Ch. 148

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - State Personnel and Pension
Section 26-201 and 26-202
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Volume and 1996 Supplement)
(As enacted by Section 1 of this Act)

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

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

26-201.

(A) [This] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THIS
subtitle applies only to:

(1) an employee of the Department of Natural Resources commissioned by
the Secretary of Natural Resources as:

(i) a Natural Resources police officer; or

(ii) a law enforcement officer, other than a Natural Resources police

officer; [or]

(2) a law enforcement officer employed by the Maryland Investigative
Services Unit; OR

(3) A MEMBER OF THE MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
POLICE FORCE WHO HAS THE POWERS GRANTED TO A POLICE OFFICER UNDER §
4-208 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE

(B) THIS SUBTITLE DOES NOT APPLY TO A MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICER WHO TRANSFERRED FROM THE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO THE EMPLOYEES' PENSION SYSTEM ON OR AFTER
DECEMBER 1, 1996.

26-202.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual described in
§ 26-201 of this subtitle is a member of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System as
a condition of employment.

(b) Membership (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (21 OF THIS SUBSECTION,
MEMBERSHIP in the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System is optional for an
individual described in § 26-201 of this subtitle who was employed:

(1) (I) WHO WAS EMPLOYED by the Department of Natural Resources
on July 1, 1990 AND WHO ELECTS MEMBERSHIP ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1997;
[or]

(2) (II) WHO WAS EMPLOYED by the Maryland Investigative Services Unit
on June 30, 1995 AND WHO ELECTS MEMBERSHIP ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31. 1997:
OR

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