Montgomery County                            2847

18-17. Benefits generally.

(a) Whenever a 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 per cent
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 retirement, 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
persons shall elect to have deducted from his salary, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 18-16 (a)(4) of this Chapter, six and one-half
percent of such salary, in lieu of five percent thereof as provided in
Section 18-16(a)(4), beginning July 1, 1960, in which event such
person may be retired after twenty-five years of service, irrespective
of age, such service including all or part of the period of July 1, 1955,
through June 30, 1960, without the payment of additional contribu-
tions 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.
The normal retirement date of any police officer in any one of the three
retirement categories mentioned hereinabove shall not be changed
as a result of the contribution rate increase as provided in Section
18-16(a) (4) of this law. The mandatory retirement date of all mem-
bers of the County police shall be age sixty (60), except that the man-
datory retirement date may be extended as provided in Section 94-62,
Normal Retirement Date, Early Retirement Date and Administrative
Retirement Date, of Article II of the Employees' Retirement System
of Montgomery County.

18-17. Benefits generally.

(k) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, all per-
sons receiving benefits payable under the provisions of this Article
may be paid on the same periods as regular employees of the County
government, or, in any event, on a monthly, semi-monthly or bi-
weekly basis. Effective July 1, 1971 the provisions of Section 94-77.
Payment of Benefits, sub-section (a) Amount of pension payment, of