Larry J. and Catherine E. France - Page 4

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          Issue 1.  ERS Payments                                                      
               A.  Background                                                         
               Petitioner was born in 1946.  Petitioner worked for the                
          County of Baltimore, Maryland, from July 11, 1981, until June 28,           
          1996.                                                                       
               During his tenure with Baltimore County, petitioner was a              
          member of the ERS of Baltimore County, a defined benefit plan               
          established under the Baltimore County Code5 to provide                     
          retirement benefits to employees in the service of Baltimore                
          County.  Pursuant to the ERS provisions of the Baltimore County             
          Code, petitioner was required to contribute a percentage of his             
          salary to the ERS through automatic payroll deductions.                     
          Petitioner’s contributions were made on an after-tax basis prior            
          to October 1, 1989, and on a pre-tax basis thereafter.  Baltimore           
          County Code sec. 23-91(g) (1988).  Pursuant to Baltimore County             
          Code section 23-91(g) (1988), the pre-tax employee contributions            
          petitioner made after October 1, 1989, were “pick up”                       
          contributions made by Baltimore County in accordance with section           
          414(h)(2).  As such, the pick up contributions were                         







               5    Baltimore County Code sec. 23-1 et seq. (1988).  The              
          ERS provisions of the Baltimore County Code were recodified in              
          2003.                                                                       




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