15-1431 Amending Police-Fire Pension Plan

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$1,000.00, will be returned only upon the written request of the Member and upon completion of a written election to receive a cash lump sum or to rollover the lump sum amount on forms designated by the Board. Upon return of a Member's Accumulated Contributions, all of his rights and benefits under the System are forfeited and terminated. Upon any reemployment, a Police Officer er Fifefig shall not receive credit for the years and fractional parts of years of service for which he has withdrawn his Accumulated Contributions from the Fund, unless the Police Officer of Firefighte repays into the Fund the contributions he has withdrawn, with interest, as determined by the Board, within 90 days after his reemployment. The years or fractional parts of a year that a Member performs "Qualified Military Service" consisting of voluntary or involuntary "service in the uniformed services" as defined in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) (P.L.103 -353), after separation from employment as a Police Officer or Firefighter with the City to perform training or service, shall be added to his years of Credited Service for all purposes, including vesting, provided that: (1) The Member is entitled to reemployment under the provisions of USERRA. (2) The Member returns to his employment as a Police Officer or Firefighter within one year from the earlier of the date of his military discharge or his release from active service, unless otherwise required by USERRA. (3) The maximum credit for military service pursuant to this paragraph shall be five years. (4) This paragraph is intended to satisfy the minimum requirements of USERRA. To the extent that this paragraph does not meet the minimum standards of USERRA, as it may be amended from time to time, the minimum standards shall apply. In the event a Member dies on or after January 1, 2007, while performing USERRA Qualified Military Service, the beneficiaries of the Member are entitled to any benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service) as if the Member had resumed employment and then died while employed. Beginning January 1, 2009, to the extent required by section 414(u)(12) of the code, an individual receiving differential wage payments (as defined under section 3401(h)(2) of the code) from an employer shall be treated as employed by that employer, and the differential wage payment shall be treated as compensation for purposes of applying the limits on annual additions under section 415(c) of the code. This provision shall be applied to all similarly situated individuals in a reasonably equivalent manner. Leave conversions of unused accrued paid time off shall not be permitted to be applied toward the accrual of Credited Service either during each Plan Year of a Member's employment with the City or in the Plan Year in which the Member terminates employment. Effective Date means January 1, 1996. Firefighter means an actively employed full -time [person] employed by the 0ty Coun , including his initial probationary employment period, who is certified as a Firefighter as a condition of employment in accordance with the provisions of F.S. § 633.35, and whose duty it is to extinguish fires, to protect life and to protect property. The term includes all certified, supervisory, and command personnel whose duties include, in whole or in part, the supervision, training, guidance, and management responsibilities of full -time firefighters, part -time firefighters, or auxiliary 2