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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.075 — Merit System Municipalities, Discharge Of Peace Officers.

419.075 MERIT SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES, DISCHARGE OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
This section applies to any city, county, town or other political subdivision which has adopted a formal merit system under any provision of law or home rule charter.
Subd. 2.
Officers discharged after hearing.
No newly appointed peace officer, after satisfactory completion of the basic peace officer training course pursuant to sections 626.843 to 626.852 and after a period of no longer than 12 months continuous employment thereafter, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges after opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges.
History:
1971 c 839 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1980 c 509 s 160; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.08 — Rules And Standards.

419.08 RULES AND STANDARDS.
The commission shall ascertain the duties of each office, position, and employment in the police protection service of such city, and designate by rule as well as may be practicable the grade of each office, employment, or position. The commission shall prescribe standards of fitness and efficiency for each office, position, and employment and for each grade, and adapt its examination thereto.
History:
(1933-55) 1929 c 299 s 8; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.09 — Examinations.

419.09 EXAMINATIONS.
All examinations shall be impartial, fair, and practical and designed only to test the relative qualifications and fitness of applicants to discharge the duties of the particular employment which they seek to fill. No question in any examination shall relate to the political or religious convictions or affiliations of the applicant. All applicants for positions of trust and responsibility shall be specially examined as to moral character, sobriety, and integrity, and all applicants for position requiring special experience, skill, or faithfulness shall be specially examined in respect to those qualities. It shall be the duty of the chief of the police department and of every employee to act as an examiner or assistant examiner, at the request of the commission, without special compensation therefor. The members of the commission collectively or individually may act as examiners or assistant examiners.
History:
(1933-56) 1929 c 299 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.10 — Notice Of Examinations; Creation Of Eligible Register; Removal And Additions.

419.10 NOTICE OF EXAMINATIONS; CREATION OF ELIGIBLE REGISTER; REMOVAL AND ADDITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Notice of examinations.
(a) Notice of the time, place, and scope of each examination shall be given by publication and posting as specified in section 419.06, and by mailing such notice to each applicant upon the appropriate list of the application register ten days in advance.
(b) The notice may provide that other examinations may be administered from time to time during the life of the eligible register, without an additional publication or ten-day notice, to applicants meeting threshold requirements.
Subd. 2.
Creation of eligible register.
The names of those found eligible upon examination, after giving credit for character and previous successful experience, shall be entered with their address and percentages on the eligible register.
Subd. 3.
Removal of names.
No name shall remain upon the eligible register more than two years without a new application, and, if the rules of the commission so require, a new examination. When a vacancy has been filled or new appointment made, the names selected shall be stricken from the eligible register and transferred to the service register.
Subd. 4.
Addition of names.
If the notice under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), is given at the time of initial examination, additional examinations may be administered to applicants meeting threshold requirements without an additional publication or ten-day notice. Applicants passing a later examination shall be added to the eligible register in the order of their standing relative to the remaining applicants on the register.
History:
(1933-57) 1929 c 299 s 10; 2001 c 87 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.11 — Charges Filed With Secretary Of Commission.

419.11 CHARGES FILED WITH SECRETARY OF COMMISSION.
Charges of inefficiency or misconduct may be filed with the secretary of the commission by a superior officer or by the appointing authority, and thereupon the commission shall try the charges after no less than ten days' written notice to the accused. Such notice shall set forth the charges as filed. The trial of these charges shall be open to the public and each commissioner shall have the power to issue subpoenas and to administer oaths and to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to the investigation. The commission shall require by subpoena the attendance of any witness requested by the accused who can be found in the county in which such city is located. The commission may make complaint to the district court of disobedience of its subpoenas or orders under this section, and the court shall prescribe notice to the person accused and require the accused person to obey the commission's subpoena and order, if found within the lawful powers of the commission, and punish disobedience as a contempt of court. Witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage as for attendance upon the district court, except that any officer, agent, or employee of the city who receives compensation for services, shall not be entitled to fees or mileage.
History:
(1933-58) 1929 c 299 s 11; 1959 c 694 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.12 — Suspension And Removal; Reinstatement.

