Sec. 4.177. Compensation to Be Paid to Members of the Fire Department and Police Department Who Are Disabled in the Performance of Their Duties.

Sec. 4.177. Compensation to Be Paid to Members of the Fire Department and Police Department Who Are Disabled in the Performance of Their Duties. (a) If a member of the Fire Department or Police Department who is temporarily disabled by reason of illness or injury proximately caused by, arising out of, and in the course and scope of the member’s employment, shall receive as temporary disability compensation (Division IV of the Labor Code of the State of California) an amount equal to the member’s base salary less the sum that would be deducted therefrom pursuant to Section 4.2014 of this Code or Charter Sections 1324, 1420, 1514, or 1614, as applicable, if the member were actively performing the member’s duties. Provided, however, that in no event shall any member of the Fire Department or Police Department receive any temporary disability compensation pursuant to this subsection after the member has been granted a pension, or for a period longer than one (1) year. In the event that the member is temporarily disabled and prevented by such temporary disability from returning to duty at the expiration of one (1) year, and said member has not been granted a pension prior to that time, the member shall then receive temporary disability compensation at the rate provided in Division IV of the Labor Code of the State of California. (b) Any member of the Fire Department or Police Department who is disabled by reason of illness or injury proximately caused by, arising out of, and in the course and scope of the member’s employment, and a physician designated by the Personnel Department has certified that the member is permanently disabled and that the member is not fit by reason of the disability for any type of available duty, the member shall receive as disability compensation (Division IV of the Labor Code of the State of California) an amount equal to the member’s base salary less the sum, which would be deducted therefrom pursuant to Section 4.2014 of this Code or Charter Sections 1324, 1420, 1514 or 1614, as applicable, if the member were actively performing the member’s duties.