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A member retired prior to July 1, 1992, who at date <br />of retirement elected a spousal option, shall <br />receive an increase in pension equal to the cost of <br />a fifty percent (50%) spousal option calculated on a <br />spousal age difference of no younger than five (5) <br />years of the member. <br /> <br />An unmarried member shall upon marriage, be provided <br />a fifty percent (50%) spousal option, calculated on <br />a spousal age difference of no younger than five (5) <br />years of the member provided that the member submit <br />written notification to the Board within 90 days <br />after the marriage, and provided that evidence <br />satisfactory to the Board of the good health of the <br />retired member is submitted with the notification. <br /> <br /> (d) A retired member who has elected or has been <br />provided a joint and last survivor option, may, by written <br />notification to the Board, elect a different spousal recipient <br />if the following occurs: (1) The original spousal recipient <br />has died, or (2) a final decree of divorce of the retired <br />member from the original spousal recipient has been entered; <br />(3) evidence satisfactory to the Board of the good health of <br />the retired member is submitted with the notification; and (4) <br />the notification to the Board of the change in election occurs <br />within ninety (90) days of the occurrence of (1) or (2) or <br />within ninety (90) days after a remarriage. If the provisions <br />of this subsection are invoked by a retired member on the <br />basis of the member having been divorced from his former <br />spousal recipient and the marriage had been of a duration of <br />twenty years or more, the provisions of this subsection shall <br />not be applicable until the death or remarriage of the former <br />spouse unless such spouse consents in writing to the <br />revocation. If such an election is made as a result of the <br />death or divorce of the spousa~ r~ip~ent, the benefit payable <br />to the retired member may be adjusted retroactively for a <br />period of not more than thirty days from the date the Board <br />first receives notification of the member's election to make <br />such a change. <br /> <br /> 8. That this ordinance shall take effect on July 1, <br />1992. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held May 12, 1992. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />