Ch. 157

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b) The Board of Trustees shall pay from the expense fund of each State system
its pro rata share of:

(1) the administrative and operational expenses of the Board of Trustees
and the State Retirement Agency, in accordance with the annual State budget;

(2) the amounts as authorized by the Board of Trustees necessary for
investment management services; and

(3) the amounts as authorized by the Board of Trustees necessary to
implement a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service regarding former
members of the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System who
elected to become members of or participate in those State systems under former Article
73B, §§ 2-206 and 3-206 of the Code.

(c) Each year the Board of Trustees shall estimate:

(1) the amount, not exceeding 0.2% of the payroll of members, necessary for
the administrative and operational expenses of the Board of Trustees and the State
Retirement Agency;

(2) the amount, not exceeding 1.5% of the average of the market values as
of July 1 and June 30 of the current fiscal year of assets externally invested in real estate,
necessary for external real estate investment management services; and

(3) the amount, not exceeding 0.3% of the market value as of December 31
of the preceding fiscal year of invested assets that are externally managed exclusive of
assets invested in real estate, necessary to procure and retain investment management
services other than external real estate investment management services.

(d) The amounts estimated under subsection (c) of this section shall be paid into
the expense funds of the several systems during the ensuing year on a pro rata basis
according to the total assets held by each system.

(e) The Board of Trustees may combine the expense funds of the several systems
for budgetary and administrative efficiency.

(f) On or before December 31 of each year, the Board of Trustees shall report to
the General Assembly the actual amount spent for investment management services
during the preceding fiscal year.

Chapter 429 of the Acts of 1993, as amended by Chapter 366 of the Acts of 1995

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That in addition to the amount
authorized under § 21-315(c) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, for fiscal year
[1996] 1998 the Board of Trustees may pay up to [25/100 of 1 percent] 0.30 % of the
payroll of the members to the expense funds to provide for the administration and
operation of each system in accordance with § 21-315(d) of the State Personnel and
Pensions Article. If additional moneys authorized under this section are not paid in fiscal
year [1996] 1998, the Board of Trustees may pay the amount of additional moneys
authorized but not paid, in fiscal year [1997 or 1998] 1999 OR 2000.

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