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(E)    PROVIDED THAT THE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE
USED IN CALCULATING THE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT
SHALL BE THE TOTAL BENEFITS PROVIDED IN SECTION
31 OF THIS ARTICLE EXCEPT THAT IT SHALL NOT BE
BASED ON ANY OPTIONAL BENEFIT CHOSEN BY THE
BENEFICIARY [OR MEMBER], AND

(F)    PROVIDED THAT SUCH BENEFICIARY [OR MEM-
BER], EXCEPTING ANY PERSON WHO MAY [RETIRE] BE
RETIRED FOR REASONS OF DISABILITY, WHO IS ELIGIBLE
TO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE FEDERAL OLD AGE AND
SURVIVORS' INSURANCE "SYSTEM SHALL HAVE ANY SUP-
PLEMENTAL PAYMENT FOR WHICH SAID BENEFICIARY
IS ELIGIBLE, UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, REDUCED BY AN
AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE BENEFIT THE BENEFICIARY [OR
MEMBER] IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL
OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' SYSTEM. SUCH REDUCTION,
HOWEVER, SHALL NOT BE GREATER THAN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT FOR WHICH
SAID BENEFICIARY IS ELIGIBLE.

56.

(7) THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED
AND DIRECTED SUBJECT TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION
OF THE NECESSARY FUNDS AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE
PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND IN THE SAME
MANNER AS THAT PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (1), (2), (3),
(4), (5), AND (6), OF THIS SECTION, AND SUBJECT TO THE
CONDITIONS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, TO MAKE A SUP-
PLEMENTARY PAYMENT TO ANY BENEFICIARY [, OR
MEMBER WHO MAY BE RETIRED FROM SERVICE IN THE
FUTURE,] WHO WAS RETIRED PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1971, IN
ADDITION TO THE BENEFITS PROVIDED IN SECTION 53
OF THIS ARTICLE, ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS:

(A) WHICH, WHEN ADDED TO THE BENEFITS PRO-
VIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION 53 OF THIS ARTICLE IS NOT
LESS THAN $2,000 PER ANNUM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE SAID BENEFICIARY [, OR MEMBER WHO MAY
BE RETIRED FROM SERVICE IN THE FUTURE,] IS CRED-
ITED WITH 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND PROVIDED THAT
ANY BENEFICIARY [OR MEMBER WHO MAY BE RETIRED
IN THE FUTURE] HAVING LESS THAN 25 YEARS OF CRED-
ITABLE SERVICE SHALL HAVE HIS SUPPLEMENTAL, PAY-
MENT REDUCED IN PROPORTION TO THE RATIO OF THE
NUMBER OF YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE DIVIDED BY
25, AND PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH REDUCTION SHALL BE
MADE FOR ANY BENEFICIARY WHO HAS RETIRED FOR
DISABILITY PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 1968, AND