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MO Rev Stat § 87.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.020 - Creating board of trustees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.020. Creating board of trustees. — In cities, the treasurer, the counselor, the clerk or register, and the comptroller where such office exists, the chief officer of the fire department, three delegates at large from the fire department, to be elected by the members thereof on the first Monday in December of each year, whose term of office shall be for one year, and one delegate from the retired or pensioned list, to be elected by such retired or pensioned members on the first Monday in December of each year, whose term of office shall be for one year, shall constitute and be a board by the name of "The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Fund". The board shall select from their members a president and secretary; provided, that in villages and incorporated towns the board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund shall consist of the chairman of the village or town trustees, the clerk, counselor or attorney, treasurer and chief officer of the fire department. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9501)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8934; 1919 § 9035; 1909 § 9860
MO Rev Stat § 87.025 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.025 - Duties and powers of board — assessment of members.

Effective - 30 Apr 1990   87.025. Duties and powers of board — assessment of members. — The board shall have exclusive control and management of the fund mentioned in section 87.010, and of all money donated, paid or assessed for the relief or pensioning of disabled members of the fire department, retirement for service pensions, their widows and minor children, and shall assess each member of the fire department at least one percent but not more than ten percent of the salary of such member, to be deducted and withheld from the monthly pay of each member so assessed, and the same to be placed by the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, who shall be ex officio treasurer of such board, to the credit of such fund, subject to the order of such board. The percent rate shall not be changed without the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire board. The board shall make all needful rules and regulations for its government in the discharge of its duties, and shall hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions, under sections 87.010 to 87.105, and its decisions on such applications shall be final and conclusive, and not subject to review and reversal except by the board, and a record shall be kept of all the meetings and proceedings of all the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9502, A.L. 1953 p. 301, A.L. 1979 H.B. 850, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1047)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8935; 1919 § 9036; 1909 § 9861  Effective 4-30-90
MO Rev Stat § 87.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.030 - Rewards and gifts to pension fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   87.030. Rewards and gifts to pension fund. — All rewards in money, fees, gifts and endowments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary services by said fire department or any member thereof, except when permitted by order of the board to be retained by said member, may be paid into said pension fund. The said board of trustees may take by gift, grant, devise or bequest any money, real estate, personal property, right of property, or other valuable thing, and the same shall be treated as a part of and for the uses of said fund. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9503, A.L. 1953 p. 300)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8936; 1919 § 9037; 1909 § 9862
MO Rev Stat § 87.035 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.035 - Trustees may invest fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.035. Trustees may invest fund. — The said board of trustees shall have power to draw such pension fund from the treasury of such city, village or incorporated town, and may invest such fund, or any part thereof, in the name of the board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund, in interest-bearing bonds of the United States, of the state of Missouri, of any county, township or municipal corporation of the state, or in judgments or tax bills against the city where such pension fund is established, or loan the same on real estate in the city where such pension fund is established, not exceeding in amount in any case two-thirds of the assessed taxpaying valuation of such real estate; and all such securities shall be deposited with the treasurer of said city, village or incorporated town, as ex officio treasurer of said board, and shall be subject to the order of said board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9504)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8937; 1919 § 9038; 1909 § 9863  CROSS REFERENCE:  Multinational banks, securities and obligations of, investment in, when, 409.950
MO Rev Stat § 87.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.040 - Disposition of interest — duties of legislative body of city.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.040. Disposition of interest — duties of legislative body of city. — The interest received from the investment of said funds shall be applicable to the payment of pensions under sections 87.010 to 87.105, and it shall be in the power of the legislative body of any city, village or incorporated town to diminish and adjust the annual rate of one percent from licenses, so that the income from interest, dues from members and licenses shall meet the requirements of the pension list as provided by sections 87.010 to 87.105. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9505)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8938; 1919 § 9039; 1909 § 9864
MO Rev Stat § 87.055 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.055 - Law applicable to whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.055. Law applicable to whom. — Sections 87.010 to 87.105 shall apply to all persons who are now or shall hereafter become members of any organized fire department in any city, village or incorporated town in this state, and to all cities, villages and incorporated towns now existing in this state or which may hereafter be created herein. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9510)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8943; 1919 § 9044; 1909 § 9869
MO Rev Stat § 87.063 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.063 - Health care benefits for retirees — separate fund established for benefits and premiums — application by retiree to be special consultant, compensation to fund benefits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   87.063. Health care benefits for retirees — separate fund established for benefits and premiums — application by retiree to be special consultant, compensation to fund benefits. — 1. The board of trustees may provide or contract for insurance benefits to cover hospital, surgical, and medical expenses for retirees under sections 87.010 to 87.105, 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. 1990 H.B. 1675)
MO Rev Stat § 87.065 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.065 - Payments prorated when funds are insufficient.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.065. Payments prorated when funds are insufficient. — If at any time there shall not be sufficient money in such pension fund to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof the full amount per month as herein provided, then an equal percentage of such monthly payments shall be made to each beneficiary until the said fund shall be replenished to warrant the payment in full of each of said beneficiaries. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9508)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8941; 1919 § 9042; 1909 § 9867
