PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                              Ch. 620

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

Section 29-116

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 29-117
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

29-116.

(a)     The Board of Trustees shall reduce the pension of a retiree on ordinary
disability if:

(1)     the retiree is under normal retirement age;

(2)     the medical board certifies in a report to the Board of Trustees that the
retiree is engaged in a gainful occupation paying more than the difference between:

(i) the retiree's retirement allowance at retirement; and

(ii) the retiree's average final compensation plus $5,000; and

(3)     the Board of Trustees agrees with the medical board's report.

(b)     The Board of Trustees shall reduce the pension of a retiree who has been
receiving an ordinary disability retirement allowance for:

(1)     less than 10 years, by $1 for every $2 that the retiree's current
compensation exceeds the limit under subsection (a) of this section; or

(2)     at least 10 years, by $1 for every $5 that the retiree's current
compensation exceeds the limit under subsection (a) of this section.

29-117.

(a)     A disability retiree who is rehired by a participating employer [at a salary less
than the retiree's average final compensation at retirement:

(1)     is entitled to continue to receive an allowance; but

(2)     may not become a member again of the retiree's former State system
until the retiree's salary at least equals that average final compensation.

(b)     (1) If a retiree with a disability retirement allowance who is under normal
retirement age is restored to employment with a participating employer with an annual

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