93 STAT. 902 Ante, p. 872.
Ante, p. 877. "Employee organization."
Effective date.
PUBLIC LAW 96-122—NOV. 17, 1979 and Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund established by section 122(a) of such Act, in a manner to be determined by the Mayor, a sum equal to the new-entrant normal cost of the annuity of a member receiving the basic salary in effect during the period of such leave for the grade in which such member was serving at the time such member entered on such leave. "(iii) The Mayor shall make an annual determination of the newentrant normal cost for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) according to information supplied by the actuary retained pursuant to section 142 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act. "(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'employee organization' means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employer representation committee or plan, in which members or officers of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with the government of the District of Columbia concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect at the end of the ninety-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. REQUIREMENTS FOR OPTIONAL RETIREMENT
Ante, p. 866.
SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (h)(1) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-528(1)) is amended— (1) by striking out "who completes twenty years of police or fire service" and inserting in lieu thereof "who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia and first becomes such a member after the end of the ninety-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act and who completes twenty-five years of police or fire service and attains the age of fifty years and any other member (other than a member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who first becomes such a member after the end of such ninetyday period) who completes twenty years of police or fire service"; and (2) by striking out "twenty years: Provided" and inserting in lieu thereof "(A) twenty-five years, in the case of a member who becomes a member after the end of such ninety-day period, or (B) twenty years, in the case of any other member: Provided". (b)(1) Paragraph (2) of subsection (h) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-528) is amended by striking out "in subsection (h)," and inserting in lieu thereof "under". (2) Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended by striking out "of this subsection (h)". DISABILITY RETIREMENT
SEC. 204. (a) Subsection (g) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-527) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out "In any case in which the proximate cause of an injury incurred or disease contracted by a member" and inserting in lieu thereof "In any case involving a member who is an officer or member of the United States Park Police force, the Executive Protective Service, or the United
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