PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 366

Section 17

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article—State Personnel and Pensions

21-315.

(a) The Board of Trustees shall credit to the expense fund of each State system its
pro-rata share of:

(1) the amount provided in the annual State budget to pay the
administrative and operational expenses of the Board of Trustees and the State
Retirement Agency;

(2)    the amounts authorized by the Board of Trustees under this section for
investment management services; and

(3) the amount authorized by the Board of Trustees to implement a closing
agreement with the Internal Revenue Service regarding former members of the
Employes Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System who elected to
become members of or participate in those State systems under former Article 73B, §§
2-206 and 3-206 of the Code.

(b) The Board of Trustees shall pay from the expense fund of each State system
its pro rata share of:

(1) the administrative and operational expenses of the Board of Trustees
and the State Retirement Agency, in accordance with the annual State budget;

(2)    the amounts as authorized by the Board of Trustees necessary for
investment management services; and

(3) the amounts as authorized by the Board of Trustees necessary to
implement a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service regarding former
members of the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System who
elected to become members of or participate in those State systems under former Article
73B, §§ 2-206 and 3-206 of the Code.

(c) Each year the Board of Trustees shall estimate:

(1) (I) FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996, 1997, AND 1998, THE LESSER OF AN
AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING 0.45% OF THE PAYROLL OF MEMBERS NECESSARY FOR
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AND THE STATE RETIREMENT AGENCY; AND

(II) FOR FISCAL YEARS BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 1999, the
amount, not exceeding 0.2% of the payroll of members, necessary for the administrative
and operational expenses of the Board of Trustees and the State Retirement Agency;

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