Section 22-201 - Membership in the Employees' Retirement System - Scope.

§ 22-201. Membership in the Employees' Retirement System - Scope.
 

(a)  Application.- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, §§ 22-202 through 22-204 of this subtitle apply only to: 

(1) a regular employee whose compensation is provided by State appropriation or paid from State funds; 

(2) an appointed or elected official of the State, including: 

(i) a clerk of the circuit court; 

(ii) a register of wills; 

(iii) a State's Attorney; and 

(iv) a sheriff; 

(3) an employee or official of a participating governmental unit who is eligible to participate under Title 31, Subtitle 1 of this article; 

(4) an employee of the Office of the Sheriff of Baltimore City; 

(5) a permanent employee of the board of supervisors of elections of a county; 

(6) an employee of the Maryland Environmental Service who is a member of the Employees' Retirement System on June 30, 1993; 

(7) an employee of Dorchester County who is not a member of the county's general pension and retirement program and who is a member of the Employees' Retirement System; 

(8) a court reporter for the Circuit Court for Charles County who is a member of the Employees' Retirement System on July 1, 1994; and 

(9) a staff employee of the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College who is a member of the Employees' Retirement System as of January 1, 1998. 

(b)  Exceptions.- Sections 22-202 through 22-204 of this subtitle do not apply to: 

(1) an individual who is a member of any State system other than the Employees' Retirement System; 

(2) an individual who is entitled to be a member of any State system other than the Employees' Retirement System or the Employees' Pension System; 

(3) a contractual, emergency, or temporary extra employee; 

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

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

(6) an employee of a local board of elections who chooses to stay in a local merit system under § 2-207 of the Election Law Article. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 73B, §§ 2-101, 2-201, 10-101, 10-102, 10-108; 1994, ch. 6, § 2; ch. 601, § 3; 1998, ch. 467; ch. 585, § 3; 2000, ch. 397; 2002, ch. 303, § 2; 2003, ch. 21, § 1.]