2008 Minnesota Statutes

424A.03 UNIFORMITY OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SERVICE PENSION AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

Subdivision 1.Limitation on nonuniformity of pensions.

Every partially salaried and partially volunteer firefighters' relief association shall provide service pensions to volunteer firefighter members based on the years of service of the members not on the compensation paid to the members for firefighting services. Each relief association shall provide service pensions to salaried members as set forth in chapter 424 and applicable special laws.

Subd. 2.Penalties for violations.

Any municipality which has a fire department to which a relief association which violates the provisions of subdivision 1 is directly associated or which contracts with an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation of which a relief association which violates the provisions of subdivision 1 is a subsidiary shall not be included in the apportionment of fire state aid by the commissioner of commerce to the applicable county auditor pursuant to section 69.021, subdivision 6, and shall not be included in the apportionment of fire state aid by the county auditor to the various municipalities pursuant to section 69.021, subdivision 7.

Subd. 3.Exception to application of limitation and penalty.

The limitation provided for in subdivision 1 shall not apply to any relief association which prior to January 1, 1957, had established a definite service pension formula for members of the partially salaried and partially volunteer firefighters' relief association who are regularly employed firefighters.

History:

1979 c 201 s 13; 1983 c 219 s 7; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92