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AZ Rev Stat § 9-923 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-923 - Contents of fund; choice of method of payment by municipality

9-923.  Contents of fund;  choice of method of payment by municipality A. The police pension fund shall consist of: 1. Five per cent of the compensation paid to each member of the department to be deducted from each salary warrant issued in payment for the services of a member,  which shall be refunded to any member who is discharged or otherwise separated from the service,  with interest at the rate of two per cent per annum. 2. An equal amount to be paid by the city or town in which the pension fund is established,  and not to be refunded. 3. All monies received from fines imposed upon members of the department for violation of the rules. 4. All rewards given or paid to members of the department. 5. Ten per cent of all monies received from municipal licenses or permit fees for keeping places wherein spirituous,  malt,  or other intoxicating liquors are sold in cities or towns within the provisions of this article. 6. Twenty-five per cent of all monies received from the licensing of pawnbrokers,  second-hand dealers,  junk dealers,  billiard-hall keepers,  pool or pigeon-hole table keepers and card-room keepers,  in cities and towns within the provisions of this article. 7. Twelve and one-half per cent of all monies collected as fines for violating city or town ordinances in cities or towns within the provisions of this article. 8. Earnings upon the deposit,  loan or investment of the fund. 9. Monies received from taxes levied by the state for support of the fund. 10. Contributions which shall be made to the fund by the municipality annually pursuant to the advice and as recommended by the actuary provided for in section 9-921. The governing body shall provide for the payment of the contributions from the general fund of the municipality. B. The governing body may elect to place the percentages of annual monies received under this section into the general fund of the municipality. If the governing body so elects,  then upon the basis of each actuarial determination and appraisal provided for in this article,  the board shall prepare an estimate of the amounts necessary to be appropriated by the municipality to provide for the payment in full of all obligations accruing during the ensuing fiscal year. The governing body shall cause to be included annually in the budget a sum sufficient to provide for such obligations of the city or town. C. The treasurer or other comptroller of the municipality shall pay annually from the general fund of the municipality such sums into the police pension fund as shall be determined by actuarial determination.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-924 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-924 - Payment of pensions

9-924.  Payment of pensions Pensions shall be paid from the fund in cases specified in this section and sections 9-925 through 9-928. It is the intention to restrict the operation of this article to situations not covered by the workers' compensation law and to prohibit payments from the fund to persons receiving,  or for whose benefit there is being paid,  compensation under the workers' compensation law. This limitation shall not apply to a retired member who suffers an occupational disease,  or an injury or death as the result of an industrial accident arising out of employment after retirement.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-925 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-925 - Computation of pension upon voluntary retirement or upon mandatory retirement; limitation

9-925.  Computation of pension upon voluntary retirement or upon mandatory retirement;  limitation A. A member of the police department whose membership began prior to July 1,  1952 and who serves the department twenty years in the aggregate may,  upon application,  be retired,  and shall be paid during his lifetime a monthly pension equal to fifty per cent of the average monthly compensation received by him during the period of five years immediately prior to the date of application for retirement. A member of the police department whose membership begins on or after July 1,  1952,  and who serves the department twenty-five years in the aggregate may,  upon application made after he has reached the age of fifty-five years,  be retired,  and shall be paid during his lifetime a monthly pension equal to fifty per cent of the average monthly compensation received by him during the period of five years immediately prior to the date of application for retirement. B. In the case of a member of the police department continuing in active service after the date when he is eligible to make application for retirement under the provisions of this section,  upon his retirement the percentage of his average monthly compensation applicable in computing his monthly pension shall be increased by two per cent for each full year of service beyond the date when he was eligible to make application for retirement,  but in no case shall the percentage of his average monthly compensation applicable in computing his monthly pension exceed sixty per cent. In the absence of an application for retirement by a member eligible to make application under the provisions of this section,  the board may,  when it deems such action to be for the best interests of the department,  on its own motion propose any such member for retirement,  and upon certification of the city or town physician that the member is physically unfit for further police service he shall be retired,  and shall thereafter receive the pension prescribed in this section. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the governing body of a municipality from setting a mandatory retirement age by ordinance to be applicable to persons eligible for pensions under this article.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-926 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-926 - Computation of pension upon permanent or temporary retirement for injury or disease

