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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

                                             AN ACT

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                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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To amend, on an emergency basis, the Retired Police Officer Redeployment Amendment Act of

      1992 to allow retired Metropolitan Police Department officers and retired firefighters

      from the Fire and Emergency Services Department to be eligible for rehire at the

      discretion of the Director of the Office of Unified Communication as temporary full-time

      or temporary part-time 911 call takers or 911 dispatchers without jeopardy to the

      retirement benefits of the employees.

       BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

act may be cited as the “Retired Firefighter and Police Officer Redeployment Extension

Emergency Amendment Act of 2024”.

        Sec. 2. The Retired Police Officer Redeployment Amendment Act of 1992, effective

September 29, 1992 (D.C. Law 9-163; D.C. Official Code § 5-761), is amended by adding a new

section 2a to read as follows:

        “Sec. 2a. Redeployment as Office of Unified Communications 911 call taker and

dispatcher.

        “(a) Police officers retired from the Metropolitan Police Department and firefighters

retired from the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shall be eligible for rehire at

the discretion of the Director of the Office of Unified Communications (“OUC”) as temporary

full-time or temporary part-time 911 call takers or dispatchers without jeopardy to the retirement

benefits of the retired police officers or firefighters.

        “(b) Service pursuant to this section shall not count as creditable service for the purpose

of section 12(c) of the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act, approved

September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718; D.C. Official Code § 5-704).”.

        Sec. 3. Section 12(p)(5) of the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act,

approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718; D.C. Official Code § 5-723(e)), is amended by

striking the phrase “Amendment Act of 1994.” and inserting the phrase “Amendment Act of

1994. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an annuitant employed by the Office of

Unified Communications under the Retired Firefighter and Police Officer Redeployment

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Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, passed on emergency basis on September 17,

2024 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-938).” in its place.

        Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.

        The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer for the

Retired Firefighter and Police Officer Redeployment Amendment Act of 2023, as introduced on

November 30, 2023 (Bill 25-610), as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the

General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C.

Official Code § 1-301.47a).

       Sec. 5. Effective date.

       This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the

Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than

90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section

412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788;

D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).

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               Chairman

               Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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