Ch. 571

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

GOVERNMENTAL UNIT, RETIRED WITH A SERVICE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE
BEFORE JULY 1, 1994, HAS BEEN REEMPLOYED IN A PERMANENT POSITION AS A
STATE EMPLOYEE AND WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO BE
RESTORED TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM EXCEPT FOR
THE ENACTMENT OF CHAPTER 703, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL, AT THE
OPTION OF THE RETIREE:

(1)     RESTORE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE REEMPLOYED RETIREE;

(2)     STOP RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS AFTER THE LAST DAY
OF THE MONTH THAT MEMBERSHIP IS RESTORED;

(3)     RESTORE PREVIOUS CREDITABLE SERVICE AND ELIGIBILITY
SERVICE TO THE ACCOUNT OF THE MEMBER; AND

(4)     ON PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNTS REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (B)
OF THIS SECTION, CREDIT THE MEMBER WITH CREDITABLE SERVICE AND
ELIGIBILITY SERVICE PERFORMED BEGINNING THE DATE OF REEMPLOYMENT.

(B)     ON RESTORATION OF MEMBERSHIP, THE MEMBER SHALL REIMBURSE
THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE
PAYMENTS MADE FROM THE DATE OF REEMPLOYMENT AND SHALL PAY THE
AMOUNT OF MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS THE MEMBER WOULD HAVE MADE FROM
THE DATE OF REEMPLOYMENT PLUS REGULAR INTEREST TO THE DATE OF
PAYMENT.

(C)     IF THE MEMBER LATER RETIRES OR DIES WHILE EMPLOYED BY A
PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL REDUCE THE
MEMBER'S ANNUITY RESERVE AND PENSION RESERVE BY THE AMOUNT OF
PAYMENTS MADE TO THE MEMBER DURING THE MEMBER'S EARLIER RETIREMENT
LESS ANY AMOUNT THAT THE MEMBER REIMBURSED THE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THOSE PAYMENTS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 571
(Senate Bill 214)

AN ACT concerning

Crimes - Use Wearing of Bulletproof Body Armor in the Commission of a Crime of

Violence

FOR the purpose of establishing that a person who uses wears certain bulletproof body
armor in the commission of a crime of violence is guilty of a separate misdemeanor;
establishing certain penalties; providing for the prospective application of this Act;

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