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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

firemen.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 10-302 of the
Anne Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and Supplements),
Title 10, "Fire Protection", Subtitle 3, "Volunteer
Firemen's Service Award Program", as last amended by Bill
No. 115—73, be and it is hereby repealed, and new Section
10—302 be, and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to
stand in the place of the section repealed, and to read
as follows:

Section 10-302

THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM SHALL
BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CONTROLLER, AND PAYMENTS SHALL BE
MADE DIRECTLY TO THE VOLUNTEER ENTITLED TO SAID BENEFITS.
PAYMENTS SHALL BEGIN ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH
FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY. BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1974, THE
FOLLOWING PERSONS SHALL RECEIVE BENEFITS IN THE AMOUNT OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PER MONTH FOR LIFE:

(1)    ANY PERSON WHO HAS REACHED THE AGE OF
SIXTY-TWO (62) YEARS AND WHO HAS COMPLETED TWENTY-FIVE
(25) YEARS OF CERTIFIED VOLUNTARY ACTIVE SERVICE WITH AN
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AND/OR THE 7TH
DISTRICT AMBULANCE AND RESCUE SQUAD, INC.

(2)    ANY VOLUNTEER FIREMAN WHO [[IS CERTIFIED ON
THE BASIS OF A MEDICAL EXAMINATION BY A PHYSICIAN
SELECTED BY THE CONTROLLER]] HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE
MARYLAND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION TO HAVE BEEN
PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
HIS OR HER DUTIES AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 10—306(8) be, and it is hereby added to said
Code, Title and Subtitle, to follow immediately after
Section 10—306(7) thereof, and to read as follows:

SECTION 10-306

(8) FIFTY (50) POINTS SHALL BE CREDITED TO A
VOLUNTEER WITH FIFTEEN (15) YEARS OF SERVICE OR MORE WHO
CANNOT COMPLETE THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S SERVICE AWARD
PROGRAM DUE TO A MEDICAL DISABILITY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this
Ordinance shall take effect forty—five(45) days from the
date it becomes law.

READ AND PASSED December 3, 1973.