# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 31. Participating Governmental Units

### Subtitle 1. Participation in Employees' Systems

#### Section 31-115

(a) A participating governmental unit may establish, by law, a separate additional program of interim or supplemental allowances for a class of employees.

(b) A participating governmental unit shall fund any additional program of allowances separately from the funding for benefits provided under this Division II.

(c)

  (1) On the written request of a participating governmental unit that desires to establish an additional program authorized under this section, the State Retirement Agency may provide benefit-determination data or other technical assistance.

  (2) The State Retirement Agency shall charge the participating governmental unit for the expenses of preparing the data or providing the technical assistance.

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