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MN Stat § 423.076 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 423 — Retirement; Police Officer, Firefighter|Section 423.076 — Retirement; Police And Fire Departments.

423.076 RETIREMENT; POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. A compulsory retirement age of not less than 65 years that was in effect on March 3, 1983, for persons on the payroll of a police or fire department which does not come within the provisions of section 423.075 without being a violation of section 363A.20, subdivision 9, may be retained. History:  1978 c 649 s 7; 1979 c 40 s 11; 1979 c 50 s 56; 1987 c 284 art 2 s 8
MN Stat § 423C.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 423C — Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association|Section 423C.07 — Ms 2010 [repealer, 1sp2011 C 8 Art 6 S 18,19]

 423C.07 MS 2010 [Repealer, 1Sp2011 c 8 art 6 s 18,19]
MN Stat § 424A.002 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.002 — Authorization Of New Or Continuing Volunteer Firefighters Relief Associations.

424A.002 AUTHORIZATION OF NEW OR CONTINUING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS. Subdivision 1. Authorization. A fire department, with approval by the applicable municipality or municipalities, may establish a new volunteer firefighter relief association or may retain an existing volunteer firefighter relief association. A fire department may be associated with only one volunteer firefighter relief association at one time. Subd. 2. Defined benefit or defined contribution relief association. The articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the volunteer firefighters relief association must specify that the relief association is either a defined benefit relief association subject to sections 424A.015, 424A.02, and 424A.091 to 424A.094 or is a defined contribution relief association subject to sections 424A.015 and 424A.016. History:  2009 c 169 art 10 s 20; 2013 c 111 art 5 s 80; 2015 c 68 art 9 s 4; 2018 c 211 art 14 s 6
MN Stat § 424A.003 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.003 — Certification Of Service Credit.

424A.003 CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE CREDIT. (a) When a municipal fire department, a joint powers fire department, or an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation is directly associated with the volunteer firefighters relief association, the fire chief shall certify annually by March 31 the service credit for the previous calendar year of each volunteer firefighter rendering active service with the fire department. (b) The certification shall be made to an officer of the relief association's board of trustees and to the municipal clerk or clerk-treasurer of the largest municipality in population served by the associated fire department. (c) The fire chief shall notify each volunteer firefighter rendering active service with the fire department of the amount of service credit rendered by the firefighter for the previous calendar year. The service credit notification and a description of the process and deadlines for the firefighter to challenge the fire chief's determination of service credit must be provided to the firefighter at least 21 days prior to its certification to the relief association and municipality. If the service credit amount is challenged, the fire chief shall accept and consider any additional pertinent information and shall make a final determination of service credit. (d) The service credit certification must be expressed as the number of completed months of the previous year during which an active volunteer firefighter rendered at least the minimum level of duties as specified and required by the fire department under the rules, regulations, and policies applicable to the fire department. No more than one year of service credit may be certified for a calendar year. (e) If a volunteer firefighter who is a member of the relief association leaves active firefighting service to render active military service that is required to be governed by the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, as amended, the firefighter must be certified as providing service credit for the period of the military service, up to the applicable limit of the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. If the volunteer firefighter does not return from the military service in compliance with the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the service credits applicable to that military service credit period are forfeited and canceled at the end of the calendar year in which the time limit set by federal law occurs. History:  2018 c 211 art 14 s 7; 2020 c 108 art 16 s 1
MN Stat § 424A.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.021 — Credit For Break In Service To Provide Uniformed Service.

