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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

READ AND PASSED May 24, 1973.

Bill No. 57-73

AN ORDINANCE to add new Sections 10-300 through 10-308,
inclusive, to the Anne Arundel County Code (1967
Edition and Supplements), Title 10, "Fire
Protection", to follow immediately after Section
10-202 thereof and to be under the new Subtitle 3,
"Volunteer Firemen's Service Award Program", to
establish a retirement program and benefits for
certain volunteer firemen, to provide for the
standards, administration, procedures and funding
thereof; and matters generally related thereto.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That new Sections 10-300
through 10—308, inclusive, be and they are hereby added
to the Anne Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and
Supplements), Title 10, "Fire Protection", to follow
immediately after Section 10—202 thereof, and to be under
the new Subtitle 3, "Volunteer Firemen's Service Award
Program", to read as follows:

Subtitle 3 — Volunteer Firemen's Service Award Program
SECTION 10-300

THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A RETIREMENT PROGRAM FOR
QUALIFIED ACTIVE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE,
AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER MEMBER IS DEFINED AS A PERSON WHO HAS
ACCUMULATED A MINIMUM OF FIFTY (50) POINTS PER CALENDAR
YEAR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POINT SYSTEM SET FORTH IN
SECTION 10-306.

SECTION 10-301

ANY PERSON WHO HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF AN ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE
TO RECEIVE BENEFITS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH, PROVIDED:

(1)    SAID PERSON IS CERTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10-303 HEREOF, TO HAVE SERVED
AS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER SUBSEQUENT TO DECEMBER 31, 1969.

(2)    ANY PERSONS WHO DISCONTINUED ACTIVE VOLUNTEER
SERVICE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1970 MAY RECEIVE CREDIT FOR
SAID SERVICE AFTER BEING CERTIFIED (IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10-303) TO HAVE PERFORMED FIVE