MO Rev Stat § 87.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.070 - Pension fund custodian.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.070. Pension fund custodian. — The treasurer shall be the custodian of said pension fund, subject to the control and direction of the board and shall keep a separate book and complete account concerning said fund, in such a manner as may be prescribed by the board, and the books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the board or any member thereof, and said treasurer shall be personally liable, and also liable on his bond executed to the city for the purpose of becoming said officer of the city. On the expiration of his term of office, he will surrender and deliver over to his successor all unexpended moneys and all property and evidence of indebtedness, and all other papers and records which may have come to his possession as treasurer of such funds. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9511)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8944; 1919 § 9045; 1909 § 9870
MO Rev Stat § 87.075 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.075 - Warrants, upon whom drawn.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.075. Warrants, upon whom drawn. — It shall be the duty of the officer or officers of such city, village or incorporated town as are designated by law to draw warrants on the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, upon request, in writing, by said board of trustees, to draw warrants on the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, payable to the treasurer of said board of trustees, for all funds belonging to said pension fund, as aforesaid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9512)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8945; 1919 § 9046; 1909 § 9871
MO Rev Stat § 87.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.080 - Warrants, how drawn.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.080. Warrants, how drawn. — All moneys ordered to be paid from said pension fund to any person or persons shall be paid by the treasurer of the board of trustees only upon warrants signed by the president of said board and countersigned by the secretary thereof, and no warrant shall be drawn except by order of the board, duly entered on the records of the proceedings of the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9513)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8946; 1919 § 9047; 1909 § 9872
MO Rev Stat § 87.085 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.085 - Annual report of condition of fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.085. Annual report of condition of fund. — The board of trustees shall make report to the legislative body of said city, village or incorporated town of the condition of said pension fund, on the first day of January in each and every year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9514)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8947; 1919 § 9048; 1909 § 9873
MO Rev Stat § 87.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.090 - Fund exempt from execution.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.090. Fund exempt from execution. — No portion of said pension fund shall, before or after its order of distribution by the board of trustees to the persons entitled thereto, be held, seized, taken, subjected to or detained or levied on by virtue of any attachment, execution, injunction, writ, interlocutory or other order or decree, or any process or proceeding whatever issued out of or by any court of this state for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damages, claim, demand or judgment against the beneficiary of said fund; but the said fund shall be held and distributed for the purpose of sections 87.010 to 87.105, and for no other purpose whatever. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9515)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8948; 1919 § 9049; 1909 § 9874
MO Rev Stat § 87.095 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.095 - Funeral expenses to be paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   87.095. Funeral expenses to be paid. — Whenever an active or retired fireman shall die, as aforesaid, the board of trustees shall appropriate from the fund a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars to the widow or family for funeral expenses. In cities not within a county the payment for funeral expenses shall be two thousand dollars, and shall be paid solely from moneys within the pension fund. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9517, A.L. 1989 H.B. 156)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8950; 1919 § 9051; 1909 § 9876
MO Rev Stat § 87.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.100 - Relief associations may, by vote of members, amalgamate with board of trustees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.100. Relief associations may, by vote of members, amalgamate with board of trustees. — Any fire department pension fund and relief association existing in this state under sections 87.495 to 87.515, is hereby empowered, by a majority vote of its members, to amalgamate with the board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund formed under sections 87.010 to 87.105 in the same city, village or town, and thereupon all the assets and property of said relief association and all its rights and privileges shall be vested in said board of trustees, and all obligations, debts and liabilities of said association shall be assumed and shall become obligations, debts and liabilities of said board of trustees, and thenceforward the business of said amalgamated organizations shall be conducted under the terms of sections 87.010 to 87.105 by said board of trustees. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9516)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8949; 1919 § 9050; 1909 § 9875
MO Rev Stat § 87.105 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.105 - Penalty for misrepresentation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   87.105. Penalty for misrepresentation. — Any member of the fire department who, upon entering such fire department, makes any misstatement or misrepresentation as to his physical condition or understatement of his age, shall, for himself and his dependents, forfeit all rights to participate in the benefits of sections 87.010 to 87.105. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9518)
MO Rev Stat § 87.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.125 - Authorizing municipality to provide by ordinance for pensions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.125. Authorizing municipality to provide by ordinance for pensions. — Any city in this state that now has or may hereafter have seven hundred thousand inhabitants or more and that has an organized fire department is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370, to provide by ordinance for the pensioning of members of any such organized fire department and of the dependents of deceased members thereof and to take from its municipal revenue a fund for such purpose. The fund shall be under the management of a board of trustees herein described and shall be known as "The Firemen's Retirement System of ______" and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested and all of its cash and securities and other property held. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 2, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.483)  (1973) Held, this section is permissive and a city ordinance passed in accordance with it is neither void nor automatically amended by an amendment to such enabling legislation. Trantina v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Retirement System of St. Louis, et al. (A.), 503 S.W.2d 148.