424A.021 CREDIT FOR BREAK IN SERVICE TO PROVIDE UNIFORMED SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Authorization. Subject to restrictions stated in this section, a volunteer firefighter who is absent from firefighting service due to service in the uniformed services, as defined in United States Code, title 38, section 4303(13), may obtain service credit if the relief association is a defined benefit plan or an allocation by the relief association as though the person was an active member if the relief association is a defined contribution plan for the period of the uniformed service, not to exceed five years, unless a longer period is required under United States Code, title 38, section 4312. Subd. 2. Limitations. (a) To be eligible for service credit or an allocation as though an active member under this section, the volunteer firefighter must return to firefighting service with coverage by the same relief association or by the successor to that relief association upon discharge from service in the uniformed service within the time frame required in United States Code, title 38, section 4312(e). (b) Service credit or an allocation as though an active member is not authorized if the firefighter separates from uniformed service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge or under other than honorable conditions. (c) Service credit or an allocation as though an active member is not authorized if the firefighter fails to provide notice to the fire department that the individual is leaving to provide service in the uniformed service, unless it is not feasible to provide that notice due to the emergency nature of the situation. History:  1Sp2005 c 8 art 9 s 13; 2009 c 169 art 10 s 36
MN Stat § 424A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.03 — Volunteer Firefighter Service Pension And Retirement Benefits Based On Service.

424A.03 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SERVICE PENSION AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS BASED ON SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Service pensions based on years of service. A relief association must provide service pensions or retirement benefits to its members based on the years of service of the members, not on the compensation paid to the members for their service. Subd. 2. Penalty for violation. If a relief association violates subdivision 1, the affiliated municipality or municipalities must not be included in the apportionment of fire state aid and police and firefighter retirement supplemental state aid payable under chapter 477B and section 423A.022 and in the apportionment of fire state aid to the various municipalities under section 477B.03. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 13 s 65] 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; 2009 c 169 art 10 s 37; 1Sp2019 c 6 art 22 s 20; 2020 c 108 art 16 s 5
MN Stat § 424A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.06 — Relief Association General Fund.

424A.06 RELIEF ASSOCIATION GENERAL FUND. Subdivision 1. Establishment of general fund. A volunteer firefighters relief association may establish and maintain a general fund within the relief association. Subd. 2. General fund assets and revenues. (a) The general fund, if established, must be credited with the following: (1) all money received from dues other than dues payable as contributions under the bylaws of the relief association to the special fund; (2) all money received from fines; (3) all money received from initiation fees; (4) all money received as entertainment revenues; and (5) any money or property donated, given, granted or devised by any person, either for the support of the general fund of the relief association or for unspecified purposes. (b) The treasurer of the relief association is the custodian of the assets of the general fund and must be the recipient on behalf of the general fund of all revenues payable to the general fund. The treasurer shall maintain adequate records documenting any transaction involving the assets or the revenues of the general fund. These records must be open for inspection by any member of the relief association at reasonable times and places. Subd. 3. Authorized disbursements from the general fund. Disbursements from the general fund may be made for any purpose that is authorized by either the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the relief association. Subd. 4. Investment of assets of the general fund. The assets of the general fund may be invested in any securities that are authorized by the bylaws of the relief association and may be certified for investment by the State Board of Investment in fixed income pools or in a separately managed account at the discretion of the State Board of Investment as provided in section 11A.14. History:  1979 c 201 s 16; 1980 c 509 s 163; 1993 c 300 s 13; 2009 c 169 art 10 s 43; 2012 c 286 art 12 s 17
MN Stat § 424A.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.07 — Nonprofit Firefighting Corporations; Establishment Of Relief Associations.

424A.07 NONPROFIT FIREFIGHTING CORPORATIONS; ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS. Before paying any service pensions or retirement benefits under section 424A.02 or before becoming entitled to receive any amounts of fire state aid upon transmittal from a contracting municipality under section 477B.04, subdivision 3, an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation shall establish a volunteer firefighters relief association governed by this chapter. History:  1979 c 201 s 17; 1981 c 224 s 274; 2009 c 169 art 10 s 44; 2018 c 211 art 14 s 20; 1Sp2019 c 6 art 22 s 23
MN Stat § 424A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.08 — Municipality Without Relief Association; Authorized Disbursements.

