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PUBLIC LAW 92-518-OCT. 21, 1972

35 Stat. 291; 84 Stat. 3 6 4. Ante, p. 1005.

Ante, p. 1011.

84 Stat. 365.

Effective date.

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SEC. 104. (a) The third paragraph under the paragraph beginning with the side heading " FOR ALLOWANCE TO PRINCIPALS:", under the center heading " P U B L I C SCHOOLS." in the first section of the Act of May 26, 1908 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-609) is amended to read as follows: "Effective September 1, 1972, in the case of an employee who is in salary class 15 of the salary schedule contained in section 1 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 or any other employee of the Board of Education who is paid on a ten-month basis, if such employee'services commence with the opening of school and he performs his duties, his salary shall begin on the first day of September and shall be paid in twenty-four semimonthly installments (except as provided in section 14 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955). The first semimonthly installment payment of the salaries of such employees shall be made on the first day of October (or as near that day as is practicable) and the second semimonthly installment payment of such salaries shall be made on the sixteenth day of October (or as near that day as is practicable). Subsequent semimonthly installment payments of salaries shall be made on the first and sixteenth days of the month (or as near those days as is practicable). The salaries of other employees of the Board of Education in such salary class 15 shall begin when they enter upon their duties and shall be paid on a semimonthly basis." (b) The first sentence in the fourth paragraph under the paragraph beginning with the side heading " FOR ALLOWANCE TO PRINCIPALS:" under the center heading " P U B L I C S C H O O L S. " in the first section of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-630), is amended to read as follows: "Effective September 1, 1972, the following rules for division of time and computation of pay for services rendered are established: Compensation of all employees in salary class 15 and such other employees who are paid on a ten-month basis shall be paid in twentyfour semimonthly installments (except as provided in section 14 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955)." SEC. 105. The effective date of this title (other than section 102(c) thereof) and the amendments made by this title shall be the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after September 1, 1972. TITLE II—REVISIONS IN RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR SCHOOL T E A C H E R S AND OFFICERS

Annuity, computation. 66 Stat. 17; 81 Stat. 748.

Post,

p. 1013.

' SEC. 201. The Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946, is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (1) of section 5(b) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3 1 725(b)(1)) is amended by striking out the first three sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "A reduced annuity and an annuity after death payable to the surviving widow or widower of such teacher. The life annuity of a teacher making such election, or any portion of such annuity designated by the teacher in writing for such purposes at the time of retirement, shall be reduced by 2i/^ per centum of so much thereof as does not exceed $3,600 and by 10 per centum of so much thereof as exceeds $3,600. The widow or widower of a teacher making such election shall be entitled to an annuity equal to 55 per centum of such life annuity, or designated portion thereof, except that if a retired teacher who has elected a reduced annuity as provided in this paragraph or in subsection (d) of this section dies and is survived by a widow or widower whom he or she married after retirement, such widow or widower is entitled to an annuity in an amount which would have been paid had the teacher been married

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