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[86 STAT. 642]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 642]

642

PUBLIC LAW 92.410-AUG. 29, 1972

Survivor annuities. 84 Stat. 1137.

Amount.

Effective dates.

Police department band. 73 Stat. 640.

Effective date.

71 Stat. 397.

Ante,

p. 634.

Regulations.

Effective date.

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leave credited to liini. Days of unused sick leave shall not be counted in determining a member's eligibility for an annuity under this subsection." (4) The first paragraph of subsection (k) of s\ich Act ( D. C Code, sec. 4-531) is amended to read as follows: " (k)(1) I f any member— " (A) dies in the performance of duty and the Commissioner determines that (i) the members death was the sole and direct result of a personal injury sustained while performing such duty, (ii) his death was not caused by his willful misconduct or by his intention to bring about his own death, and (iii) intoxication of the member was not the proximate cause of his death; and " (B) is survived by a survivor, parent, or sibling, a lump sum payment of $50,000 shall be made to his survivor if the survivor received more than one-half of his support from such member or if such member is not survived by any survivor (including a survivor who did not receive more than one-half of his support from such member), to his parent or sibling if the parent or sibling received more than one-half of his support from such member. If such member is survived by more than one survivor entitled to receive such payment, each such survivor shall be entitled to receive an equal share of such payment; or if such member leaves no survivor and more than one parent or sibling who is entitled to receive such payment, each such parent or sibling shall be entitled to receive an equal share of such payment." (b) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section shall be effective on and after November 1, 1970. The amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3) of such subsection shall be effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this title. SEC. 202. (a) Section 3 of the Act of July 11, 1947 (D.C. Code, sec. 4-183a), is amended by striking out "on the effective date of this section". (b) Section 4 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-183b) is amended by striking out "on September 22, 1959". (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (m) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-533) is amended by inserting " (1) " after " (m) " and by adding at the end thereof the following: "(2) If a member is retired under subsection (f) or (g) of this section and is employed on or after the effective dat^ of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act Amendments of 1972, such member shall, in accordance with such regulations as the Commissioner shall prescribe, notify the Commissioner of the employment; and the Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable after the receipt of such notice, require each such member to undergo a medical examination (satisfactory to the Commissioner) of the disability upon which the member's retirement under such subsection is based." (b) The Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall (1) promulgate the regulations required by paragraph (2) of subsection (m) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act not later than ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and (2) give timely written notice to each member retired under subsection (f) or (g) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act of the promulgation of such regulations. (c) This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.