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PUBLIC LAW 91-509-OCT. 26, 1970

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immediately before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following: '•Provided, That if no natural person is determined to be entitled thereto such payment shall escheat to the government of the District of Columbia.". (C) Such subsection is amended by adding at the end thereof the Persons entifollowing new paragraiDh: I'MlZl^:::, "(4) I n order to facilitate the settlement of the accounts of each order. former member coming under the provisions of this section who dies yj^gtlue's^e!^' after retirement (1) leaving no survivor entitled to receive an annuity D. c.code 4under the provisions of this section and (2) before the aggregate 524. amount of the annuity paid to such former member equals the total amount deducted and withheld for retirement from his salary as a member, the Commissioner shall pay the difference to the person or persons surviving at the time of death in the following order of precedence, and such payment shall be a bar to recovery by any other person of the amount so paid: "First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in writing by such former member, filed with the Commissioner and received by him prior to the death of such former member; "Second, if there be no such beneficiary, to the child or children of such deceased former member and the descendants of deceased children by representation; "Third, if there be none of the above, to the parents of such former member, or the survivor of them; and "Fourth, if there be none of the above, to the duly appointed legal representative of the estate of the deceased former member, or if there be none to the person or persons determined to be entitled thereto under the laws of the domicile of the deceased former member: Provided, That if no natural person is determined to be entitled thereto such payment shall escheat to the government of the District of Columbia." (4) Subsection (g) of such section (D.C. Code, sec. 4-527) is ^fjt^"*'""'' '•'*^'"'" amended by deleting "2 per centum" wherever it appears therein and ^^•^i *Stat. 394; inserting in lieu thereof 2l^ per centum". 76 Stat. 1133. (5) Paragraph (1) of subsection (h) of such section (D.C. Code, optional retiresec. 4-528) is amended— '"*"'* (A) by striking out "attains the age of fifty years and"; and (B) by striking out "2 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "21/^ per centum". (6) Paragraph (3) of subsection (h) of such section is amended by striking out "70 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "80 per centum". (7) Subsection (j) of such section (D.C. Code, sec. 4-530) is Disability reamended by deleting "fifty-five" wherever it appears therein and ''°"'^^' inserting in lieu thereof "fifty". (8) Subsection (k) of such section (D.C. Code, sec. 4^531) is survivor annuiamended to read as follows: "^^' " (k)(l) I n the event that any member dies in the performance of duty, and such death is determined by the Commissioner to have been the sole and direct result of a personal injury sustained while performing such duty, leaving a survivor who received more than onehalf his support from a member, such survivor shall be entitled to Amount. receive a lump sum payment of $50,000: Provided, That if such death is caused by the willful misconduct of the member or hj the member's intention to bring about the death of himself, or if intoxication of the injured member is the proximate cause of such death, no such lump sum payment shall be made: And provided further, That if such

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