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424A.10 State supplemental benefit; volunteer firefighters.

Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "qualified recipient" means an individual who receives a lump sum distribution of pension or retirement benefits from a firefighters' relief association for service performed as a volunteer firefighter.

Subd. 2. Payment of supplemental benefit. Upon the payment by a firefighters' relief association of a lump sum distribution to a qualified recipient, the association must pay a supplemental benefit to the qualified recipient. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the relief association may pay the supplemental benefit out of its special fund. The amount of this benefit equals ten percent of the regular lump sum distribution that is paid on the basis of service as a volunteer firefighter. In no case may the amount of the supplemental benefit exceed $1,000.

Subd. 3. State reimbursement. By February 15 of each year, the relief association shall apply to the commissioner of revenue for state reimbursement of the amount of supplemental benefits paid under subdivision 2 during the preceding calendar year. By March 15 the commissioner shall reimburse the relief association for the amount of the supplemental benefits paid to qualified recipients. The commissioner of revenue shall prescribe the form of and supporting information that must be supplied as part of the application for state reimbursement. The reimbursement payment must be deposited in the special fund of the relief association. A sum sufficient to make the payments is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue.

Subd. 4. In lieu of income tax exclusion. The supplemental benefit provided by this section is in lieu of the state income tax exclusion for lump sum distributions of retirement benefits paid to volunteer firefighters. If the law is modified to exclude or exempt volunteer firefighters' lump sum distributions from state income taxation, the supplemental benefits under this section may no longer be paid beginning with the first calendar year in which the exclusion or exemption is effective. This subdivision does not apply to exemption of all or part of a lump sum distribution under section 290.032 or 290.0802.

HIST: 1988 c 719 art 19 s 22; 1989 c 319 art 10 s 7; 1993 c 307 art 9 s 1

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