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PUBLIC LAW 85-157-AUG. 21, 1957

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he shall upon retirement for such disability, receive an annuity computed at the rate of 2 per centum of his basic salary at the time of retirement for each year or portion thereof of his service: Provided, That such annuity shall not exceed 70 per centum of his basic salary at the time of retirement, nor shall it be less than 66% per centum of his basic salary at the time of retirement. "OPTIONi^L

RETIREMENT

" (h)(1) Any member who attains the age of fifty years and completes twenty years of police or fire service may, after giving at least sixty days' written advance notice to his department head stating his intention to retire and stating the date on which he will retire, voluntarily retire from the service and shall be entitled to an annuity computed at the rate of 2 per centum of his basic salary at the time of his retirement for each year of service; except that the rate of 3 per centum of his basic salary at time of retirement shall be used to compute each year's police or fire service in excess of twenty years: Provided, That such notice requirement may be waived by the department head when, in his opinion, circumstances justify such waiver: Provided further, That whenever the Commissioners or the Chief of the White House Police force, or the Chief of the United States Park Police force, or the Chief of the United States Secret Service division shall determine that there exists an emergency which is likely to endanger the safety of the public and that the public safety cannot be adequately protected except by suspending the retirement provisions of this paragraph (1), then the Commissioners or any of said Chiefs shall be authorized to suspend the retirement provisions of this paragraph (1) in any one or more of the departments under their respective jurisdictions until such time as, in the opinion of the Commissioners or any of said Chiefs, respectively, public safety can be adequately protected without such suspension. "(2) Any member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia having reached the age of sixty years shall, in the discretion of the Commissioners, and any member of the White House Police force or of the United States Park Police force or of the United States Secret Service Division to whom this section applies shall, in the discretion of the head of his department, be retired from the service and shall be entitled to receive an annuity as computed in subsection (h), paragraph (1). "(3) No annuity granted under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection (h) shall exceed 70 per centum of the basic salary of such member at the time of retirement. "INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION FROM SERVICE

"(i) If any member is injured or contracts a disease during his first five years of service in his department which, in the judgment of the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons, disables him from performing further duty in his department, and if the Police and Firemen's Retiring and Relief Board finds that such injury or disease was not incurred in the performance of duty in his department, such member shall, upon the approval of such finding by the head of his department, and without regard for the provisions of any other law or regulation, be separated from the service.

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