424A.08 MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT RELIEF ASSOCIATION; AUTHORIZED DISBURSEMENTS. (a) Any municipality which is entitled to receive fire state aid but which has no volunteer firefighters relief association directly associated with its fire department and which has no full-time firefighters with retirement coverage by the public employees police and fire retirement plan shall deposit the fire state aid in a special account established for that purpose in the municipal treasury. Disbursement from the special account may not be made for any purpose except: (1) payment of the fees, dues and assessments to the Minnesota State Fire Department Association and to the state Volunteer Firefighters Benefit Association in order to entitle its firefighters to membership in and the benefits of these state associations; (2) payment of the cost of purchasing and maintaining needed equipment for the fire department; and (3) payment of the cost of construction, acquisition, repair, or maintenance of buildings or other premises to house the equipment of the fire department. (b) A municipality which is entitled to receive fire state aid, which has no volunteer firefighters relief association directly associated with its fire department, which does not participate in the statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter plan under chapter 353G, and which has full-time firefighters with retirement coverage by the public employees police and fire retirement plan may disburse the fire state aid as provided in paragraph (a), for the payment of the employer contribution requirement with respect to firefighters covered by the public employees police and fire retirement plan under section 353.65, subdivision 3, or for a combination of the two types of disbursements. (c) A municipality that has no volunteer firefighters relief association directly associated with it and that participates in the statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter plan under chapter 353G shall transmit any fire state aid that it receives to the statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter fund. History:  1979 c 201 s 18; 1983 c 219 s 10; 2009 c 169 art 10 s 45; 2010 c 359 art 6 s 9; 2014 c 296 art 12 s 12; 2020 c 108 art 7 s 9
MN Stat § 424A.095 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.095 — Investments.

424A.095 INVESTMENTS. (a) The special fund assets of a relief association governed by sections 424A.091 to 424A.096 must be invested in securities that are authorized investments under section 356A.06, subdivision 6 or 7, whichever applies. (b) The governing board of the association may select and appoint a qualified private firm to measure management performance and return on investment, and the firm must use the formula or formulas developed by the state board under section 11A.04, clause (11). History:  1971 c 261 s 5; 1973 c 129 s 7; 1974 c 152 s 11; 1980 c 607 art 14 s 28,45 subd 1; 1981 c 208 s 8; 1984 c 574 s 3; 1986 c 356 s 7; 1986 c 359 s 12; 1989 c 319 art 8 s 8; 1993 c 300 s 9; 1994 c 604 art 2 s 2; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 9 s 8; 2012 c 286 art 10 s 5; 2013 c 111 art 5 s 80
MN Stat § 424A.096 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement|Section 424A.096 — Citation; Application Of Other Laws.

424A.096 CITATION; APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS. Subdivision 1. Citation. Sections 424A.091 to 424A.096 may be cited as the "Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association Guidelines Act of 1971." Subd. 2. Applicability. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no relief association described in sections 424A.091 to 424A.096, authorized under any present or future legislative act, shall be exempt from sections 424A.091 to 424A.096 unless such relief association is exempted by specific legislative reference to the Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association Guidelines Act of 1971. History:  1971 c 261 s 6; 1977 c 429 s 63; 2013 c 111 art 5 s 80
MN Stat § 424B.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.001 — Application Of Chapter 424a.

424B.001 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 424A. This chapter must be read in conjunction with chapter 424A. For the purposes of this chapter, the definitions and other provisions of chapter 424A apply where not inconsistent with this chapter. History:   2021 c 22 art 10 s 6
MN Stat § 424B.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.02 — Consolidation Authorized.

424B.02 CONSOLIDATION AUTHORIZED. Subdivision 1. Initiation. (a) With the approval of the governing body of each applicable municipality, two or more relief associations associated with fire departments serving contiguous fire districts may initiate the consolidation of the relief associations into a subsequent relief association. (b) Initiation of a consolidation action must occur through the proposal of a consolidation resolution to the board of trustees of each volunteer firefighters relief association notification of the relief association membership of the potential consolidation and after conducting a public meeting on the consolidation question. Subd. 2. Initiative processing; filing. (a) After a consolidation initiative resolution has been filed with the relief association board of trustees by one or more members of the board, the relief association secretary shall provide written notification of the initiative to the relief association membership. After notification of the relief association membership, the board of trustees must hold a public hearing on the initiative. After the hearing, the board of trustees shall act on the consolidation resolution. (b) If the consolidation resolution is adopted by majority vote of the board of trustees, the secretary shall file a copy of the resolution with the other relief association or associations also considering consolidation. (c) If two or more volunteer firefighters relief associations adopt a consolidation resolution, those relief associations are consolidated effective the next following January 1. (d) Within 30 days of the adoption of the consolidation resolution by all prior relief associations, the secretaries of the applicable prior relief associations shall jointly notify in writing the state auditor, the commissioner of revenue, and the secretary of state of the consolidation. History:   2000 c 461 art 16 s 2
MN Stat § 424B.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.03 — Subsequent Relief Association.

