5566

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

eligibility. An additional payment of $2 per month shall
be added to the benefits described above, for each full
year of Volunteer service in excess of 25 years,
providing that a maximum benefit of $150 per month or
equivalent shall be payable to any individual.

[(2) In the event that any active volunteer becomes
disabled during the course of his or her service as a
volunteer fireman or rescue squadsmen while actively
engaged in providing such services and in the event that
the disability prevents the volunteer from pursuing his
normal occupation and that the disability is of a
permanent nature as certified by the Maryland Workmen's
Compensation Commission or other competent medical
authority as designated by the County Executive of Prince
George's County, then the volunteer is entitled to
receive the benefits prescribed in subsection (b) and any
such benefits as he may be entitled to regardless of his
or her age or length of service. These benefits shall
begin on the first day of the first month following the
establishment of the permanency of his or her
disability.]

(2)   IN THE EVENT THAT: (A) ANY ACTIVE VOLUNTEER IS
FOUND BY THE MARYLAND WORKMENS COMPENSATION COMMISSION TO
BE PERMANENTLY DISABLED IN THE COURSE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT
AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMEN, AS DEFINED IN THE PERTINENT
ARTICLE ON THE STATE WORKMENS COMPENSATION LAW; AND (B)
SUCH DISABILITY IS FOUND BY A COMPETENT MEDICAL
AUTHORITY, DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY, TO PREVENT THE VOLUNTEER FROM PURSUING
HIS OR HER NORMAL OCCUPATION; THEN (C) SUCH VOLUNTEER
SHALL RECEIVE THE BENEFITS PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (B)
(1). THESE BENEFITS SHALL BEGIN ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE
MONTH FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ENTITLEMENT BY THE
MEDICAL AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE,
AND SHALL BE RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF INJURY WHERE SUCH
DATE IS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED OR IN THE ABSENCE THEREOF,
THE DATE OF DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT BY THE WORKMENS
COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

ONCE A MEMBER HAS RETIRED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS PARAGRAPH (B) (2), OR THE AFOREGOING PARAGRAPH (B)
(1), HE MAY NOT ACCRUE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR SUBSEQUENT
SERVICE.

(3)   In the event that any qualified volunteer shall
die while receiving benefits, then his or her surviving
spouse is entitled to benefits equal to 50 percent of the
volunteer's benefits. These benefits shall terminate
upon death or remarriage of the spouse.

(4) In the event that a qualified volunteer dies
prior to receiving any benefits under this section, his