9-926.  Computation of pension upon permanent or temporary retirement for injury or disease A. Any member who has served in the department an aggregate of five years,  and who,  within the hours he is required to be on active duty,  and while engaged in the performance of his duty,  contracts a disease or sustains an injury due to his occupation,  not compensable under the workers' compensation law,  and is found,  upon physical examination held as provided in section 9-932,  to be unfit physically or mentally for police service by reason of the disease or injury,  shall,  if the disability is permanent,  be retired,  and shall be paid,  during his lifetime,  a monthly pension equal to fifty per cent of the average monthly compensation received by him during the period of five years immediately prior to the order of retirement. B. If the disability resulting from the disease or injury is temporary,  he shall be temporarily retired,  and shall be paid,  during the period of retirement,  one-half the monthly compensation being received by him at the time of his retirement,  and he shall submit to a physical examination every six months from the date of retirement,  or more often if required by the board,  in order to be eligible for the temporary pension.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-927 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-927 - Benefits to dependents upon death of member

9-927.  Benefits to dependents upon death of member A. If upon the death,  from any cause,  of a member retired under the provisions of section 9-925,  or of a member after ten years' service and while in the service,  or if upon the death of a member retired under the provisions of section 9-926 resulting from disease contracted or injury sustained as provided in section 9-926,  the member leaves surviving a spouse,  a dependent child under the age of eighteen years,  or a dependent parent,  a monthly pension shall be paid: 1. To the surviving spouse,  until death or remarriage,  if the spouse is the widow or widower of a retired member,  an amount equal to two thirds of the monthly pension being paid the retired member at the time of death,  or if the surviving spouse is the widow or widower of a member dying after ten years' service and while in the service,  an amount equal to one third of the monthly compensation of the deceased at the time of death. 2. To the guardian of each dependent child who survives in addition to the surviving spouse,  until such child is eighteen years of age,  or until his dependency shall earlier terminate,  ten dollars per month,  but if the total of the pensions to the surviving spouse and dependent children would exceed the amount of the pension to which deceased,  if living and retired,  would be entitled,  then an amount equal to one third of the amount of the pension shall be prorated among the children. 3. To the guardian of the dependent child or children,  if there is no surviving spouse entitled to a pension,  the amount a surviving spouse so entitled would receive shall be prorated among the children. 4. To the dependent parent,  if there is no surviving spouse or dependent child entitled to a pension,  the amount a surviving spouse so entitled would receive,  and if there are two dependent parents,  the pension shall be paid to the one the board shall determine,  or it may be prorated. B. A pension shall not be payable to the surviving spouse of a retired member whose marriage to the decedent occurred subsequent to such member's retirement,  or to any issue of such marriage. C. For the purpose of this section,  the term " dependent parent"  means a parent over half of whose support at the time of the death of the member was received by the parent from the member.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-928 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-928 - Effect of service as public officer upon pension

9-928.  Effect of service as public officer upon pension A. A person who has been retired from service under the provisions of this article and awarded compensation in accordance therewith,  and who after retirement receives a salary as an officer or employee of the municipality from which he was retired shall forfeit and shall not at any time receive compensation for the period during which he receives a salary as such officer or employee,  but upon termination of service as such officer or employee all the rights of the pensioner,  other than the right to receive compensation for the period after retirement during which he receives a salary as an officer or employee of the municipality from which he was retired,  shall be recognized. In no event shall any person ever be entitled to draw a pension from more than one fund provided for under this article. B. This section shall not be construed to exclude a person retiring from serving on a board or commission the services for which are paid on a per diem basis. C. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to amend,  modify or repeal the provisions of this article relating to death benefits.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-929 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-929 - Fund requirements precedent to payment of pensions

9-929.  Fund requirements precedent to payment of pensions A retirement shall not be ordered,  or an application for pension allowed,  or a warrant or check drawn upon the fund until there is to the credit of the fund a sum equal to one hundred and fifty dollars for each member of the department.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-930 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-930 - Payments from fund

9-930.  Payments from fund Monies paid from the fund shall be paid by the treasurer only upon warrants signed by the chairman and countersigned by the secretary of the board.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-931 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-931 - Exemption of pensions from process; prohibition on assignments; exception

