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SENATE BILL 997
P6 2lr3289
CF HB 1476
By: Senator Eckardt
Introduced and read first time: February 23, 2022
Assigned to: Rules
Re–referred to: Judicial Proceedings, February 28, 2022
Re–referred to: Budget and Taxation, March 2, 2022
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 10, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Talbot County 2
FOR the purpose of requiring membership in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System 3
for certain local detention center officers of Talbot County in the event Talbot County 4
becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement 5
System; providing that certain local detention center officers who join the 6
Correctional Officers’ Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no 7
longer be members of the Employees’ Pension System; and generally relating to 8
Talbot County’s participation in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System. 9
BY adding to 10
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 11
Section 31–2B–08 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 17
31–2B–08. 18
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(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A LOCAL DETENTION 1
CENTER OFFICER OF TALBOT COUNTY BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND WHO 2
REMAINS A LOCAL DETE NTION CENTER OFFICER OF TALBOT COUNTY THROUGH 3
THE EFFECTIVE DATE . 4
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, IF TALBOT 5
COUNTY BECOMES A PART ICIPATING GOVERNMENT AL UNIT IN THE CORRECTIONAL 6
OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MEMBERSHIP IN THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS’ 7
RETIREMENT SYSTEM IS MANDATORY F OR AN INDIVIDUAL DES CRIBED UNDER 8
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 9
(C) IF TALBOT COUNTY COMMENCES PART ICIPATION IN THE 10
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 11
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL DESCRI BED UNDER SUBSECTION 12
(A) OF THIS SECTION IS E NTITLED TO ELIGIBILI TY SERVICE AND CREDI TABLE 13
SERVICE IN THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR 14
EMPLOYMENT WITH TALBOT COUNTY BEFO RE THE EFFECTIVE DAT E. 15
(D) ON JOINING THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM 16
AND RECEIVING SERVIC E CREDIT AS PROVIDED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS 17
SECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL DESCRI BED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION 18
SHALL: 19
(1) NO LONGER BE A ME MBER OF THE EMPLOYEES’ PENSION 20
SYSTEM; AND 21
(2) HAVE NO FURTHER RIGH TS TO ANY BENEFIT IN THE EMPLOYEES’ 22
PENSION SYSTEM. 23
(E) THE TRANSFER OF CREDI TABLE SERVICE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL 24
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECT ION (A) OF THIS SECTION WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE 25
EMPLOYEE S’ PENSION SYSTEM THROUGH THE EF FECTIVE DATE , AND WHO 26
TRANSFERS TO THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER THIS 27
SECTION, IS NOT GOVERNED BY TITLE 37 OF THIS ARTICLE. 28
(F) IF TALBOT COUNTY BECOMES A PART ICIPATING GOVERNMENT AL UNIT 29
IN THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM, § 31–2B–05(C) OF THIS 30
SUBTITLE SHALL GOVER N THE TRANSFER AND C REDITING OF ASSETS O N THE 31
EFFECTIVE DATE . 32
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 33
1, 2022. 34