S.B. 149                                                  VETOES                             

Senate Bill No. 149

AN ACT concerning

State Racing Commission - Additional Employees and Agents - Pension Rights

FOR the purpose of requiring an employer contribution for certain health benefits for
retired additional employees of the State' Racing Commission; establishing
creditable service for those benefits; providing for payment of the employer share of
pension benefits and health insurance benefits for retirees; repealing a certain
requirement that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension
System determine the eligibility of certain additional employees or agents of the
State. Racing Commission for membership in the Employees' Pension System;
repealing a provision of law making membership in the Employees' Pension System
subject to the Board's determination of eligibility for membership; providing for
entitlement to eligibility service and creditable service for certain prior service;
providing for payment of the employer cost of that service any unfunded liability to
the Employees' Pension System; and generally relating to retiree health benefits
and the eligibility for membership and credit for eligibility service in the Employees'
Pension System of certain additional employees or agents of the State Racing
Commission.

BY repealing and reenacting, without with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-207
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 23-201(a)(5) 8-108(c), 23-201(a)(5) and 23-205
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Volume)

BY adding to

Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 23-306.1
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:

Article - Business Regulation

11-207.

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