§ 6-480. Light-duty status.

(a)

In the event that it has been medically determined that an officer or employee of the city is unable to perform his or her regularly assigned duties by reason of physical or mental incapacity or impairment, and where the officer or employee has applied for disability pension, whether in line of duty or not in line of duty, and upon the confirmation and certification of two (2) or more licensed and practicing physicians of Georgia that such officer or employee is capable of performing less strenuous employment duties with such city, such duties to be designated as "light-duty status," and where such less strenuous employment duties are available and are offered to such officer or employee, the officer or employee may, in the discretion of the appointing authority of such city, be placed into such "light-duty status" within the same bureau and thereby continue to be carried on the payroll of such city with no change in salary status or pension fund membership, pending a further medical determination by two (2) or more licensed and practicing physicians of Georgia that such officer or employee is no longer capable of functioning in such "light-duty status."

(b)

The board of trustees of the pension fund shall be authorized to make all rules necessary in carrying out the provisions set forth in subsection (a).

(c)

This amendment shall only apply to officers and employees who become members of the pension fund on or after the effective date hereof. [April 6, 1981].

(1981 Ga. Laws, page 3569, § 3)