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MO Rev Stat § 87.315 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.315 - Benefit reserve fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.315. Benefit reserve fund. — The benefit reserve fund shall be the fund from which shall be paid all benefits except such benefits as involve only the refund of the members' contributions at time of withdrawal in which case the refund shall be made direct from the members' savings fund. There shall be transferred to this fund at time of approval of payment of benefits to any member or beneficiary, the accumulated contributions of such member from the members' savings fund and such additional amount from the general reserve fund as is calculated by the actuary to be necessary with the member's contributions to provide the payment of all benefits arising from the service of the member. Upon the completion of the first valuation after the creation of this fund, there shall be transferred to it from the annuity reserve fund, the pension reserve fund and the pension accumulation fund such amounts as are certified by the actuary on the basis of the tables then in use for all beneficiaries receiving benefits. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.580)
MO Rev Stat § 87.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.320 - General reserve fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.320. General reserve fund. — The general reserve fund shall be the fund in which shall be accumulated all reserves for benefits not provided by members' contributions, and which are provided by contributions made by the city. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.583)
MO Rev Stat § 87.325 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.325 - Contributions by city to general reserve fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.325. Contributions by city to general reserve fund. — Contributions to and payments from the general reserve fund shall be as follows: On account of each member there shall be paid annually into the fund by the city an amount equal to a certain percentage of the earnable compensation of the member to be known as "the normal contribution" and an additional amount equal to a percentage of his earnable compensation to be known as "the accrued liability contribution". The rates percent of the contributions shall be fixed on the basis of the liabilities of the retirement system as shown by actuarial valuations. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.587)
MO Rev Stat § 87.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.330 - Normal contribution rate, determination of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.330. Normal contribution rate, determination of. — On the basis of the interest rate and of such mortality and other tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, the actuary shall determine the uniform and constant percentage of the earnable compensation of the average new entrant, which, if contributed throughout his entire period of active service, would be sufficient to provide for the payment of any death benefit or pension payable on his account. The rate percent so determined shall be known as "the normal contribution rate". After the accrued liability contribution has ceased to be payable the normal contribution rate shall be the rate percent of the earnable compensation of all members obtained by deducting from the total liabilities of the fund the amount of the funds in hand to the credit of the fund and dividing the remainder by one percent of the present value of the prospective future compensation of all members as computed on the basis of the interest rate and the mortality and service tables adopted by the board of trustees. The normal rate of contribution shall be determined by the actuary after each valuation. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.590)
MO Rev Stat § 87.335 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.335 - Accrued liability contribution rate, determination of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.335. Accrued liability contribution rate, determination of. — At the first valuation after the effective date of these amendments (in 1959) the actuary engaged by the board of trustees shall compute the rate percent of the total earnable compensation of all members which is equivalent to three and one-half percent of the amount of the total unfunded benefit liability on account of all members and beneficiaries which is not dischargeable by the aforesaid normal contribution made on account of such members during the remainder of their active service. The rate percent originally so determined shall be known as "the accrued liability contribution rate". ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1951 p. 355 § 86.593, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314)
MO Rev Stat § 87.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.340 - Total amount payable to general reserve fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.340. Total amount payable to general reserve fund. — The total amount payable in each year to the general reserve fund shall be not less than the sum of the rates percent known as the normal contribution rate and the accrued liability contribution rate of the total compensation earnable by all members during the year, and the aggregate payment by the city shall be sufficient when combined with the amount in the fund to provide the retirement allowances and other benefits payable out of the fund during the then current year. The city may contribute at any time from bond issue or other available funds an amount equal to the unfunded accrued liability as certified by the actuary in which event no further accrued liability contribution will be required or may contribute any lesser amount which will be used to proportionately reduce future accrued liability contributions. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.597)
MO Rev Stat § 87.345 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.345 - Accrued liability contribution discontinued, when — decreased, when — changes amortized, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   87.345. Accrued liability contribution discontinued, when — decreased, when — changes amortized, when. — The accrued liability contribution should be discontinued as soon as the accumulated reserve in the general reserve fund shall equal the present value as actuarially computed and approved by the board of trustees, of the total liability of the fund, less the present value computed on the basis of the normal contribution rate then in force of the prospective normal contributions to be received on account of persons who are at that time members. The accrued liability contribution rate may be decreased by the board of trustees provided the reduced level rate does not require an amortization period extending beyond the year 2010 for any accrued liability as of August 31, 1980. Subsequent to that date, any changes in the accrued liability by reason of changes in the benefits payable under the retirement system, changes in the actuarial assumptions, or changes in the actuarial funding method are to be amortized over a period not exceeding thirty years from the date in which the additional accrued liabilities are recognized in the annual actuarial valuation of the system. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.600, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171)
