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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1A. STRUCTURE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2B. AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3. AIR QUALITY CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3A. ALARMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5. ANIMAL CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8. BUILDINGS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8A. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 10B. COMMON OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11. CONSUMER PROTECTION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11A. CONDOMINIUMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11B. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13. DETENTION CENTERS AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 15. EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 16. ELECTIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 17. ELECTRICITY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 18A. ENERGY POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19. EROSION, SEDIMENT CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19A. ETHICS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 20 FINANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22. FIRE SAFETY CODE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22A. FOREST CONSERVATION - TREES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 23A. GROUP HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24. HEALTH AND SANITATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24A. HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24B. HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25. HOSPITALS, SANITARIUMS, NURSING AND CARE HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25A. HOUSING, MODERATELY PRICED - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25B. HOUSING POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 26. HOUSING AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE STANDARDS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27A. INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 29. LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30. LICENSING AND REGULATIONS GENERALLY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30C. MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31A. MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND TOWING REGISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31B. NOISE CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31C. NEW HOME BUILDER AND SELLER REGISTRATION AND WARRANTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33. PERSONNEL AND HUMAN RESOURCES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33B. PESTICIDES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 35. POLICE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 36. POND SAFETY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 38A. RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 40. REAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41. RECREATION AND RECREATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41A. RENTAL ASSISTANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 42A. RIDESHARING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44. SCHOOLS AND CAMPS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44A. SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 45. SEWERS, SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 47. VENDORS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48. SOLID WASTES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 49. STREETS AND ROADS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 50. SUBDIVISION OF LAND - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51 SWIMMING POOLS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51A. TANNING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 52. TAXATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53. TAXICABS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53A. TENANT DISPLACEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 54. TRANSIENT LODGING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 55. TREE CANOPY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56. URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56A. VIDEO GAMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 57. WEAPONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 59. ZONING - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 60. SILVER SPRING, BETHESDA, WHEATON AND MONTGOMERY HILLS PARKING LOT DISTRICTS - REGULATIONS
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Sec. 33-47. Administration.
   (a)   Responsibility for administration. The chief administrative officer shall be responsible for the administration of the retirement system.
   (b)   Regulations for administration. The county executive must establish regulations, adopted under method (1) of section 2A-15 of this Code, for the administration of the retirement system, within the limitations of this article. However, the county executive must establish regulations, adopted under method (3) of section 2A-15, for the administration of the elected officials' plan.
   (c)   Chief administrative officer. Except for the powers of the board, the chief administrative officer has the power and the duty to take all actions and to make all decisions to administer the retirement system.
   (d)   Powers and duties of the Chief Administrative Officer. The chief Administrative Officer has, but is not limited to, the following powers and duties:
      (1)   Interpret the provisions of the retirement system;
      (2)   Decide the eligibility of any employee and the rights of any member or beneficiary to receive benefits;
      (3)   Compute the amount of benefits payable to any member or beneficiary;
      (4)   Authorize disbursements of benefits;
      (5)   Keep records;
      (6)   Select and retain the actuary for the retirement system;
      (7)   After consultation with the board and the actuary for the retirement system, determine the actuarial cost method, and the mortality, turnover, interest rates, and other assumptions to be used in actuarial and other computations for the retirement system;
      (8)   Consider the recommendation of the actuary for the retirement system on contributions the county makes under this article;
      (9)   Incur expenses as necessary for the chief administrative officer to administer the retirement system;
      (10)   Disclose the reports prepared under section 33-51;
      (11)   Prepare and file reports that are required by law; and
      (12)   In connection with the participation or withdrawal of an agency as a participating agency in the retirement system:
         (A)   obtain any data and require any documentation that the Chief Administrative Officer finds necessary;
         (B)   retain an independent actuary not otherwise under contract to the system to compute the valuation of the accrued benefit of any member or group of members upon withdrawal from the retirement system by a formula set out in regulations adopted under subsection (b); and
         (C)   authorize the transfer of accrued benefits to another retirement system qualified under the Internal Revenue Code;
      (13)   Authorize the refund of member contributions, and earnings thereon, to correct any contribution or withholding error; and
      (14)   Delegate any power or duty under this Section.
   (e)   Payment of expenses and contributions.
      (1)   The county must pay contributions of the county to the retirement system from appropriations approved by the County Council.
      (2)   The board must pay:
         (A)   operating expenses of the integrated retirement plan, the optional retirement plan, and the guaranteed retirement income plan from the assets of these plans; and
         (B)   operating expenses of the elected officials' plan from plan assets or from County government assets, at the direction of the Chief Administrative Officer.
   (f)   Exemption. Chapter 11B does not apply to procurement of goods and services for the retirement system by the chief administrative officer. (Ord. No. 5-152; Ord. No. 6-195, § 1; 1974 L.M.C., ch. 59, § 8; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 44, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 39; 1987 L.M.C., ch. 29, § 6.; 1993 L.M.C., ch. 3, § 1; 1994 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 28, §§ 6, 15 and 16; 2008 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 1.)
   Editor’s note­The above section is cited in Fultz v. Shaffer, 111 Md.App. 278, 681 A.2d 568 (1996).
   See County Attorney Opinion dated 11/14/11 regarding the County’s liability for errors in the administration of the pension and retirement funds of employees.
   The effective date of the amendments made to this section by 2001 L.M.C., ch. 28, § 6, is the same as the effective date of 1998 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1.