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69.45 Retirement pension.

A member of such association who has completed a period, or periods of service on the fire department equal to 20 years or more, shall, after arriving at the age of 50 years, or more, and has retired from the payroll of the fire department, be entitled to a basic pension of not less than 20 units and not more than 32 units per month for life in conformity to the bylaws of each association. Any and all leaves of absence of more than 90 days, except such as are granted to a member because of disability due to sickness or accident, shall be excluded in computing said period of service; and all periods of time during which a member received a disability pension shall be excluded in such computation. No deductions shall be made for a leave of absence granted to a member to enable the member to accept an appointive position in said fire department. No member shall be entitled to draw both a disability and a service pension.

Such monthly basic payments may be increased by adding to said basic pension the sum of one unit per month, or any portion thereof, for each year of active duty over 20 and not more than 35 years.

The bylaws of each association may provide for these increases, or any portion thereof; provided, that in no event the total pension exceed the sum of 40 units per month.

A unit shall be 1/80 of the maximum monthly salary of a first grade firefighter on the first day of the month in which the pensions provided for in sections 69.25 to 69.53 are paid.

HIST: (3750-21) 1933 c 177 s 21; 1947 c 144 s 2; 1949 c 573 s 2; 1951 c 557 s 3; 1953 c 80 s 2; 1955 c 188 s 7; 1955 c 358 s 4; 1971 c 574 s 1; 1986 c 444

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