9-931.  Exemption of pensions from process;  prohibition on assignments;  exception A. No pension allowed under this article shall be subject to garnishment,  attachment,  judgment,  execution or other legal process. No person entitled to a pension shall have the right to assign it,  nor shall the board recognize an attempted assignment of the pension or pay over any sum which has been assigned or attempted to be assigned. B. Nothing in this section exempts property from court orders which are the result of a judgment for arrearages of child support or for a child support debt.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-932 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-932 - Physical examination of active or temporarily retired member

9-932.  Physical examination of active or temporarily retired member A member,  whether active or temporarily retired,  ordered by the board to undergo a physical examination,  shall submit himself for examination before the chief medical officer of the municipality,  or such other regularly licensed and practicing physician as the board designates,  but the member shall have the right to be represented at the examination by a physician of his own choice,  whose fee shall be paid from the fund.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-933 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-933 - Effect of military service

9-933.  Effect of military service A member of a police department who served in the military establishment of the United States during a period of national emergency immediately following service as a member of the police department,  shall not be required to contribute to the police pension fund by salary deduction or otherwise for the period covered by his military service,  but in computing the length of service of a member of a police department for the purpose of determining eligibility for retirement,  the period of military service,  as prescribed by this section,  shall be included.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-934 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-934 - Inapplicability of article

9-934.  Inapplicability of article A. Effective from and after June 30,  1968,  this article shall be amended,  and employees employed after June 30,  1968,  shall be covered by the provisions of the public safety retirement personnel system in those cities which have established a pension system under the provisions of this article prior to the effective date of this section,  subject to the right of election provided for in section 38-854. B. All funds accumulated and all liabilities for benefits created by authority of title 9,  chapter 8,  article 2,  sections 9-911 to 9-934,  inclusive,  through June 30,  1968,  shall be transferred to the fund maintained under the public safety personnel retirement system on July 1,  1968,  and accounted for by each employer. Each employee employed after June 30,  1968,  shall be covered by the provisions of the public safety personnel retirement system which continues and amends this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-951.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-951.01 - Definition

9-951.01.  Definition As used in this article,  " volunteer fire company"  includes " volunteer fire district" .
AZ Rev Stat § 9-952 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-952 - Disposition of fire insurance premium tax

9-952.  Disposition of fire insurance premium tax Not later than July 31 of each year,  the state treasurer,  using the information provided by the cities and towns and legally organized fire districts,  the office of the state fire marshal,  the department of insurance and financial institutions and the department of revenue as provided in section 9-951,  subsection B,  shall distribute the fire insurance premium tax to the respective incorporated cities and towns and legally organized fire districts in proportion to the full cash value of the real property and improvements in each incorporated city and town and legally organized fire district that procures the services of a private fire company and in each area served by a fire department or legally organized fire district. The warrant issued by the state treasurer to incorporated cities and towns and legally organized fire districts having organized fire departments and to legally organized fire districts shall be identified as " fire fighters' relief and pension fund" . The warrant issued by the state treasurer to an incorporated city or town or legally organized fire district procuring the services of a private fire company that has a pension plan covering firefighting personnel shall be identified for deposit in the municipality's general fund or,  in the case of a fire district,  in the fire fighters' relief and pension fund.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-953 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-953 - Fire districts or departments; certification by the office of the state fire marshal

9-953.  Fire districts or departments;  certification by the office of the state fire marshal The office of the state fire marshal shall certify the existence of fire districts organized under title 48 and fire departments of incorporated cities and towns. The office of the state fire marshal shall provide this information annually to the state treasurer pursuant to section 9-951,  subsection B.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-954 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-954 - Board of trustees of fund; membership

