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

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

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

      1. (i) a clerk of the circuit court;
      2. (ii) a register of wills;
      3. (iii) a State's Attorney; and
      4. (iv) a sheriff;
   3. (3) an employee or official of a participating governmental unit who is eligible to participate under Title 31, Subtitle 1 of this article;
   4. (4) an employee of the Office of the Sheriff of Baltimore City;
   5. (5) a permanent employee of the board of supervisors of elections of a county;
   6. (6) an employee of the Maryland Environmental Service who is a member of the Employees' Retirement System on June 30, 1993;
   7. (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. (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. (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.

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

   1. (1) an individual who is a member of any State system other than the Employees' Retirement System;
   2. (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. (3) a contractual, emergency, or temporary extra employee;
   4. (4) an individual who is employed under a federal public service employment program;
   5. (5) an assessor who is a member of a retirement or pension system operated by a political subdivision of the State; or
   6. (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.

Added by Acts 1994, c. 6, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 1994, c. 601, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Acts 1998, c. 467, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 585, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Acts 2000, c. 397, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2002, c. 303, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, c. 21, § 1, eff. April 8, 2003.

Formerly Art. 73B, §§ 2-101, 2-201, 10-101, 10-102, 10-108.