(3) an individual who is employed under a federal public service
employment program;

(4) an assessor who is a member of a retirement or pension system
operated by a political subdivision of the State;

(5) an employee of a board of supervisors of elections who chose to stay in
a local merit system under Article 33, § 2-207 of the Code; [or]

(6) a nonclerical or nonprofessional employee of the Baltimore City
Community College who:

(i) was an employee of the New Community College of Baltimore
during the 1989-1990 academic year;

(ii) was employed by the New Community College of Baltimore on
or before December 31, 1990, as a "Class A" member of the Baltimore City Retirement
Plan; and

(iii) elected to remain a member of the Baltimore City Retirement

Plan; OR

(7) AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS NOT A MEMBER OF A STATE SYSTEM AND
WHO ACCEPTS A POSITION FOR WHICH THE BUDGETED HOURS PER FISCAL YEAR
ARE LESS THAN 500 HOURS IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT.

23-206.

(b) Sections 23-207 through 23-209 of this subtitle do not apply to:

(1) an individual who has elected to participate in an optional retirement
program under Title 30 of this article;

(2) an individual who is employed under a federal public service
employment program;

(3) a professional or clerical employee of the Department of Public
Libraries of Montgomery County who is participating in the employees' retirement
system of Montgomery County; [or]

(4) a staff employee of the University System of Maryland, Morgan State
University, or St. Mary's College who becomes employed on or after January 1, 1998
in a position as a staff employee of the educational institution that was eligible for
membership in the Teachers' Retirement System or Teachers' Pension System under
Chapter 6, § 8, paragraphs 1(a) and 2(a) of the Acts of 1994; OR

(5) AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS NOT A MEMBER OF A STATE SYSTEM AND
WHO ACCEPTS A POSITION FOR WHICH THE BUDGETED HOURS PER FISCAL YEAR
ARE LESS THAN 500 HOURS IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 1999.