419.12 SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL; REINSTATEMENT.
An employee who, after investigation and trial by civil service commission, is found guilty of inefficiency, breach of duty, or misconduct, may be removed, reduced, or suspended. The employee's name also may be stricken from the service register. If the board determines that the charges are not sustained, the accused, if suspended pending investigation, shall be immediately reinstated and shall be paid all back pay due for the period of suspension.
Findings, determinations, and orders of the commission for suspension, reduction, or removal, shall be in writing and shall be filed within three days after the completion of the hearing with the secretary of the commission. The secretary shall notify the employee of the decision in writing. Any person suspended, reduced, or removed by the commission after investigation may appeal in accordance with chapter 14.
The question to be determined by the court shall be:
"Upon the evidence, was the order of the commission reasonable?"
History:
(1933-59) 1929 c 299 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1983 c 247 s 152; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.13 — Certain Acts A Misdemeanor.

419.13 CERTAIN ACTS A MISDEMEANOR.
An applicant for examination, appointment or promotion in the police department service of the city who shall, either directly or indirectly, give, render, or pay or promise to give, render, or pay any money, service or other thing to any person, for or on account of or in connection with the applicant's examination, appointment or proposed appointment or promotion shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall also be subject to suspension or removal.
Any officer or employee of the police department, when operating under civil service in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, who shall in any manner directly or indirectly solicit, receive, or pay, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting, receiving, or paying, any assessment, subscription or contribution for any party or political purpose, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to suspension or removal.
Any person who shall solicit or receive directly or indirectly, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, contribution, or payment for any political purpose whatever from any officer or employee in a police department operated under civil service as in this chapter provided for, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(1933-60, 1933-61, 1933-62) 1929 c 299 s 13-15; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.14 — Commission Vested With Certain Powers.

419.14 COMMISSION VESTED WITH CERTAIN POWERS.
When any city has a civil service commission the council may provide that this commission be vested with the powers and duties of the police civil service commission as set forth herein.
History:
(1933-63) 1929 c 299 s 16; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.15 — Officers To Come Under Commission.

419.15 OFFICERS TO COME UNDER COMMISSION.
Any police officer regularly employed at the time of the creation of the civil service commission shall automatically come under the jurisdiction of the civil service commission.
History:
(1933-63a) 1929 c 299; 1933 c 197 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.16 — Abolition Of Commission.

419.16 ABOLITION OF COMMISSION.
A police civil service commission created under this chapter may be abolished as follows: (1) by the voters in accordance with section 419.17; or (2) by a unanimous vote of the city council. Abolition by the voters shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the number of legal voters voting at the last general municipal election filed with the governing body of the city requesting that the following question be submitted to the voters: "Shall the police civil service commission be abolished?"
History:
(1933-63b) 1929 c 299; 1933 c 197 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1999 c 165 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.17 — Abolition Submitted To Voters.

419.17 ABOLITION SUBMITTED TO VOTERS.
When a petition is filed under section 419.16, the governing body of the city shall cause the question to be submitted to the voters at the first following general municipal election. The commission is abolished if two-thirds of the votes cast in the election are in favor of the abolishment, and the status of the police department and all of its employees shall thereafter be the same as if the commission had not been created.
History:
(1933-63c) 1929 c 299; 1933 c 197 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1999 c 165 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.18 — Application.

419.18 APPLICATION.
The provisions of sections 419.01 to 419.18 with reference to the abolition of civil service commission shall not apply and shall have no force or effect in any city in this state where a commission has already been created.
History:
(1933-63d) 1929 c 299; 1933 c 197 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.181 — Limitation Upon Contest Of Certification.

419.181 LIMITATION UPON CONTEST OF CERTIFICATION.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall contest the certification of any person to fill any vacancy by a police civil service commission in a city, except a city of the first class, later than six years after the date of certification.
History:
1959 c 290 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.01 — Creation.

420.01 CREATION.
There may be created in every city, except cities of the first class, and in statutory cities having a population of 2,000 or more, and having a fire department consisting of two or more regularly employed and paid firefighters, a firefighter's civil service commission with powers and duties as hereinafter provided.
History:
(1933-23) 1929 c 57 s 1; Ex1936 c 13; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.02 — Adoption Of Accepting Ordinance.

