Section 27-407 - Limitation on supplements. - Maryland Statutes

§ 27-407. Limitation on supplements.
 

(a)  "Supplement" defined.- In this section: 

(1) "supplement" means a payment in addition to a retirement allowance that is paid to a retiree or a surviving spouse of a member, former member, or retiree; and 

(2) "supplement" includes a salary, bonus, pension, or spouse's benefits. 

(b)  Prohibition generally.- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a county may not pay a supplement to a retiree or a surviving spouse of a member, former member, or retiree. 

(c)  Exception.- If a retiree was covered by the contributory plan of the Judges' Retirement System as a member or former member on or before June 30, 1974, a county may pay a supplement to the retiree or surviving spouse of the retiree, if: 

(1) the sum of the supplement and the retirement allowance of the retiree does not exceed $20,000; or 

(2) the sum of the supplement and the retirement allowance of the surviving spouse does not exceed $10,000. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 73B, §§ 9-101, 9-105; 1994, ch. 6, § 2.]