PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 466

relating to disability benefits under the Charles County Length of Service Award
Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Charles County
Section 54-9 and 54-10A.(1)
Article 9 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1994 Edition and November 1995 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 9 - Charles County

54-9.

A. Any person who has served as a member of any Charles County Volunteer
Fire Company or Charles County Volunteer Rescue Squad is eligible to receive the
benefits set forth in this Article if the person is certified in accordance with the provisions
of § 54-11 to have served as an active volunteer subsequent to December 31, 1973. Any
person who discontinued active volunteer service prior to January 1, 1974, may receive
credit for the service after being certified in accordance with the provisions of § 54-11.

B. Beginning January 1, 1974, any person who has reached the age of sixty (60)
years and who has completed a minimum of twenty-five (25) years of certified active
volunteer service with any Charles County Volunteer Fire Company or Volunteer Rescue
Squad, or combination thereof, shall receive benefits in the amount of one hundred
dollars ($100.) per month for life. Payments shall begin on the first day of the first month
following eligibility. The program shall be administered by the County Commissioners of
Charles County, and payment shall be made directly to the volunteer entitled to such
benefits. Beginning July 1, 1984, and annually thereafter, this amount shall be increased
or decreased by an amount equal to the annual increase or decrease as reflected by the
consumer price index, using the published May figure each year. This amount shall not
exceed a four-percent increase or decrease per year and shall be cumulative.

C. An additional payment of two dollars ($2.) per month shall be added to the
benefits described in Subsection B of this section for each full year of volunteer service in
excess of twenty-five (25) years. Beginning July 1, 1984, and annually thereafter, this
amount shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal to the annual increase or
decrease as reflected by the consumer price index, using the published May figure each
year. This amount shall not exceed a four-percent increase or decrease per year and shall
be cumulative. Beginning July 1, 1990, the amount payable monthly for each year in
excess of twenty-five (25) years shall be equal to four percent (4%) of the amount payable
under Subsection B of this section.

D. In the event that any active volunteer becomes TOTALLY AND
PERMANENTLY disabled AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON during the course of
service as a volunteer fireman or rescue squadman [while actively engaged in providing
such services] and in the event that the disability prevents the volunteer from pursuing
[the volunteer's normal] ANY MEANINGFUL occupation and that the disability is of a

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