ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
Bill No. 16-74
AN ORDINANCE to repeal Section 14-303(e) of the Anne
Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and Supplements), Title
14, "Police", Subtitle 3, "Police and Fire Service
Retirement", (as last amended by Bill No. 103-73), and to
enact new Section 14-303(e) in lieu thereof, to stand in
the place of the Section repealed, to correct a technical
error in the law.
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 14-303(e) of
the Anne Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and
Supplements), Title 14, "Police", Subtitle 3, "Police and
Fire Service Retirement", (as last amended by Bill No.
103—73), be, and it is hereby repealed, and new Section
14—303(e) be, and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof,
to stand in the place of the section repealed, and to
read as follows:
SECTION 14-303.
(E) AMOUNT OF DISABILITY PENSION. THE ANNUAL
AMOUNT OF DISABILITY PENSION PAYABLE TO EACH ELIGIBLE
PARTICIPANT SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:
(1) IF A PARTICIPANT IS DEEMED TO BE TOTALLY
AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED IK ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION, AND
SUCH DISABILITY IS THE RESULT OF BODILY INJURY OR DISEASE
ARISING OUT OF AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ON-DUTY CAUSE,
THE ANNUAL AMOUNT OF THE PARTICIPANTS DISABILITY PENSION
SHALL BE EQUAL TO SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66
2/3%) OF HIS FINAL EARNINGS. SHOULD A PARTICIPANT BE
ASSIGNED TO A HIGHER CLASSIFICATION AND BE DISABLED WHILE
ACTING IN SUCH CLASSIFICATION, THE PARTICIPANT SHALL
RECEIVE BENEFITS BASED ON THE SALARY HE WOULD HAVE
RECEIVED HAD HE BEEN PROMOTED TO THE HIGHER
CLASSIFICATION UNDER PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1-214(B) OF
THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CODE.
(2) IF THE PARTICIPANT IS DEEMED TO BE
TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED SOLELY BECAUSE HE IS
PREVENTED FROM ENGAGING IN ANY OCCUPATION OR EMPLOYMENT
FOR REMUNERATION OR PROFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A) (1) OF THIS SECTION, THE
ANNUAL AMOUNT OF THE PARTICIPANT'S DISABILITY PENSION
SHALL BE EQUAL TO SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66
2/3%) OF HIS FINAL EARNINGS.
(3) IF THE PARTICIPANT IS DEEMED TO BE
TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED SOLELY BECAUSE HE IS
PREVENTED FROM CONTINUING IN HIS CAPACITY AS AN EMPLOYEE
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