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(6) All forfeitures of accumulated compensatory leave and annual
leave of police officers for disciplinary reasons made pursuant to the
appropriate provisions of the "Personnel Regulation".

Section 3. Subsections (a), (c), and (d) of Section 18-17, Chapter
18, title "Police", of the Montgomery County Code 1965, as amended,
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

18-17. Benefits generally.

(a) Whenever any member of the county police shall have reached
fifty-five years of age, and shall have served on the county police for
twenty-five years, and while in good standing, such member may make
written application to the county personnel board and be retired from
the service thereof and be entitled to relief from the police relief and
retirement fund in the amount of fifty percent per year of the annual
salary received by such member at the date of retirement; provided,
that any member of the county police who elects to remain a member
of such police after twenty-five years' service shall be entitled, on retire-
ment, to receive two percentum per annum of his salary for each additional
year served but in no case shall he receive in excess of a total of
sixty percent of his salary at the date of retirement; provided further,
that the requirement of fifty-five years of age shall apply only to persons
entering service with the county police on or after July 1, 1955, unless any
such person shall elect to have deducted from his salary, pursuant to
the provisions of Section 18-16 (a)(4) of this Code, six and one-half
percent of such salary, in lieu of five percent thereof as provided in
Section 18-16 (a)(4) of this Code, beginning July 1, 1960, in which
event such person may be retired after twenty-five years of service, ir-
respective of age, such service including all or part of the period of July
1, 1955 through June 30, 1960, without the payment of additional con-
tributions in excess of five percent for this period; provided, however,
that there shall be deducted from the salary of any person who enters
service with the county police on or after July 1, 1960, or re-enters
pursuant to subsection (g) hereof, on or after July 1, 1960, six and
one-half percent of such salary, such person thereby being eligible for
retirement after twenty-five years of service irrespective of age. All
members of the county police shall be retired at the age of sixty-five;
except, that upon recommendation of the superintendent of the county
police, the county executive may grant an extension.

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(c) Whenever any member of the Montgomery County police is in-
jured or contracts a disease in the performance of police duties or any
injury or disease is aggravated by such duty and such injury or disease
or aggravation disables him for the performance of police duty, such
member may make written application to the county personnel board
for retirement and relief, or the county executive may make application
for his retirement upon his failure or refusal to do so. Upon a finding
of fact by such board in support of the foregoing provisions of this
subsection, such member shall be retired and receive relief from the police
relief and retirement fund in the amount of fifty percent per annum,
payable monthly, of the annual salary received by such member at the
date of retirement; provided, that, in the event such member has served
more than twenty-five years in the county police, he shall receive an ad-
ditional two percentum per annum for each year beyond twenty-five years
but not to exceed sixty percent per annum of his annual salary at
the date of his retirement; provided, that the county personnel board