Baltimore City Council
File #: 09-0403    Version: 0 Name: Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - 100% Line-of-Duty Disability Benefits
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 10/5/2009 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 1/29/2010
Enactment #: 10-257
Title: Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - 100% Line-of-Duty Disability Benefits FOR the purpose of increasing retirement benefits for members who retire on a 100% line-of-duty disability; providing special rules for the applicability of this benefit increase to members currently retired and receiving a 100% line-of-duty disability; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Indexes: Benefits, Fire & Police Retirement Systems, Line-of-duty Disability, Retirement Systems
Attachments: 1. 09-0403 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. F&P Retirement - 09-0403.pdf, 3. Labor - 09-0403.pdf, 4. Finance - 09-0403.pdf, 5. Law - 09-0403.pdf, 6. 09-0403 - 3rd Reader.pdf
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* 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 (Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System)

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - 100% Line-of-Duty Disability Benefits

FOR the purpose of increasing retirement benefits for members who retire on a 100% line-of-duty disability; providing special rules for the applicability of this benefit increase to members currently retired and receiving a 100% line-of-duty disability; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 22- Retirement Systems
Section(s) 34(f-2)(1)
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] A member [who retires on] TO WHOM A HEARING EXAMINER AWARDS a 100% line-of-duty disability BENEFIT shall receive [a] ON retirement [allowance that consists of]:

(i) [an annuity that is the actuarial equivalent] A LUMP-SUM REFUND of the member’s accumulated contributions [at the time of retirement]; [and] PLUS



(ii) a pension [that, together ...

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