A member who retires on account of disability, as provided in § 16.15 hereof, shall receive a disability pension computed according to § 16.12(A) and (D). If said member retires prior to his or her attainment of age 55 years, or 50 years in the case of a firefighter member on or after June 7, 1999, his or her credited service shall be increased, for the exclusive purpose only of computing his or her disability pension, by the number of years and fraction of a year, not to exceed ten years, in the period from the date of his or her disability retirement to the date he or she would attain age 55 years, or 50 years in the case of a firefighter member on or after June 7, 1999; however, if a police officer member retires on or after July 1, 2004, his or her credited service shall instead be increased by a number of years, and fraction of a year, not to exceed ten years so that his or her years of service shall equal 20 years. His or her disability pension shall be subject to §§ 16.21 and 16.22. Upon his or her retirement he or she shall have the right to elect, in lieu of a straight life disability pension, to receive his or her disability pension under an option provided for in § 16.14.
(Prior Code, § 16.16) (Ord. D-678, passed 1-18-1965, effective 2-1-1965; Ord. D-1592, passed 6-19-1989, effective 6-29-1989; Ord. D-1737, passed 3-20-1995, effective 3-30-1995; Ord. D-1856, passed 7-24-2000, effective 8-3-2000; Ord. O-51, passed 8-7-2006, effective 8-17-2006)