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WES MOORE, Governor Ch. 57
Chapter 57
(House Bill 872)
AN ACT concerning
Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System – Seat Pleasant Police Department
FOR the purpose of requiring membership in the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension
System for certain local law enforcement officers of the Seat Pleasant Police
Department under certain circumstances; providing that a certain individual is
entitled to eligibility service and creditable service that was earned before the
effective date of the Seat Pleasant Police Department’s participation in the Law
Enforcement Officers’ Pension System; and generally relating to the Seat Pleasant
Police Department’s participation in the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System.
BY adding to
Article – State Personnel and Pensions
Section 31–2A–08
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article – State Personnel and Pensions
31–2A–08.
(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE SEAT PLEASANT POLICE DEPARTMENT:
(1) IN A PERMANENT FULL–TIME POSITION BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE
DATE AND WHO REMAINS A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE SEAT
PLEASANT POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A PERMANENT FULL–TIME POSITION THROUGH
THE EFFECTIVE DATE; OR
(2) IN A PERMANENT FULL–TIME POSITION AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, IF THE SEAT
PLEASANT POLICE DEPARTMENT BECOMES A PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENTAL
UNIT IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ PENSION SYSTEM, MEMBERSHIP IN
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ PENSION SYSTEM IS MANDATORY FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
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(C) IF THE SEAT PLEASANT POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMENCES
PARTICIPATION IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ PENSION SYSTEM IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED
UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION IS ENTITLED TO ELIGIBILITY SERVICE
AND CREDITABLE SERVICE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ PENSION
SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE SEAT PLEASANT POLICE DEPARTMENT
BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June
1, 2026.
Approved by the Governor, April 14, 2026.
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