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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 22.04.02.03" title_num="22" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="02" heading="Membership in the Employees' Pension System.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definitions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In this regulation, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Contractual employee” means an individual who provides personal services to a participating employer for pay if all of the following conditions exist:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The services and pay are specified in a current written personal services agreement between the employer and an individual;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>There is an employer-employee relationship between the participating employer and the individual; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The individual does not receive any fringe benefits, except as provided by law or by statutorily authorized written policies adopted on or before November 6, 2017, which the employer has applied uniformly and which define a class of contractual employees who are entitled to receive specified fringe benefits.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Emergency employee” means an individual who:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Is appointed by a participating employer to provide personal services on an emergency basis;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Is employed for a nonrenewable period not to exceed 6 months; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Except as provided by law, does not receive any fringe benefits.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>“Temporary extra employee” means an individual who:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Provides personal services to a participating employer;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Is employed for a nonrenewable period not to exceed 6 months; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Except as provided by law, does not receive any fringe benefits.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The following individuals shall be excluded from membership in the Employees' Pension System:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Subject to §C of this regulation, a contractual, emergency, or temporary extra employee of a participating employer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Employees of the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting under the 9,000 series;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Resident doctors; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>School crossing guards who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Are employed by a participating governmental unit:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>On a substitute or relief basis, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>For less than 500 hours; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Except as provided by law, do not receive any fringe benefits from the participating governmental unit.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The fact that a participating employer permitted an individual to enroll in the Employees’ Pension System shall not be relevant to the determination of whether the individual is a contractual, emergency, or temporary extra employee who is excluded from membership.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>