Section 31-101 - Definitions.
§ 31-101. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Agency on aging.- "Agency on aging" means:
(1) an area agency on aging;
(2) the Dorchester County Commission on Aging, Inc.;
(3) the Somerset County Commission on Aging, Inc.;
(4) the Washington County Commission on Aging, Inc.; and
(5) the Worcester County Commission on Aging, Inc.
(c) Effective date.- "Effective date" means the date that an eligible governmental unit commenced or commences participation in an employees' system.
(d) Eligible governmental unit.- "Eligible governmental unit" means a governmental unit that is eligible to participate in the employees' systems under § 31-102 of this subtitle.
(e) Employee.-
(1) "Employee" means a regular employee of an eligible governmental unit.
(2) "Employee" includes an officer of an eligible governmental unit.
(3) "Employee" does not include a contractual, emergency, or temporary extra employee.
(f) Employees' system.- "Employees' system" means the Employees' Retirement System or the Employees' Pension System.
(g) Legislative body.-
(1) "Legislative body" means the entity with legislative authority or control over an eligible governmental unit.
(2) "Legislative body" includes:
(i) a board of county commissioners;
(ii) a county council;
(iii) the legislative body of a municipal corporation;
(iv) for a community action agency, a governing body as defined in § 8-101 of the Housing and Community Development Article;
(v) for an agency on aging:
1. the legislative body of the county that the agency on aging represents; or
2. for an area agency on aging that represents more than one county, the legislative body of each of the counties included in the jurisdiction of the area agency on aging;
(vi) for the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation; and
(vii) for the Garrett County Office for Children, Youth and Families, the Board of County Commissioners for Garrett County.
(h) Local pension system.- "Local pension system" means a retirement or pension system established by the legislative body of an eligible governmental unit.
[An. Code 1957, art. 73B, §§ 10-101, 10-104, 10-106; 1994, ch. 6, § 2; 1996, ch. 10, § 21; 1999, ch. 428; 2005, ch. 44, § 1; 2010, ch. 580, § 2.]