Maryland State Personnel and Pensions Section 23-201
§ 23-201.
  (a)   Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, §§ 23-203 through 23-205 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)   an additional employee or agent of the State Racing Commission authorized by § 11-207 of the Business Regulation Article;
    (6)   a permanent employee of the board of supervisors of elections of a county;
    (7)   a full-time master in chancery or in juvenile causes who is appointed on or after July 1, 1989, in any county by the circuit court for that county;
    (8)   an employee of the Maryland Environmental Service who is a member of the Employees' Pension System on June 30, 1993, or transfers from the Employees' Retirement System on or after July 1, 1993;
    (9)   an employee of Dorchester County who is not a member of the county's general pension and retirement program;
    (10)   a former Baltimore City jail employee who became an employee of the Baltimore City Detention Center and a member of the Employees' Pension System on July 1, 1991;
    (11)   a nonfaculty employee of the Baltimore City Community College who:
      (i)   is a member of the Employees' Pension System on October 1, 2002;
      (ii)   transfers from the Employees' Retirement System on or after October 1, 2002;
      (iii)   transfers from the Teachers' Pension System in accordance with § 23-202.1 of this subtitle; or
      (iv)   becomes an employee of the Baltimore City Community College on or after October 1, 2002;
    (12)   a court reporter for the Circuit Court for Charles County who is a member of the Employees' Pension System on July 1, 1994, or transfers from the Employees' Retirement System on or after July 1, 1994;
    (13)   a staff employee of the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College who is:
      (i)   a member of the Employees' Pension System on January 1, 1998, or transfers from the Employees' Retirement System on or after January 1, 1998; or
      (ii)   a staff employee of the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College who becomes an employee on or after January 1, 1998;
    (14)   on or after the date that the Board of Education of Kent County begins participation in the Employees' Pension System, a supportive service employee of the Board of Education of Kent County; and
    (15)   an employee of the Town of Oakland on or after the date that the Town of Oakland begins participation in the Employees' Pension System.
  (b)   Sections 23-203 through 23-205 of this subtitle do not apply to:
    (1)   an individual who is or is entitled to be a member of any State system other than the Employees' Pension System;
    (2)   a contractual, emergency, or temporary extra employee;
    (3)   an individual who is employed under a federal public service employment program;
    (4)   an assessor who is a member of a retirement or pension system operated by a political subdivision of the State;
    (5)   an employee of a local board of elections who chooses to stay in a local merit system under § 2-207 of the Election Law Article;
    (6)   a nonclerical or nonprofessional employee of the Baltimore City Community College who:
      (i)   was an employee of the New Community College of Baltimore during the 1989-1990 academic year;
      (ii)   was employed by the New Community College of Baltimore on or before December 31, 1990, as a "Class A" member of the Baltimore City Retirement Plan; and
      (iii)   elected to remain a member of the Baltimore City Retirement Plan;
    (7)   an employee who is not a member of a State system and who accepts a position for which the budgeted hours per fiscal year are less than 500 hours in the first fiscal year of employment; or
    (8)   an employee of the Domestic Relations Division of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court who:
      (i)   was transferred on or after July 1, 2002, into the State Personnel Management System as an employee of the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Maryland Department of Human Resources;
      (ii)   elected, under § 2-510 of the Courts Article, to remain as a participant in the Anne Arundel County Retirement and Pension System; and
      (iii)   remains as an employee of the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Maryland Department of Human Resources or an attorney employed to represent the Child Support Enforcement Administration; or
    (9)   a nonfaculty employee of the Baltimore City Community College who is eligible to participate and elects to participate in an optional retirement program under Title 30 of this article.