The District of Columbia Retirement Board is hereby empowered to determine and fix the amount of the pension relief allowance heretofore and hereafter granted to any person under and in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter.
(July 1, 1930, 46 Stat. 841, ch. 783, § 6; Apr. 13, 2005, D.C. Law 15-354, § 14, 52 DCR 2638.)
1981 Ed., § 4-603.
1973 Ed., § 4-505.
This section is referenced in § 5-745.
D.C. Law 15-354 substituted “District of Columbia Retirement Board” for “Mayor”.
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences
Chapter 7 - Police and Firefighters Retirement and Disability
Subchapter III - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 5–741. Payment and deposit of moneys
§ 5–742. Credit for active service in military or naval forces
§ 5–743. Board to determine amount of pension relief
§ 5–744. Equalization of pensions of widows and orphans granted prior to October 1, 1949
§ 5–745. Pension relief allowance or retirement compensation increase
§ 5–746. Computation of pension of certain retired officers
§ 5–747. Rights and relief of widows and children of deceased former members