Public Law 83–103

That the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or a member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia as Director of the District Office of Civil Defense, and for other purposes”, approved May 21, 1951 (Public Law 37, Eighty-second Congress), is amended to read as follows:

65 Stat. 44.

“That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or a member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia to any position in any office or agency of the government of the District of Columbia, to which office or agency there may be transferred the functions of the Office of Civil Defense (authorized to be abolished by Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952), with the salary provided

66 Stat. 825.

by law for such position, chargeable to the appropriation for the newly established office or agency: Provided, That during the tenure of his appointment such member so appointed shall be deemed to be a member of such Metropolitan Police Department or such Fire Department, as the case may be, for all purposes of rank, seniority, allowances, privileges and benefits, including retirement and disability benefits under the provisions of section 12 of the Act approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718–721), as amended, to the same extent

D.C. Code 4–113 to 4–597, passim.

as though the appointment had not been made, and at the termination of such appointment he shall be entitled to resume his status within the Metropolitan Police Department or Fire Department, as the case may be, which shall include any promotion in rank to which he may have become entitled: Provided further, That retirement and disability benefits and salary deductions shall be based on the salary of the rank or position held in the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire Department, as the case may be, prior to his appointment to such position in such office or agency succeeding to the functions of the Office of Civil Defense or the salary of the position or rank he would have attained in the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire Department had his appointment to such position in such office or agency not been made, whichever is greater.

“Sec. 2.

As used in this Act the terms ‘Metropolitan Police Department’ and ‘Fire Department’ shall include, respectively, offices or agencies succeeding to the functions of such departments pursuant to Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952.”

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Sec. 2.

This Act shall take effect at such time as the Commissioners

Effective date.

of the District of Columbia shall transfer the functions of the Office of Civil Defense of the District of Columbia to a newly established Office of Civil Defense or any other office or agency, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952.