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HOWARD COUNTY

COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That this Act shall
take effect sixty (60) days after enactment.

Approved February 5, 1974

Council Bill No. 2

AN ACT establishing payment of Retired Volunteer Firemen
who have completed twenty—five (25) years of
certified active service upon reaching the age of
fifty (50).

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That new Section 1.402 be added
to the Howard County Code, Title "Administration,"
subtitle "Retirement Plan," to read as follows:

SECTION 1.402 - PAYMENT OF RETIRED VOLUNTEER FIREMEN

THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A RETIREMENT PLAN TO
AWARD QUALIFIED ACTIVE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE HOWARD
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT:

A.    ELIGIBILITY

ANY MEMBER OF THE HOWARD COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT WHO IS PRESENTLY CERTIFIED AS AN ACTIVE
VOLUNTEER MEMBER, OR WHO SUBSEQUENTLY IS CERTIFIED AS AN
ACTIVE VOLUNTEER MEMBER, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE RETIREMENT PLAN.

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY ARE:

(1)         THE MEMBER MUST HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE
VOLUNTEER MEMBER ON JULY 1, 1948, OR MUST HAVE JOINED A
DEPARTMENT IN HOWARD COUNTY AND BECOME AN ACTIVE MEMBER
SINCE JULY 1, 1948.

(2)         THE MEMBER MUST MEET THE ACTIVE
MEMBERSHIP TEST UNDER THE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED HEREIN.

(3)         CLASSIFICATION AS AN "ACTIVE" MEMBER BY
AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT BY-LAWS IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO BE
ELIGIBLE.

B.    BENEFITS

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1974 AND THEREAFTER, ANY VOLUNTEER
THAT HAS COMPLETED TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS OF CERTIFIED
ACTIVE SERVICE WITHIN A HOWARD COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT