Section 29-425 - Applicability of Part. - Maryland Statutes

§ 29-425. Applicability of Part.
 

(a)  Part applicable.- This Part VI of this subtitle applies: 

(1) on or after July 1, 1998 only to an allowance received by a former member, retiree, or surviving beneficiary of a deceased member, former member, or retiree of the Employees' Pension System or the Teachers' Pension System; and 

(2) on or after December 31, 2000, to an allowance received by a former member, retiree, or surviving beneficiary of a deceased member, former member, or retiree of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System. 

(b)  Part inapplicable.- This Part VI of this subtitle does not apply if: 

(1) the member, former member, or retiree was an employee of: 

(i) a participating governmental unit that has not elected the contributory pension benefit or the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection of its employees under § 31-116 of this article; or 

(ii) a former participating governmental unit, other than Frederick County, that has withdrawn before July 1, 1998, while a member; or 

(2) the member, former member, or retiree: 

(i) transferred to the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System from the Employees' Retirement System; and 

(ii) did not elect to participate in the Law Enforcement Officers' Modified Pension Benefit on or before December 31, 2000 as provided in § 26-211 of this article. 
 

[1998, ch. 530, § 2; 1999, ch. 176, § 1; 2000, ch. 395, § 2; chs. 396, 612; 2007, ch. 337.]