term, the
trustee becomes a retiree of the State system of which the trustee was a member at the
time of election.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved May 18, 1995.

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