PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 158

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1993. It shall remain effective for a period of [5] 7 years and, at the end of June
30, [1998] 2000, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall
be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Retirement
Agency shall report periodically to the General Assembly on the progress of the upgrade
of its computer system, including the relationship of the amount spent on the upgrade and
the total spending authority for the Board of Trustees and the State Retirement Agency.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1997.

Approved April 29, 1997.

CHAPTER 158
(Senate Bill 311)

AN ACT concerning

Pensions - Accidental Disability - Time Limit for Applications

FOR the purpose of repealing a certain exception that allows the Board of Trustees of
the State Retirement and Pension System to accept an application for accidental
disability after a certain period.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 29-104
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Volume and 1996 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

29-104.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and subject to subsection
(d) of this section, an application for disability retirement must be submitted before the
date membership ends.

(b) (1) This subsection applies only to an application for an ordinary or
accidental disability retirement allowance under the Employees' Pension System, Local
Fire and Police System, Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, or the Teachers'
Pension System.

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