Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/904

 93 STAT. 872

PUBLIC LAW 96-122—NOV. 17, 1979

15 USC 80b-20.

Advisors Act of 1940. Such investment counsel or counsels shall be fiduciaries, to the extent designated by the Board, with respect to services rendered to the Board. Such fiduciary relationship shall be specified in a written agreement between the investment counsel or counsels and the Board. (2) The Board may appoint such stafi" as it considers necessary to enable it to carry out its responsibilities under this title. The staff of the Board shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, 5 USC 101 et seq. United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 5 USC 5101 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica5*u^ 5331 may receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United 5 USC 5332 note. States Code. (h) Not more than ninety days after all initial members of the Board have been selected in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the Board shall certify in writing to the Director of the Office of Budget and Financial Management of the District of Columbia that the Board is assuming responsibility for the Funds established by this title. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS' RETIREMENT FUND
 * '^°^ ^^^ General Schedule pay rates, except that no staff member

S E C 122. (a) There is established a fund to be known as the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund into which shall be deposited the following, which shall constitute the assets of the Fund: (1) Any amount paid to the Custodian of Retirement Funds pursuant to the last sentence of subsection (d)(1) or to subsection D.e. eode 4-524, (c)(5) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability 4~523. Act or pursuant to the proviso in the paragraph under the heading "Policemen and Firemen's Relief Fund" in the Act of D.e. Code 4-502. June 14, 1935. (2) Any amount appropriated for such Fund under part C of this title. (3) Any return on investment of the assets of such Fund. After September 30, 1979, or after the end of the thirty-day period beginning on the date on which funds are first appropriated to the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund, whichever is later, all payments of annuities and other retirement and disability benefits (including refunds and lump-sum payments) under the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act shall be made from the Fund (except for any such payment which is made to an officer or member of the United States Park Police force, the Executive Protective Service, or the United States Secret Service Division, or to a beneficiary of any such officer or member). (b)(1) The last sentence of subsection (d)(1) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-524(1)) is amended by striking out "Such" and inserting in lieu thereof "In the case of a member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, such deductions and withholdings shall be paid to the Custodian of Retirement Funds (as defined in section 102(6) of the District of Ante, p. 868. Columbia Retirement Reform Act) and shall be deposited in the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement

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