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

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

22-406.

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an individual who is receiving a
service retirement allowance or vested allowance may accept employment with a
participating employer on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis, without any
reduction in the allowance, if the individual immediately notifies the Board of
Trustees:

(1) of the individual's intention to accept the employment; and

(2) of the compensation that the individual will receive.

(b) (1) This subsection does not apply to:

(i) an individual who has been retired for more than 10 years;

(ii) an individual whose average final compensation was less than
$10,000 and who is reemployed on a temporary or contractual basis;

(iii) an individual who is serving in an elected position as an official
of a participating governmental unit or as a constitutional officer for a county that is
a participating governmental unit; [or]

(iv) a retiree of the Teachers' Retirement System:

1. who retired and was reemployed by a participating
employer other than the State on or before September 30, 1994; and

2. whose employment compensation does not derive, in whole
or in part, from State funds; OR

(V) A RETIREE OF THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHO:

1. IS OR HAS BEEN CERTIFIED TO TEACH IN THE STATE AND

WHO;

2. HAS VERIFICATION OF SATISFACTORY OR BETTER
PERFORMANCE IN THE LAST ASSIGNMENT PRIOR TO RETIREMENT;

3. BASED ON THE RETIRED TEACHER'S QUALIFICATIONS,
HAS BEEN APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 4-103 OF THE EDUCATION ARTICLE;

4. A. RETIRED WITH A NORMAL SERVICE RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE UNDER § 22-401 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR

B. RETIRED WITH AN EARLY SERVICE RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE UNDER § 22-402 OF THIS ARTICLE AND HAS BEEN RETIRED FOR AT
LEAST 12 MONTHS; AND

1. 5. SUBJECT TO ITEM 6 OF THIS ITEM IS EMPLOYED AS:
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