District Of Columbia 2023-2024 Regular Session

District Of Columbia Council Bill B25-0939 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 10/01/2024

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AN ACT 
 
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
 
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To amend, on a temporary 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 
Temporary 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 
Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading on October 1, 2024 (Enrolled 
version of Bill 25-939).” in its place.    	ENROLLED ORIGINAL 
 
 
 
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Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.  
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer for the 
Retired Firefighter and Police Officer Redevelopment 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. 
(a) 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 a 30-day period of congressional 
review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)).  
(b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Chairman 
Council of the District of Columbia 
 
 
 
 
 
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Mayor 
District of Columbia