# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 27. Judges' Retirement System

### Subtitle 4. Benefits

#### Section 27-407

(a) In this section:

  (1) "supplement" means a payment in addition to a retirement allowance that is paid to a retiree or a surviving spouse of a member, former member, or retiree; and

  (2) "supplement" includes a salary, bonus, pension, or spouse's benefits.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a county may not pay a supplement to a retiree or a surviving spouse of a member, former member, or retiree.

(c) If a retiree was covered by the contributory plan of the Judges' Retirement System as a member or former member on or before June 30, 1974, a county may pay a supplement to the retiree or surviving spouse of the retiree, if:

  (1) the sum of the supplement and the retirement allowance of the retiree does not exceed $20,000; or

  (2) the sum of the supplement and the retirement allowance of the surviving spouse does not exceed $10,000.

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