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PUBLIC LAW 92-518-OCT. 21, 1972

to the widow or widower at the time of retirement, but only if (A) such widow or widower was married to such individual for at least two years immediately preceding the teacher's death, or is the mother or father of issue of such marriage, and (B) such widow or widower elects this annuity instead of any other suvivor benefit to which he or she may be entitled under this Act or another retirement system for employees of the Federal or District Government. The annuity of a widow or widower entitled to an annuity under this paragraph shall begin on the day after the retiree dies." (2) Section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-725) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) A teacher who is unmarried at the time of retiring under a provision of law which permits election of a reduced annuity with a survivor annuity payable to his spouse and who later marries, may irrevocably elect, m a signed writing filed with the Commissioner of the District of Columbia within one year after he or she marries, a reduction in his or her current annuity and an annuity after death payable to his or her surviving widow or widower as provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this section. The reduced annuity is effective the first day of the month after such election is received by the Commissioner. The election voids prospectively any election previously made under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of this section." (3) The first paragraph of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-728) is amended by— (A) striking out in the first sentence "that the total credit granted for leaves of absence without pay shall not exceed one year: Provided further,'' and (B) inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: "A teacher or former teacher who returns to duty after a eriod of separation is deemed, for the purpose of this section, to ave been in a leave of absence without pay for that part of the period in which he or she was receiving benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or any earlier statute on which such subchapter is based." (4) Section 9 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-729) is amended by— (A) striking out "dependent" in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) each place it appears therein; (B) amending the second sentence of j^aragraph (1) of subsection (b) to read as follows: "Such annuity and any right thereto shall terminate on the last day of the month before (A) the widow or widower dies, or (B) the widow or widower remarries before becoming sixty years of age."; (C) striking out m paragraph (3) of subsection (b) "dependent widower" and inserting in lieu thereof "widower"; and (D) striking out the second sentence of paragraph (5) of subsection (c). SEO. ii02. (a) Effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act, such Act of August 7, 1946, is further amended as follows: (1) The first paragraph of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-728) is amended by striking out "probationary" in the first sentence and in clause (f) of the fourth sentence. (2) The first sentence of section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-733) is amended by striking out "permanently". (b) The first sentence of section 19 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1548) is amended by striking out "probationary and permanent".

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Annuity computation. 66 Stat. 17; 84 Stat. 258.

Leaves of absence. 66 Stat. 19; 84 Stat. 257.

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5 USC 8101. Survivor annuities. 84 Stat. 258.

71 Stat. 48.

69 Stat. 536. 60 Stat. 8 8 1. 69 Stat. 529.

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