9-954.  Board of trustees of fund;  membership A. The mayor or the mayor's designee,  the fire chief,  the elected chief and secretary-treasurer of a fire district or,  if administered by a district board,  a board member and the fire chief,  four members elected from the fire department or from the fire district and one lay member appointed by the city,  town or district constitute the board of trustees of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund for that incorporated city or town or fire district. The board of trustees shall provide for the disbursement of the fund and designate the beneficiaries of the fund as directed in this article. B. The fire department of each incorporated city or town and each fire district shall elect by ballot from its membership four members of the board of trustees,  or number of members as,  when added to the incumbent members thereof,  will constitute four members in addition to the chief. If two members in addition to the chief are already on the board of trustees,  two additional members shall be elected to hold office for the same respective terms as the two incumbent members. At the expiration of the two shorter terms,  and thereafter biennially,  two members shall be elected for terms of four years each. C. For an incorporated city or town,  the mayor,  with the council's consent,  shall appoint lay members to fill the elected positions on the board when active volunteers are no longer available. For a fire district,  the fire chief,  with district board consent,  shall appoint lay members to fill the elected positions on the board when active volunteers are no longer available.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-955 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-955 - Officers of board; meetings; procedure for disbursements

9-955.  Officers of board;  meetings;  procedure for disbursements A. The board of trustees shall elect from its members the president and secretary of the board for the ensuing year. The city or town treasurer,  or the county treasurer,  as the case may be,  shall be treasurer,  except that if the board of trustees of a fire district assumes the responsibility for investing and reinvesting the funds pursuant to section 9-957,  subsection B,  the board of trustees may elect from its members a treasurer who is responsible for the custody of the cash and securities of the fund and for executing the decisions of the board of trustees with respect to investments,  reinvestments,  receipts and disbursements. B. The board shall meet annually and at such other times as the president may direct. C. The board shall issue orders signed by the president and the secretary to the beneficiaries of the amounts ordered paid to such beneficiaries from the fund stating the conditions of the payment. The board of trustees of a fire fighters' relief and pension fund of a fire district that procures the services of a private fire protection company pursuant to section 48-805,  subsection B,  paragraph 9 may pay directly to the board of the fire district an amount each year of not to exceed the cost of the private fire protection company's pension plan but only to the extent monies are available in the fund. The board shall keep a public record of its proceedings. At each regular meeting it shall transmit to the city,  town or county treasurer,  as the case may be,  a written list of all persons entitled to benefits from the fund,  stating the reason and amount of the benefits. The list shall be certified and signed by the president and secretary and attested under oath. The treasurer of the city or town,  or in the case of unincorporated towns,  the county treasurer,  shall enter a copy of the list on a book kept for that purpose. The fund shall not be disbursed without a majority vote of the members of the board,  the vote to be entered on the minutes. D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections A and C of this section,  if the board of trustees of a fire district assumes the responsibility for investing and reinvesting the funds pursuant to section 9-957,  subsection B,  the duties of the treasurer may be performed by a member of the board elected by the board. If the duties of the treasurer are performed by a member of the board,  the member shall be bonded for an amount determined by the board that shall not be less than the maximum amount of funds in the account at any one time during the previous year.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-956 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-956 - Annual audit; report of secretary; sanction

9-956.  Annual audit;  report of secretary;  sanction A. The board shall cause an annual audit and report of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund. B. The secretary shall report,  using a form approved by the office of the state fire marshal,  annually on or before January 1 to the board the condition of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund and the receipts and disbursements,  with a complete list of the fund's beneficiaries and the amounts paid. C. The board shall send a copy of the annual audit and report of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund to the office of the state fire marshal. D. If the annual pension fund report is not received by March 31 by the office of the state fire marshal,  the participating incorporated city or town or fire district is not eligible to receive its share of fire insurance premium tax monies under section 9-952.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-963 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-963 - Grant of temporary relief by board; procedures for immediate pension relief

9-963.  Grant of temporary relief by board;  procedures for immediate pension relief A. The board of trustees may grant temporary relief and assistance from the fund to any qualified member of a legally organized volunteer fire district or department,  or to such member's surviving spouse or surviving dependents. B. The president,  secretary and board shall provide procedures to expedite regular pension payments for immediate distribution to a qualified surviving spouse or dependents of a member who dies as a result of or in the performance of his duties as a fire fighter.
AZ Rev Stat § 9-965 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Cities and Towns|§ 9-965 - Termination of benefits

9-965.  Termination of benefits If a beneficiary is declared to be an incapacitated person,  pursuant to section 14-5101,  or disobeys any requirement of this article,  the board may order his pension or allowance discontinued. Thereafter his benefit is payable to his immediate dependents or to his guardian.