City of Baltimore - File #: 19-0357

• File #: 19-0357
• Version: 0
• Name: Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Interest, Service Credits, Death Benefits, Direct Deposit, and Technical Corrections
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/25/2019
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/31/2019
• Enactment #: 19-254
• Title: Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Interest, Service Credits, Death Benefits, Direct Deposit, and Technical Corrections For the purpose of repealing certain obsolete and obsolescent provisions; changing the definition of regular interest for valuation purposes; clarifying the crediting of military service under certain circumstances; modifying the calculation of the cost of purchasing and transferring prior system service, non-credited City service, former Maryland Police Corps service, and service earned for employment covered under a former non-City pension; expanding the definition of “minor child” for certain purposes; allowing certain spousal beneficiaries age 70 and over to remarry without penalty of losing benefits; allowing new beneficiary elections and survivorship option elections within certain time periods; requiring that, after a certain date and subject to certain exceptions, periodic benefit payments be made electronically; defining certain terms; providing ...
• Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
• Indexes: Death Benefits, Fire & Police Retirement Systems, Interest

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/11/2019	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
5/6/2019	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
4/29/2019	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
4/29/2019	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably
4/25/2019	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
4/15/2019	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
3/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Labor Commissioner
3/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System
3/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Human Resources
3/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
3/25/2019	0	City Council	Assigned
3/25/2019	0	City Council	Introduced

Introductory*
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.

City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Fire & Police Employees’ Retirement System)
A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Interest, Service Credits, Death Benefits, Direct Deposit, and Technical Corrections
For the purpose of repealing certain obsolete and obsolescent provisions; changing the definition of regular interest for valuation purposes; clarifying the crediting of military service under certain circumstances; modifying the calculation of the cost of purchasing and transferring prior system service, non-credited City service, former Maryland Police Corps service, and service earned for employment covered under a former non-City pension; expanding the definition of “minor child” for certain purposes; allowing certain spousal beneficiaries age 70 and over to remarry without penalty of losing benefits; allowing new beneficiary elections and survivorship option elections within certain time periods; requiring that, after a certain date and subject to certain exceptions, periodic benefit payments be made electronically; defining certain terms; providing for special effective dates; and generally relating to the Baltimore City Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System.
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By repealing
Article 22 - Retirement Systems
Sections 30(7), 32(g), (h-1), (h-2), (h-3), (i), (j), (l), and (m) and 34(i)(2)(F) and (6)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By repealing and reordaining...