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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-1 Form and commencement of payment.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-1" heading="Form and commencement of payment.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">On a distributable event under § 9-2 {“Distributable events – Retirement”}, § 9-3 {“Distributable events – Disability”}, or &lt;cite data-path="|22A|§9-5"&gt;§ 9-5 {“Distributable events – Other termination of employment”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, a member may elect to have his or her vested account distributed under 1 of the options described in subsection (b) of this section.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The election shall be made by written notice filed with the Board.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Subject to § 9-8 {“Minimum distribution rules”}of this subtitle, distribution of a member’s vested account balance shall be paid (in the case of a lump-sum cash payment under subsection (b)(1) of this section) or commence (in the case of installment payments or an annuity contract under subsections (b)(2) or (3) of this section) as soon as administratively practicable after receipt of the written notice required by paragraph (2) of this subsection.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Options.">Distributions will be made in any 1 of the following forms, as elected by the member:<para num="(1)">a lump-sum cash payment.</para>
      <para num="(2)">
        <para num="(i)">Periodic installment payments (monthly, quarterly, or annually) over a fixed period of years, as elected by the member.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Subject to &lt;cite data-path="|22A|§9-8"&gt;§ 9-8 {“Minimum distribution rules”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, the amount payable each year under this option is:<para num="(A)">the balance of the member’s vested account at the end of the preceding year, multiplied by</para>
          <para num="(B)">a fraction, the numerator of which is 1 and the denominator of which is the number of years remaining in the installment payment period.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">Purchase of a single-premium, nontransferable, immediate or deferred annuity contract that provides one of the following payment options:<para num="(i)">a single-life annuity under which:<para num="(A)">the member will receive equal monthly payments during his or her lifetime; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">no further benefits will be paid after the member’s death;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">a joint and survivor annuity under which:<para num="(A)">the member will receive equal monthly payments during his or her lifetime; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">on the member’s death, monthly payments will be made to the member’s designated beneficiary during the beneficiary’s lifetime, if the beneficiary survived the member; or</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iii)">a guaranteed annuity under which:<para num="(A)">the member will receive equal monthly payments during his or her lifetime; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">on the member’s death:<para num="1.">if the member dies before receiving monthly payments for a guaranteed period of 5, 10, or 15 years, as elected by the member, the member’s designated beneficiary will continue to receive monthly payments for the remainder of the guaranteed period; and</para>
            <para num="2.">if the member dies after receiving monthly payments for at least the guaranteed period, no further benefits will be paid after the member’s death.</para>
          </para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-216</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
