Section 7-2520. NOTARIZED INCOME STATEMENT

 

2520.1Each retired annuitant under the age of fifty (50) shall file annually with the Board a notarized statement of employment and income on forms provided, or in format suggested by the Board, and shall execute a release, on a form provided by the Board for that purpose, authorizing the Board to obtain the annuitant's federal income tax returns or information contained therein from the Internal Revenue Service.

 

2520.2Information received shall be kept confidential and shall only be used to determine the retiree's continued eligibility for disability annuity payments and shall not be redisseminated unless the retiree's prior written permission is received.

 

2520.3All information received pertaining to an annuitant's employment and income shall be considered in determining earning capacity.

 

2520.4Any annuitant who is retired under §4-615 or §4-616, D.C. Code (1981), and who prior to his or her retirement was an officer or member of the D.C. Metropolitan Protective Service, or the Secret Service Division, shall upon request by the Board, submit to the Board a notarized statement containing such information as may be required with respect to the gross income received from wages or self-employment, or both, as follows:

 

(a)The annuitant shall submit the required information on the form provided, or in format suggested, as appropriate; and

 

(b)The annuitant shall have thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of the request to return the completed notarized information to the Board.

 

2520.5After examining and evaluating information or statement submitted by any retired annuitant, the Board may require the annuitant to submit further notarized statement(s) containing additional information with respect to the income received from wages or self-employment, or both, as the Board deems appropriate.

 

2520.6In the event a retired annuitant fails to submit the statement required or willfully furnishes materially false information, or when the statements raise a question of the annuitant's continued eligibility for disability annuity payments, the Board shall schedule a hearing on the matter.