MO Rev Stat § 87.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.350 - Expense fund, purposes, determination of amount.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   87.350. Expense fund, purposes, determination of amount. — The expense fund shall be the fund to which shall be credited all money provided to pay the administration expenses of the retirement system and from which shall be paid all the expenses necessary in connection with the administration and operation of the system. Annually the board of trustees shall estimate the amount of money necessary to be paid into the expense fund during the ensuing year to provide for the expense of operation of the retirement system. Such estimate shall be provided by the board of trustees from interest and other earnings on assets of the retirement system. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.613, A.L. 1965 p. 214)
MO Rev Stat § 87.355 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.355 - Amounts due from city, certification, budget and appropriation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   87.355. Amounts due from city, certification, budget and appropriation. — On or before the first of March of each year the board of trustees shall certify to the proper city authorities the amount which will become due and payable during the year next following to the general reserve fund. The amount so certified shall be included by the city authorities in their annual budget estimate. The amount so certified shall be appropriated by the city and transferred to the retirement system for the ensuing year. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 9, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.617, A.L. 1965 p. 214)  (2007) Requirement that city pay entire contribution amounts certified by trustees for police retirement system and firemen's retirement system does not violate section 21, article X, Constitution of Missouri. Neske v. City of St. Louis, 218 S.W.3d 417 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 87.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.360 - Reserves made obligation of city.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   87.360. Reserves made obligation of city. — The creation and maintenance of reserves in the general reserve fund and the maintenance of benefit reserves as provided for and the payment of all benefits granted under the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370 are hereby made obligations of the city. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.620, A.L. 1965 p. 214)
MO Rev Stat § 87.365 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.365 - Benefits exempt from taxes and civil process.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.365. Benefits exempt from taxes and civil process. — The right of any person to a benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370 and the moneys in the various funds created under sections 87.120 to 87.370 are hereby exempt from any tax of the state of Missouri and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and shall be unassignable except as in sections 87.120 to 87.370 specifically provided. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 12, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.627)
MO Rev Stat § 87.367 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.367 - Health care plan may be adopted for retirees, procedure and funding.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   87.367. Health care plan may be adopted for retirees, procedure and funding. — 1. The board of trustees may provide or contract for insurance benefits to cover hospital, surgical, and medical expenses for retirees under sections 87.120 to 87.370, in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars per month for each retiree.  2. If the board agrees to provide benefits pursuant to this section, a separate account for hospital, surgical and medical benefits shall be established as part of the benefit reserve fund. All benefits and premiums shall be transferred from the general revenue fund of the system to the benefit reserve fund for payment of hospital, surgical and medical benefits.  3. Any retiree who is receiving benefits from the system may make application to the board to be named as a special advisor to the firemen's retirement system. Upon the acceptance of such application, the board may deposit in the fund created in subsection 2 of this section an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars per month for the applicant and may make a monthly payment from the fund created in subsection 2 of this section toward health care benefits for the applicant as provided in subsection 1 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 59)
MO Rev Stat § 87.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.370 - False statement, a misdemeanor — adjustment of benefits resulting from false statement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.370. False statement, a misdemeanor — adjustment of benefits resulting from false statement. — Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall correct the error and, as far as practicable, shall adjust the payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 13, A.L. 1955 p. 275 § 86.630, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314)
MO Rev Stat § 87.371 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.371 - Unused sick leave, how credited.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   87.371. Unused sick leave, how credited. — 1. Any member retiring pursuant to the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370, after working continuously for an entity covered by sections 87.120 to 87.370, until reaching retirement age, but not including retirement for service-connected disability, shall be credited with all of the member's unused sick leave as certified by the member's employing entity.  2. No member working on or after July 1, 2000, shall be credited with sick leave at a rate less than or more than the rate being earned on July 1, 2000, nor shall any cap or limit applied to accumulated sick leave after July 1, 2000, be construed as a limit on the number of sick days actually earned without reference to the cap or limit which may be credited pursuant to the provisions of this section. When calculating years of service, each member shall be entitled to one day of creditable service for each day of unused accumulated sick leave earned by the member.  3. Accumulated sick leave shall allow a member to vest in the retirement system by using such credited sick leave to reach the time of vesting and shall also allow a member to exceed a seventy-five percent service retirement allowance by adding accumulated sick leave to no more than thirty years of creditable service or a member who is participating in the DROP program established in section 87.182 may elect upon retirement to have placed in his or her DROP account a dollar amount equal to his or her accumulated number of sick leave hours multiplied by his or her hourly rate of pay at the time of retirement, or to place one-half of this dollar amount in the member's DROP account, to have one-fourth of this dollar amount added to the member's average final compensation, and to have the remaining one-fourth of this dollar amount remain as time and added to the member's creditable service. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 334 § 1, A.L. 1995 H.B. 260, et al. merged with S.B. 404, A.L. 1999 S.B. 308 & 314, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)
