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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: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Retirement Systems)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Employees', Elected Officials', and Fire and Police Employees' Retirement Systems - Technical Revisions
FOR the purpose of providing that the Employees', Elected Officials', and Fire and Police Employees' Retirement Systems need comply only with a "reasonable good faith interpretation" of Internal Revenue Code § 401(a)(9); expanding the vehicles into which eligible distributions from these Systems can be rolled over, to include qualified defined benefit plans, § 403(b) tax-deferred annuity plans, certain § 457(b) plans, and Roth IRAs; permitting non-spouse beneficiaries of Systems members to make rollovers; removing a restriction on rollovers by surviving spouses of members of the Employees' and Elected Officials' Systems; clarifying the availability of the non-line-of-duty death benefit for members of the Fire and Police Employees' System who are on military service; applying cost-of-living adjustments to increase the $160,000 limit on annual Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System benefits under § 415 of the Internal Revenue Code and applying those cost-of-living adjustments to retired members of the Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System; conforming certain provisions to the Internal Revenue Code; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; providi...
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