424B.03 SUBSEQUENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Subdivision 1. New relief association. If the subsequent relief association is a new volunteer firefighters relief association, the consolidated volunteer firefighters relief association must be incorporated under chapter 317A. The incorporators of the consolidated relief association must include at least one board member of each of the former volunteer firefighters relief associations. Subd. 2. Successor relief association. If the subsequent relief association is one of the prior relief associations, the articles of incorporation and bylaws must be appropriately revised, effective on the consolidation effective date, and a revised board of trustees must be elected before the consolidation effective date. History:   2000 c 461 art 16 s 3
MN Stat § 424B.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.04 — Governance Of Consolidated Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association.

424B.04 GOVERNANCE OF CONSOLIDATED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Subdivision 1. Board of trustees. The consolidated volunteer firefighters relief association is governed by a board of trustees as provided in section 424A.04, subdivision 1. Subd. 2. Composition of board. The board must have three officers, including a president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The membership of the consolidated volunteer firefighters relief association must elect the three officers from the board members. A board of trustees member may not hold more than one officer position at the same time. Subd. 3. Board administration. The board of trustees must administer the affairs of the relief association consistent with this chapter and the applicable provisions of chapters 356A, 424A, and 477B. History:  2000 c 461 art 16 s 4; 2021 c 22 art 10 s 17
MN Stat § 424B.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.05 — Special And General Funds.

424B.05 SPECIAL AND GENERAL FUNDS. The consolidated volunteer firefighters relief association must establish and maintain a special fund and a general fund. The special fund must be established and maintained as provided in section 424A.05. The general fund must be established and maintained as provided in section 424A.06. History:   2000 c 461 art 16 s 5
MN Stat § 424B.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.07 — Dissolution Of Prior General Fund Balances.

424B.07 DISSOLUTION OF PRIOR GENERAL FUND BALANCES. Before the effective date of consolidation, the secretaries of the volunteer firefighters relief associations shall settle any accounts payable from the respective general fund or any other relief association fund in addition to the relief association special fund. Investments held by a fund of the prior relief associations in addition to the special fund must be liquidated before the effective date of consolidation as the bylaws of the relief association provide. Before the effective date of consolidation, the respective relief associations must pay all applicable general fund expenses from their respective general funds. Any balance remaining in the general fund or in a fund other than the relief association special fund as of the effective date of consolidation must be paid to the new general fund of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association. History:   2000 c 461 art 16 s 7
MN Stat § 424B.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.08 — Termination Of Prior Relief Associations.

424B.08 TERMINATION OF PRIOR RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS. Following the transfer of administration, records, special fund assets, and special fund liabilities from the prior relief associations to the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association, the prior volunteer firefighters relief associations cease to exist as legal entities for any purpose. The subsequent relief association secretary shall notify the following governmental officials of the termination of the respective volunteer firefighters relief associations and of the establishment of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association: (1) Minnesota secretary of state; (2) Minnesota state auditor; (3) Minnesota commissioner of revenue; and (4) commissioner of the federal Internal Revenue Service. History:   2000 c 461 art 16 s 8
MN Stat § 424B.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.09 — Administrative Expenses.

424B.09 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. The payment of authorized administrative expenses of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association must be from the special fund of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association in accordance with section 424A.05, subdivision 3b, and as provided for in the bylaws of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association and approved by the board of trustees of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association. The payment of any other expenses of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association must be from the general fund of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association in accordance with section 424A.05, subdivision 3b, and as provided for in the bylaws of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association and approved by the board of trustees of the subsequent volunteer firefighters relief association. History:  2000 c 461 art 16 s 9; 1Sp2019 c 6 art 22 s 28