§ 21. Board of Trustees.

(a) In general.

The Elected Officials' Retirement System shall be administered by the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System:

(1) in the same manner as is provided in § 5 of this article; and

(2) subject to the same limitations as are imposed by § 5(b)(5) of this article.

(b) Claims administration.

All claims shall be administered by the panel of hearing examiners in the same manner as provided in § 9 of this article for members of the Employees' Retirement System.