420.02 ADOPTION OF ACCEPTING ORDINANCE.
Any city or statutory city in the class mentioned in section 420.01 which may wish to avail itself of the provisions of this chapter, shall do so by an ordinance expressly accepting the provisions hereof. The ordinance shall be adopted in the same manner as other nonemergency ordinances, but at least 30 days shall elapse between its introduction and final passage by the governing body. This chapter does not apply to any city until the adoption of such ordinance.
History:
(1933-25) 1929 c 57 s 3; 1959 c 695 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.03 — Membership; Duties; Terms.

420.03 MEMBERSHIP; DUTIES; TERMS.
Except in a city having a combined police and firefighters' civil service commission, the commission shall consist of three members who are citizens of the state and resident of such city, and shall be appointed by the council of the city, and when first created one commissioner shall be appointed for the term of one year, who shall be president of the commission, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, and all commissioners shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified. The council may remove any commissioner who in the judgment of the council has willfully violated any of the provisions of sections 420.01 to 420.16. No commissioner shall, at the time of appointment or while serving, hold any other office or employment under the city, the United States, the state of Minnesota, or any public corporation or political division thereof, other than the office of notary public or member of a civil service commission for police officers or other municipal personnel. Each commissioner, before entering upon duties, shall subscribe and file with the city clerk, an oath for the faithful discharge of the duties. Except in a city having a combined police and firefighters' civil service commission, there shall be appointed each year thereafter by the council one member of the commission whose term of office shall be for three years, and each member of the commission shall be president during the last year of the term. All vacancies in the commission shall be filled by appointment by the council within 90 days after the vacancy occurs.
History:
(1933-26) 1929 c 57 s 4; 1945 c 183 s 1; 1959 c 695 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1986 c 444; 2017 c 97 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.04 — Meetings.

420.04 MEETINGS.
The commission shall first meet immediately after its appointment and select from its members a secretary who shall serve until a successor is elected. The commission shall, from time to time, fix the times of its meetings, and adopt, amend, and alter rules for its procedure. All records must be kept at the city hall.
History:
(1933-27) 1929 c 57 s 5; 1945 c 183 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 2017 c 97 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.05 — Members To Serve Without Pay.

420.05 MEMBERS TO SERVE WITHOUT PAY.
Each commissioner shall serve without pay but the council may allow the secretary such compensation, not exceeding $100 per year, as it shall deem commensurate with the additional services rendered. The council shall pay from the municipal treasury all expenses incurred by the commission in connection with the performance of its duties and shall furnish it with all supplies, stationery, and equipment it may require, but all bills and accounts shall be audited and approved by the president and secretary of the commission before being paid by the council.
History:
(1933-28) 1929 c 57 s 6; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.06 — Powers And Duties.

420.06 POWERS AND DUTIES.
The commission shall have absolute control and supervision over the employment, promotion, discharge, and suspension of all officers and employees of the fire department of such city and these powers shall extend to and include the chief and assistant chief of such, and all inspectors, fire wardens, electricians, engineers, auto mechanics, clerks, and other persons engaged in the fire prevention and protection service in the city. The commission may not, however, prescribe any residency requirements for the positions under its control, unless approved by the city council.
The commission shall immediately after its appointment and organization grade and classify all of these employees of the fire department of the city and a service register shall be prepared for the purpose, in which shall be entered, in their classes, the names, ages, compensation, period of past employment, and such other facts and data with reference to each employee as the commission may deem useful.
The commission shall keep a second register to be known as the application register in which shall be entered the names and addresses in the order of the date of application of all applicants for examination and the offices or employments they seek. All applications shall be upon forms prescribed by the commission and contain such data and information as the commission shall deem necessary and useful.
History:
(1933-29) 1929 c 57 s 7; 1941 c 434; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 585 s 3; 1979 c 50 s 54
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.08 — Removal Or Discharge.

420.08 REMOVAL OR DISCHARGE.
No officer or employee after six months' continuous employment shall be removed or discharged except for cause, upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. Such charges shall be investigated by or before such civil service commission. The findings and decision of such commission shall be forthwith certified to the chief or other appointing or superior officer, and will be forthwith enforced by such officer. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of any officer to suspend a subordinate for a reasonable period not exceeding 60 days for the purpose of discipline, or pending investigation of charges when the officer deems such suspension advisable.
History:
(1933-31) 1929 c 57 s 9; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.09 — Employees Graded.

