Section 15-5-308 - Retirement Age; Physical Disability; Pension Amounts; Reinstatement.

WY Stat § 15-5-308 (2019) (N/A)

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15-5-308. Retirement age; physical disability; pension amounts; reinstatement.

(a) If any person, while serving as a policeman is physically disabled as a result of any bodily injury received in the immediate or direct performance or discharge of his duties, the board, upon his written request filed with the secretary of the board, or without the written request if it deems it to be for the benefit of the public, shall retire that person from the department and order that he be paid from the fund during his lifetime a monthly pension equal to sixty-two and one-half percent (62 1/2%) of the amount of his regular monthly salary, effective at the time of his retirement. If the officer's disability is off-duty related, the officer shall receive a monthly pension equal to fifty percent (50%) of his monthly salary effective at the time of his retirement. If the disability ceases, the pension shall cease, and the person shall be restored to active service at the existing salary of his position or rank at the time he is reinstated.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 71, § 2.

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