Baltimore City Council
File #: 13-0224    Version: 0 Name: Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Post-Retirement Benefit Increases
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed - End of Term
File created: 4/29/2013 In control: Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/5/2016
Enactment #:
Title: Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Post-Retirement Benefit Increases FOR the purpose of amending the provisions of the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System that pertain to post-retirement benefit increases under the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System to provide that, if the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholds the ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in Robert F. Cherry, Jr., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, et al., Civil Action No. 1:10-CV-01447-MJG, that the substitution made by Ordinance 10-306 of a tiered, fixed percentage increase for the pre-existing variable post-retirement increase violated the United States Constitution, the tiered, fixed percentage increase will be discontinued and replaced with a flat, fixed percentage increase; providing for a special effective date; providing for the automatic termination of this Ordinance under certain circumstances; and genera...
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Indexes: Benefits, Fire & Police Retirement Systems, Increases, Post-Retirement
Attachments: 1. 13-0224 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. Fire - 13-0224.pdf, 3. BPD - 13-0224.pdf, 4. F&P Retirement - 13-0224.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 (Office of the City Solicitor)

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Post-Retirement Benefit Increases

FOR the purpose of amending the provisions of the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System that pertain to post-retirement benefit increases under the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System to provide that, if the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholds the ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in Robert F. Cherry, Jr., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, et al., Civil Action No. 1:10-CV-01447-MJG, that the substitution made by Ordinance 10-306 of a tiered, fixed percentage increase for the pre-existing variable post-retirement increase violated the United States Constitution, the tiered, fixed percentage increase will be discontinued and replaced with a flat, fixed percentage increase; providing for a special effective date; providing for the automatic termination of this Ordinance under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System of the City of Baltimore.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 22 - Retirement Systems
Section(s) 36A(h)(1)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

BY adding
Article 22 - Retirement Systems...

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