1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; providing for the consolidation of the Coleraine and Bovey 
1.3 	volunteer firefighters relief associations.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COLERAINE AND BOVEY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF 
1.6 	ASSOCIATIONS; CONSOLIDATION.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Consolidation. Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes, section 424B.02, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), to the contrary, the Coleraine and 
1.9 	Bovey volunteer firefighters relief associations are consolidated effective September 1, 
1.10 	2016, if all other consolidation requirements are satisfied pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
1.11 	chapter 424B.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Reporting. The consolidated relief association created under subdivision 
1.13 	1 shall report the number of active firefighter members of the relief association as of 
1.14 	September 1, 2016, to the state auditor and to the commissioner of revenue no later 
1.15 	than September 7, 2016. The commissioner may use this information to determine and 
1.16 	calculate any minimum fire state aid payable under Minnesota Statutes, section 69.021, 
1.17 	beginning with aid payable in 2016.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.