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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 32 OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY_ OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1951, ENACTED ON AUGUST 28, 1956, CREATING THE PORTSMOUT~ FIRE AND POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AS A3F~/NM)- ED, TO PROVIDE THAT ORDINARY DISABILITY RETIREMEAwr SHALL BE CONVERTED TO NORMAL SERVICE RETIREMENT UPO~ THE MEMBER RF~tCHING NORMAL RETIRE- 5&ENT AGE. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Section 32 of Chapter 19 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1951, as amended, be amended and reord~ined to read as follows: Section 32. ORDINARY DIHAEILIT¥ RETIP~-"~ENT ALLOWANCE.-- (a) Upon retire- m~nt as provided in Section 31, a member shall receive an annual retirement allowance p~yable monthly during his lifetime and continued disability of an amount eqllat To the following: (1) If such retirement occurs more than five years and six months prior to normal retirement date, one and one- third per centum of his average final compensation multi- plied by his number of years of creditable service, not in excess of twenty-five° (2) If the period from the disability re~iremen~ date to the normal retirement date is five years and six months or less, an amount calculated as in (1) except that in place of one and one-third per cemtllm there shall be 1used a per centum determined by deducting from two per centlgm the product of (l) 1/100 of one per centum and (ii) the number of full months from date of disability retirement to normal retire- ment date. (5) For the purposes of this section the retirement allowance shall be determined on the assumption that the retirement allowance is payable go the member alone and that no optional retiremen~ allov~ance is elected. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (a) (t) and (2) hereof, any member who has retired on ordinary disability retirement under Section 31, upon reaching normal retirement age shall thereafter be entitled to normal service retirement and associated options, the annual retirement allowance being computed on the basis of average final compensation and years of creditable service attained at the date of ordinary disability retirement. Adopted at a meetir~g of City ~om~eil on Becember 29. 1959.