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PUBLIC LAW 9 2 - 2 8 1 - A P R. 26, 1972

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SEC. 5. The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the Pay^^n^s. Commissioner or his designated agent, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon the District of Columbia by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder. SEC. 6. The compact administrator is hereby directed to consult with i^^J°s°^^'^ transthe immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of ' ' a proposed transferee from an institution in the District of Columbia to an institution in a party State, to take no final action without approval of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. SEC. 7. Duly authorized copies of this Act shall, upon its approval, di^°Hbuaon^'^*' be transmitted by the Commissioner or his designated agent to the Governor of each State, the Attorney General and the Administrator of General Services of the United States, and the Council of State Governments. Approved April 26, 1972. r.

Public Law 92-281

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AN ACT

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April 26, 1972

To authorize the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to enter into agreements with teachers and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia for the purchase of annuitj' contracts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represe^itatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1501), and of any other law, or regulation affecting the salary of teachers or school officers employed in the service of the public schools of the District of Columbia, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner") is authorized to enter into an agreement with a teacher or school officer to reduce the salary of that teacher or school officer by an amount requested by that teacher or school officer, and to contribute that amount for the purchase of an annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to the taxability of beneficiaries of annuity plans) for that teacher or school officiaL (b) The reduction in salary effected under an agreement authorized by this Act shall not be considered in computing the salary for any teacher or school officer for any other purpose including, but not limited to, the determination of benefits or contributions under chapters 81 (relating to workmen's compensation) and 87 (relating to life insurance) of title 5 of the United States Code. SEC. 2. The Commissioner shall prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act, the term "teacher or school officer" includes all teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia who receive compensation according to the salary schedules under section 1 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, and to whom the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-721 et seq.) are applicable. SEC. 4. This Act shall apply with respect to any pay period of any teacher or school officer beginning on or after the one hundred and eightieth day after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved April 26, 1972.

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