2005 Minnesota Statutes

     424B.01 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Generally.  Unless the context of the 
 provision indicates that a different meaning is intended, each 
 of the terms in the following subdivisions has the meaning 
 indicated. 

    Subd. 2.    Applicable municipality.  "Applicable 
 municipality" means the municipality or municipalities in which 
 a consolidating relief association is located and to which a 
 consolidating relief association is associated by virtue of the 
 presence of at least one municipal official on the relief 
 association board of trustees under section 424A.04. 

    Subd. 3.    Consolidating relief association.  
 "Consolidating relief association" means a volunteer 
 firefighters relief association organized under chapter 317A and 
 governed by chapter 424A that has initiated or has completed the 
 process of consolidating with one or more other relief 
 associations under this chapter. 

    Subd. 4.    Prior relief associations.  "Prior relief 
 associations" means the two or more volunteer firefighters 
 relief associations that have initiated the consolidation 
 process under this chapter by action of the board of trustees of 
 the relief association. 

    Subd. 5.    Relief association membership.  "Relief 
 association membership" means all active members of the 
 volunteer firefighters relief association, all deferred retirees 
 and other vested inactive members of the volunteer firefighters 
 relief association, and any persons regularly receiving a 
 service pension or other retirement benefit from the volunteer 
 firefighters relief association. 

    Subd. 6.    Subsequent relief association.  "Subsequent 
 relief association" means the volunteer firefighters relief 
 association that is designated to be the successor relief 
 association in the consolidation initiative resolutions of the 
 board of trustees of the prior relief associations or the 
 volunteer firefighters relief association organized under 
 chapters 317A and 424A for the purpose of operating as the 
 successor relief association after consolidation under this 
 chapter. 

    HIST: 2000 c 461 art 16 s 1