420.09 EMPLOYEES GRADED.
The commission shall ascertain the duties of each office, position, and employment in the fire protection service of such city and designate by rule as well as may be practicable the grade of each office, employment, or position. The commission shall prescribe standards of fitness and efficiency for each office, position, and employment and for each grade, and adapt its examinations thereto.
History:
(1933-32) 1929 c 57 s 10; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.10 — Examinations; Examiners.

420.10 EXAMINATIONS; EXAMINERS.
All examinations shall be impartial, fair and practical and designed only to test the relative qualifications and fitness of applicants to discharge the duties of the particular employment which they seek to fill. No question in any examination shall relate to the political or religious convictions or affiliations of the applicant. All applicants for positions of trust and responsibility shall be specially examined as to moral character, sobriety and integrity, and all applicants for positions requiring special experience, skill or faithfulness shall be specially examined in respect to those qualities. It shall be the duty of the chief of the fire department and of every employee to act as an examiner or assistant examiner, at the request of the commission, without special compensation therefor. Examinations shall be conducted and examination papers scored by some experienced and competent person who is not a resident of the city where the examinations are being held, when by resolution or motion it is so ordered by the council of such city.
History:
(1933-33) 1929 c 57 s 11; 1945 c 197 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.11 — Notice Of Examinations.

420.11 NOTICE OF EXAMINATIONS.
Notice of the time, place, and scope of each examination shall be given by publication and posting as specified in section 420.07 and by mailing such notice to each applicant upon the appropriate list of the application register ten days in advance. The names of those found eligible upon examinations after giving credit for character and previous successful experience, shall be entered with their addresses and percentages on the eligible register. No name shall remain upon the eligible register more than two years without a new application and, if the rules of the commission so require, a new examination. When a vacancy has been filled or new appointment made the names selected shall be stricken from the eligible register and transferred to the service register.
History:
(1933-34) 1929 c 57 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.12 — Charges To Be Filed; Trial.

420.12 CHARGES TO BE FILED; TRIAL.
Charges of inefficiency or misconduct may be filed with the secretary of the commission by a superior officer or by the appointing authority, and thereupon the commission shall try the charges after not less than ten days' written notice to the accused. Such notice shall set forth the charges as filed. The trial of these charges shall be open to the public and each commissioner shall have the power to issue subpoenas and to administer oaths and to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to the investigation. The commission shall require by subpoena the attendance of any witness requested by the accused who can be found in the county in which such city is located. The commission may make a complaint to the district court of disobedience of its subpoenas or orders under this section, and the court shall prescribe notice to the person accused and require the accused person to obey the commission's subpoena and order, if found within the lawful powers of the commission, and punish disobedience as a contempt of court. Witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage as for attendance upon the district court, except that any officer, agent, or employee of the city who receives compensation for services, shall not be entitled to fees or mileage.
History:
(1933-35) 1929 c 57 s 13; 1959 c 695 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.13 — Suspension Or Removal.

420.13 SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL.
An employee who, after investigation and trial by the civil service commission, is found guilty of inefficiency, breach of duty, or misconduct, may be removed, reduced, or suspended. The employee's name also may be stricken from the service register. If the board determines that the charges are not sustained, the accused, if suspended pending investigation, shall be immediately reinstated and paid all back pay due for the period of suspension.
Findings, determinations, and orders of the commission for suspension, reduction, or removal shall be in writing and filed within three days after the completion of the hearing with the secretary of the commission. The secretary shall notify the employee of the decision in writing. Any person suspended, reduced, or removed by the commission after investigation may appeal in accordance with chapter 14.
The question to be determined by the court shall be:
"Upon the evidence was the order of the commission reasonable?"
History:
(1933-36) 1929 c 57 s 14; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1983 c 247 s 153; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 65; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.14 — Commission, When Abolished.