MO Rev Stat § 87.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.380 - Fire departments in cities of over 100,000 may create relief fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.380. Fire departments in cities of over 100,000 may create relief fund. — Any fire department existing by authority of the laws of this state, or any municipal authority thereof, in any city in this state now having or which may hereafter acquire a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, is hereby authorized and empowered to create funds for the purpose of pensioning firemen, and affording relief to members of such fire department when sick, or who may become disabled in the service, or retired, and provide for the relief of the families and other dependents of such firemen in case of death, under such rules and regulations as may be enacted by the board of trustees of such funds, subject to the provisions of sections 87.380 to 87.490, and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9520)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8953; 1919 § 9054; 1909 § 9879
MO Rev Stat § 87.385 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.385 - Board of trustees, how composed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.385. Board of trustees, how composed. — In cities, the treasurer, the counselor, the clerk or register, and the comptroller, where such office exists, the chief officer of the fire department, four members of the fire department and one of the retired or pensioned members, whose term of office shall be for one year and who shall be appointed by the mayor on or about the first Monday of December of each year, shall constitute and be a board to be known as "The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension Fund". The board shall select from their members a president and secretary. The members of the fire department, and the retired or pensioned members, shall each hold an election on the first Monday of December of each year and respectively select four members of the department and one retired or pensioned member for recommendation to the mayor for appointment as members of said board, but the mayor shall not be required to appoint the candidates so recommended. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9522)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8955; 1919 § 9056; 1909 § 9881
MO Rev Stat § 87.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.390 - City treasurer ex officio member of board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.390. City treasurer ex officio member of board. — The treasurer, in all cities in this state to which sections 87.380 to 87.490 are applicable, shall be ex officio treasurer of said board, and as such shall have charge of the funds and securities provided for herein. He shall give such bond as the board may require, and shall be subject to the order and direction of the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9523)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8956; 1919 § 9057; 1909 § 9882
MO Rev Stat § 87.395 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.395 - Treasurer — duties — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.395. Treasurer — duties — bond. — The treasurer of the board of trustees shall be the custodian of said pension funds, and shall secure and safely keep the same, subject to the control and direction of the board, and shall keep his books and accounts concerning said funds in such manner as may be prescribed by the board, and said books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the board or any member thereof. The treasurer shall execute a bond to the city, with good and sufficient sureties, in such penal sum as the board shall direct, to be approved by the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and that he will safely keep and well and truly account for all moneys and property which may come to his hands as such treasurer, and that on the expiration of his term of office he will surrender and deliver over to his successor all unexpended moneys, and all securities and property which may have come to his hands as treasurer of such funds; and said bond shall be filed in the office where the records of the city are kept, and may be sued on in the name of said city, to the use of said board or any person or persons injured by a breach thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9536)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8971; 1919 § 9072; 1909 § 9897
MO Rev Stat § 87.405 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.405 - Moneys set apart for pension fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.405. Moneys set apart for pension fund. — The municipal authorities in cities in this state to which sections 87.380 to 87.490 are applicable, may, by law or ordinance, set apart one-half of all revenues received for municipal purposes by such cities from licenses issued by such cities for carrying on the business of a fire insurance company, agent or agency, and not exceeding three percent of all revenues received for municipal purposes by such cities from all other licenses issued by such cities, as a fund for the pensioning of members of the fire department, and of the widows and orphans of deceased members of the fire department of such cities, which moneys shall be credited to said pension fund. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9525)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8958; 1919 § 9059; 1909 § 9884
MO Rev Stat § 87.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.410 - Authorizing a tax for firemen's pensions in certain cities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   87.410. Authorizing a tax for firemen's pensions in certain cities. — 1. When one hundred voters of any city in this state which now has or may hereafter have one hundred thousand inhabitants or more shall petition the proper authorities asking that an annual tax of one-fifth of a mill on the dollar annually on all taxable property in such city shall be levied for the benefit of the fund for the pensioning of crippled and disabled firemen, and for the relief of the widows and minor children of deceased firemen of the fire department of such city, and shall ask that the question of whether such a tax shall be levied be submitted to the voters of the city, provided no special tax for such fund shall then be subject to be levied, the proper authorities shall submit the question to the voters of the city.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall there be a one-fifth mill tax on the firemen's pension fund?  3. If the majority of all the votes cast in such city upon such proposition for or against a one-fifth mill tax for the firemen's pension fund shall be for the tax, the tax specified in such notice shall be levied and collected in like manner with the other general taxes of said city, and the proceeds of said tax shall be known as "the firemen's pension fund"; provided, that such tax shall cease in case the voters of such city shall so determine by a majority vote at any election held therein; provided further, however, that when a majority of the voters of such city shall have voted for a one-fifth mill tax for the firemen's pension fund, the authorities, officials or representatives of the city whose duty it shall be to fix the tax rate for such city shall have the tax for the firemen's pension fund at the rate specified in consideration in fixing the tax rate, and shall so fix said rate that with and including such tax for the firemen's pension fund the constitutional limitation upon the taxing power of such city shall not be exceeded. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9500, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8933; 1919 § 9034