MO Rev Stat § 87.127 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.127 - Qualified government plan, retirement plan intended to be.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   87.127. Qualified government plan, retirement plan intended to be. — A retirement plan under sections 87.120 to 87.370 is intended to be a qualified governmental plan under the provisions of applicable federal law. The benefits and conditions of the plan shall be interpreted and the system shall be operated to ensure that the system meets the federal qualification requirements. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 282 merged with H.B. 664)
MO Rev Stat § 87.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.130 - Membership requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   87.130. Membership requirements. — 1. All persons who are firefighters shall be members as a condition of their employment and shall receive no pension or retirement allowance from any other pension or retirement system supported wholly or in part by the city or the state of Missouri because of years of service for which they are entitled to benefits under this system nor shall they be required to make contributions under any other pension or retirement system of the city or the state of Missouri, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.  2. If any member, in any period of five consecutive years after last becoming a member, is absent from service for more than four years unless the member has twenty years or more of creditable service, or if any member withdraws the member's accumulated contributions, or if any member becomes a beneficiary, the person shall thereupon cease to be a member; except in the case of a member who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States or retired pursuant to section 87.170 and is subsequently reinstated as a firefighter or as a member in beneficiary status as a surviving spouse.  3. Any member who is reinstated after retiring pursuant to conditions in section 87.170 shall not be eligible to participate in the benefit provided pursuant to section 87.182. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 3, A.L. 1945 p. 1239 § 3, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.487, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1404, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)
MO Rev Stat § 87.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.140 - Administration vested in board of trustees — how appointed — vacancies — compensation — oath — voting.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   87.140. Administration vested in board of trustees — how appointed — vacancies — compensation — oath — voting. — 1. The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system shall be vested in a board of trustees of nine persons. The board shall be constituted as follows:  (1) The chief of the fire department of the city, ex officio;  (2) The comptroller or deputy comptroller of the city, ex officio;  (3) Two members to be appointed by the mayor of the city to serve for a term of two years;  (4) Three members to be elected by the members of the retirement system for a term of three years who shall be members of the system and hold office only while members of the system;  (5) Two members who shall be retired firemen to be elected by the retired firemen of the city and who shall hold office for a term of three years.  2. If a vacancy occurs in the office of trustee, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the office was previously filled.  3. The trustees shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for all necessary expenses which they may incur through service on the board.  4. Each trustee shall, within ten days after his appointment or election, take an oath of office before the clerk of circuit court of the city, that, so far as it devolves upon him, he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board and that he will not knowingly violate or willingly permit to be violated any of the provisions of the law applicable to the retirement system. The oath shall be subscribed to by the member making it and certified by the clerk of circuit court and filed in his office.  5. Each trustee shall be entitled to one vote on the board. Five votes shall be necessary for a decision by the trustees at any meeting of the board. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.493, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1139 & 1140, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171, A.L. 1993 H.B. 175)
MO Rev Stat § 87.145 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.145 - Board has exclusive original jurisdiction — review — rules and regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.145. Board has exclusive original jurisdiction — review — rules and regulations. — The board of trustees shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all matters relating to or affecting the funds herein provided for, including, in addition to all other matters, all claims for benefits and refunds under this law, and its action, decision or determination in any matter shall be reviewable under chapter 536 only, and any party to the proceedings shall have a right of appeal from the decision of the reviewing court. Subject to the limitations of sections 87.120 to 87.370, the board of trustees shall, from time to time, establish rules and regulations for the administration of funds created by this law, for the transaction of its business, and for the limitation of the time within which claims may be filed. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.497)
MO Rev Stat § 87.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems|Section 87.150 - Chairman — secretary — actuaries.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   87.150. Chairman — secretary — actuaries. — The board of trustees shall elect from its membership a chairman, and shall by majority vote of its members appoint a secretary who may be one of its members. It may engage such actuarial and other services as may be required to transact the business of the retirement system. The compensation of all persons engaged by the board of trustees and all other expenses of the board necessary for the operation of the retirement system shall be paid at such rates and in such amounts as the board of trustees shall approve. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.500)