420.14 COMMISSION, WHEN ABOLISHED.
Any firefighter's civil service commission hereafter created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, except where such civil service commission has been continuously in operation for eight years or more, may be discontinued and abolished as follows: A petition signed by 25 percent of the number of legal voters voting at the last general municipal election, shall be filed with the governing body of such city and request that the following question be submitted to the voters: "Shall the firefighter's civil service commission be abolished?"
History:
(1933-40) 1929 c 57 s 18; 1931 c 152 s 1; 1939 c 379; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.15 — Elections.

420.15 ELECTIONS.
When such petition is filed the governing body of such city shall cause the question to be submitted to the voters at the first following general municipal election.
Such commission shall be deemed to be abolished if two-thirds of the votes cast in the election be in favor of such abolishment; and the status of the fire department and all of the employees thereof shall thereafter be deemed to be the same as if the commission had not been created.
History:
(1933-41) 1929 c 57 s 19; 1931 c 152 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.16 — Certain Acts Misdemeanors.

420.16 CERTAIN ACTS MISDEMEANORS.
An applicant for examination, appointment, or promotion in the fire prevention service of the city who shall, either directly or indirectly, give, render, or pay or promote to give, render, or pay any money, service, or other thing to any person for or on account of or in connection with the applicant's examination, appointment, or proposed appointment or promotion, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to suspension or removal.
History:
(1933-37, 1933-38, 1933-39) 1929 c 57 s 15-17; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 2017 c 97 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 420 — Firefighters' Civil Service Commissions › Section 420.20 — Prohibition Of Service By Minors As Volunteer Firefighters.

420.20 PROHIBITION OF SERVICE BY MINORS AS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.
It is unlawful for any municipality or independent nonprofit firefighting corporation to employ a minor to serve as a firefighter or to permit a minor to serve in any capacity performing any firefighting duties with a fire department, except for members of a youth, civic, or educational organization or program who participate with uninterrupted adult supervision, as allowed by federal law and by section 181A.04. Such organizations or programs include, but are not limited to, Boy Scout Explorer programs or firefighting degree programs.
History:
2009 c 169 art 10 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 423 — Retirement; Police Officer, Firefighter › Section 423.075 — Compulsory Retirement Of Certain Employees Of Police And Fire Departments.

423.075 COMPULSORY RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
65 years of age.
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of sections 197.455 to 197.48, every employee, officer, or person on the payroll of any fire or police department in any city of the first class who is a member of any tax aided pension, relief, or retirement fund established and maintained by authority of laws of this state, shall retire upon reaching the age of 65 years.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1981 c 224 s 276]
History:
(1442-40d) 1939 c 136 s 1; 1941 c 426; 1963 c 802 s 1; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1981 c 224 s 194
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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. Upon request, the fire chief shall provide the firefighter with a written explanation and documentation to support the determination of service credit. 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; 2022 c 65 art 4 s 10
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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 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 volunteer firefighter plan under chapter 353G shall transmit any fire state aid that it receives to the statewide 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; 2022 c 65 art 9 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement › Section 424A.095 — Investments.

424A.095 INVESTMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Authorized 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).
Subd. 2.
Investment report.
(a) Annually, the state auditor must provide an investment report to each relief association that has complied with the reporting requirements under section 356.219, subdivisions 1 and 3. The investment report must contain the following information:
(1) the relief association's average annual rates of return for at least the previous one-, three-, five-, ten-, 15-, and 20-year periods for which the state auditor has investment information;
(2) the relief association's asset allocation;
(3) the average annual one-year and ten-year benchmark rates of return;
(4) the average annual one-year and ten-year rates of return for the statewide volunteer firefighter plan;
(5) the one-year and ten-year average annual rates of return for the State Board of Investment supplemental investment fund; and
(6) a graphical comparison between:
(i) the relief association's average annual rates of return for the previous year and for the previous multiyear periods provided under clause (1); and
(ii) the average annual rates of return for the same periods for the supplemental investment fund's balanced fund or any successor fund.
(b) The state auditor shall select the benchmark rates of return based on the best practice in the industry.
(c) The relief association's board of trustees must certify to the state auditor that the board reviewed the investment report. The certification must accompany the audited financial statements or detailed financial statement under section 424A.014, subdivision 1 or 2, whichever applies. A copy of the report must be kept on file by the relief association and must be available for inspection by any member of the public.
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; 2022 c 65 art 4 s 20
2023 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
2023 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