Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB748: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Allegany County
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Allegany County in the event Allegany County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; and providing that certain local detention center officers who join the Correctional Officers' Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no longer be members of the Employees' Pension System.
What the bill says
An act concerning Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Allegany County FOR the purpose of requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Allegany County in the event Allegany County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; providing that certain local detention center officers who join the Correctional Officers' Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no longer be members of the Employees' Pension System…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Allegany County FOR the purpose of requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Allegany County in the event Allegany County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; providing that certain local detention center officers who join the Correctional Officers' Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no longer be members of the Employees' Pension System; and generally relating to Allegany County's participation in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System. BY adding to Article - State Personnel and Pensions Section 31-2B-09 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 31-2B-09. (A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A LOCAL DETENTION CENTER OFFICER OF ALLEGANY COUNTY BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND WHO REMAINS A LOCAL DETENTION CENTER OFFICER OF ALLEGANY COUNTY THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE DATE. (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, IF ALLEGANY COUNTY BECOMES A PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IN THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MEMBERSHIP IN THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM IS MANDATORY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. (C) IF ALLEGANY COUNTY COMMENCES PARTICIPATION IN THE …