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* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Retirement Systems - Fire and Police Employees - 100% Line-of-Duty Disability Benefits
FOR the purpose of increasing the retirement allowance for members who retire on a 100% line-of-duty disability; providing for the applicability of this increase to members currently retired; and generally relating to the Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 22 - Retirement Systems
Section(s) 34(f-2)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 22. Retirement Systems
Subtitle - Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System
§ 34. Benefits.
(f-2) Allowance on 100% line-of-duty disability retirement.
(1) Any member who retires on a 100% line-of-duty disability shall receive a retirement allowance that consists of:
(i) an annuity that is the actuarial equivalent of the member's accumulated contributions at the time of retirement; [and] PLUS
(ii) a pension that[, together with the annuity,] equals 100% of the member's regular compensation at the time of retirement.
(2) For purposes of computing the pension payable to the member, if the last injury that caused or contributed to the disability occurred while the member was assigned to duties in a higher classification than his or her regular classification, the member's compensation shall be based on the maximum rate of pay earnable in the classification in which she or he was performing duties at the time of the injury causing the disability.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the increase in benefits established by this Ordinance applies to all persons who:
(a) in accordance with Article 22, § 34, retire on a 100% line-of-duty disability after the effective date of this Ordinance, and
(b) on the effective date of this Ordinance, are receiving a 100% line-of-duty disability under Article 22, § 34, retroactively to the date of their retirement.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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