Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS 29-113

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a disability retiree of the State Police Retirement System, or a beneficiary of a disability retiree of the State Police Retirement System, who retires on or before June 30, 1999 with an ordinary or special disability retirement allowance under § 29-107 or § 29-111 of this subtitle, shall receive an annual retirement allowance adjustment as of July 1, 1999, as follows:

(1) for a retiree who has been retired not more than 5 years, $1,200;

(2) for a retiree who has been retired more than 5 years but not more than 10 years, $1,500;

(3) for a retiree who has been retired more than 10 years but not more than 15 years, $1,800; and

(4) for a retiree who has been retired more than 15 years, $2,100.

(b) Each fiscal year, the Board of Trustees shall increase the adjustment received by the retiree or the beneficiary as of July 1, 1999, by multiplying the adjustment by a fraction that has:

(1) as its numerator, the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year ending December 31 of the preceding fiscal year; and

(2) as its denominator, the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year ending December 31, 1998.