# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 22. Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems

### Subtitle 2. Membership

#### Section 22-201

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, Sec.Sec. 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) 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 Sec. 2-207 of the Election Law Article.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)