PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 616

DIRECTION OF THE INCUMBENT GOVERNOR. THE PREPARATION OF THE FINAL
BUDGET SHALL BE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR-ELECT WHO SHALL
SUBMIT IT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS PROVIDED BY ARTICLE III, SECTION 52
OF THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTION.

(D) (E) THE GOVERNOR WHOSE TERM IS ENDING MAY NOT SUBMIT A
PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 25, 1995.

CHAPTER 616
(Senate Bill 857)

AN ACT concerning

Special Retirement or Pension Systems - Limitations

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a county from creating a special retirement or pension
system that allows certain elected and appointed officials to participate and allows
the system's benefits to be set or amended administratively by a means other than
by ordinance enacted by the governing body of the county; providing that this Act is
not intended to and may not be construed to confer any right, privilege, or status on
any private party cognizable by a court in any proceeding; authorizing a county to
create a special retirement or pension system under certain conditions and subject
to certain requirements and prohibitions; requiring the governing body of a county
to modify or terminate a system that does not comply with certain requirements or
restrictions; requiring the governing body of a county to modify or terminate certain
benefits under certain circumstances; providing for the terms of termination of a
system under this Act; making provisions of this Act severable; defining certain
terms; and generally relating to limitations on certain county retirement or pension
systems.

BY adding to

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

Section 39-101 through 39-104, inclusive, to be under the new title "Title 39.
Special Retirement or Pension Systems"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Volume)

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

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