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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-2 Discontinuance of payments; Plan termination.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-2" heading="Discontinuance of payments; Plan termination.">
    <para num="(a)">In general.
The Mayor and City Council reserves the right, at any time by ordinance, to permanently discontinue contributions to the Plan or to terminate the Plan.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Effect of discontinuance or termination.">On the effective date of a permanent discontinuance of contributions or a Plan termination, and notwithstanding any other provision of &lt;cite data-path="|22A"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;:<para num="(1)">no person who is not already a member may become a member;</para>
      <para num="(2)">no further contributions may be made to the Plan; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the Employer Contribution Sub-Account of any member that is not already 100% vested and non-forfeitable becomes 100% vested and non-forfeitable.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Distribution of accounts.">As soon as administratively practicable after the effective date of a permanent discontinuance of contributions or a Plan termination, the value of each member’s account must be paid to the member in a lump-sum cash payment.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-216</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
