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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.405 - Moneys set apart for pension fund.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.405. Moneys set apart for pension fund. —
The municipal authorities in cities in this state to which sections 87.380 to 87.490 are applicable, may, by law or ordinance, set apart one-half of all revenues received for municipal purposes by such cities from licenses issued by such cities for carrying on the business of a fire insurance company, agent or agency, and not exceeding three percent of all revenues received for municipal purposes by such cities from all other licenses issued by such cities, as a fund for the pensioning of members of the fire department, and of the widows and orphans of deceased members of the fire department of such cities, which moneys shall be credited to said pension fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9525)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8958; 1919 § 9059; 1909 § 9884
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.410 - Authorizing a tax for firemen's pensions in certain cities.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
87.410. Authorizing a tax for firemen's pensions in certain cities. —
1. When one hundred voters of any city in this state which now has or may hereafter have one hundred thousand inhabitants or more shall petition the proper authorities asking that an annual tax of one-fifth of a mill on the dollar annually on all taxable property in such city shall be levied for the benefit of the fund for the pensioning of crippled and disabled firemen, and for the relief of the widows and minor children of deceased firemen of the fire department of such city, and shall ask that the question of whether such a tax shall be levied be submitted to the voters of the city, provided no special tax for such fund shall then be subject to be levied, the proper authorities shall submit the question to the voters of the city.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall there be a one-fifth mill tax on the firemen's pension fund?
3. If the majority of all the votes cast in such city upon such proposition for or against a one-fifth mill tax for the firemen's pension fund shall be for the tax, the tax specified in such notice shall be levied and collected in like manner with the other general taxes of said city, and the proceeds of said tax shall be known as "the firemen's pension fund"; provided, that such tax shall cease in case the voters of such city shall so determine by a majority vote at any election held therein; provided further, however, that when a majority of the voters of such city shall have voted for a one-fifth mill tax for the firemen's pension fund, the authorities, officials or representatives of the city whose duty it shall be to fix the tax rate for such city shall have the tax for the firemen's pension fund at the rate specified in consideration in fixing the tax rate, and shall so fix said rate that with and including such tax for the firemen's pension fund the constitutional limitation upon the taxing power of such city shall not be exceeded.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9500, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8933; 1919 § 9034
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.415 - Warrants to be drawn on treasurer.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.415. Warrants to be drawn on treasurer. —
It shall be the duty of the officer or officers of such city who are designated by law to draw warrants on the treasurer of such city, upon request, in writing, by said board of trustees, to draw warrants on the treasurer of such city, payable to the treasurer of such board of trustees, for all funds belonging to said pension funds as aforesaid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8972; 1919 § 9073; 1909 § 9898
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.420 - Powers of board of trustees.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.420. Powers of board of trustees. —
The board of trustees of the firemen's fund shall have exclusive control and management of the separate funds mentioned in sections 87.380 to 87.490, and of all the moneys donated, paid or assessed, for the relief or pensioning of crippled, disabled or retired members of the fire department, and their widows, minor children and dependents. Said 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 87.380 to 87.490 and its decision on such applications shall be final and conclusive and not subject to review and reversal except by the board, or on rehearing by the circuit court, and a record shall be kept of all the meetings and proceedings of the board. No pension, relief or other benefit payable from such fund shall be more or less than those payable to the most numerous class of members of the fire department, or their widows, children or other dependents.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9527)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8960; 1919 § 9061; 1909 § 9886
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.425 - Members of department may be assessed.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.425. Members of department may be assessed. —
The board of trustees may assess each member of the fire department such sum per month as may be determined by the rules and regulations adopted by the board, and such assessment shall not be increased or diminished during any one fiscal year, the sums so assessed to be deducted and withheld from the monthly pay of each member, and the same to be placed by the treasurer of the board to the credit of the pension fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9528)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8962; 1919 § 9063; 1909 § 9888
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.430 - Funds may be invested.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.430. Funds may be invested. —
Said board of trustees shall have power to draw such funds as are credited to the pension fund under the provisions of sections 87.380 to 87.490 from the treasury of such city, and may invest the same, 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 or the state of Missouri, or of any county, township or municipal corporation of the state, or loan the same on real estate in the city where such pension funds are established, not exceeding in amount in any case two-thirds of such real estate. All such securities shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, as ex officio treasurer of such board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9529)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8963; 1919 § 9064; 1909 § 9889
CROSS REFERENCE:
Multinational banks, securities and obligations of, investment in, when, 409.950
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.435 - Who shall be beneficiaries.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.435. Who shall be beneficiaries. —
If any member of the fire department of any city shall, while in the performance of his duty, become and be found, upon examination by a medical officer ordered by said board of trustees, to be physically or mentally permanently disabled by reason of age or service in such department, so as to render necessary his retirement from service in said fire department, said board of trustees shall retire such disabled member from service in such fire department; provided, however, no such retirement on account of disability shall occur unless said member has contracted said disability in the service of such fire department, and upon such retirement the said board of trustees shall order the payment to such disabled members of such fire department monthly from the "pension fund" such sum of money as may be determined by the rules and regulations provided for the management of said funds; and in case the party suffering such disability is a member of the volunteer department receiving no pay, the amount to be paid him shall be fixed by the board of trustees. If any such person reenters the service of the department, no such payments shall be made to him during such service.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9530)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8965; 1919 § 9066; 1909 § 9891
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.440 - Widow and children may be awarded retirement pay, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.440. Widow and children may be awarded retirement pay, when. —
If any member of such fire department shall die after having been retired and pensioned by reason of injuries sustained or disease contracted while serving as a member of the department, his widow, provided their marriage shall have occurred prior to such retirement, and children under sixteen years of age, if any, shall be paid monthly out of the pension fund such sum of money as may be determined by the rules and regulations provided for the management of said funds. If there be no widow, or if such widow die while unmarried, the amount of her said benefit may be added to the said benefits for such children.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9534)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8969; 1919 § 9070; 1909 § 9895
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.445 - Widow and children beneficiaries, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.445. Widow and children beneficiaries, when. —
If any member of such fire department shall, while in the performance of his duty, be killed or die as the result of an injury received in the line of his duty, or of any disease contracted by reason of his occupation as fireman, or shall die from any cause whatever while in such service, and shall leave a widow, or child or children under the age of sixteen years, surviving, said board of trustees shall direct the payment from said pension fund monthly to such widow, while unmarried, such sum of money as may be determined by the rules and regulations provided for the management of such funds, and said board shall also direct the payment out of said pension fund for each child until it reaches the age of sixteen years such sum of money as may be determined by said rules and regulations, and in case the party suffering such disability is a member of the volunteer department, the amount to be paid monthly to his widow and children aforesaid shall be fixed by said board of trustees. If there be no widow, or if such widow die while unmarried, the amount of her said benefits may be added to the said benefits for such children. If any member of the fire department shall die from any cause while a member of such department, but not while in the service thereof, if he be married his widow and children shall receive from the pension fund the same benefits as are payable from the pension fund in other cases, and if he be unmarried his dependent father, mother, brothers and sisters shall receive from the pension fund the same benefits as are payable from said fund in other cases.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9531)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8966; 1919 § 9067; 1909 § 9892
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.450 - Relatives, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.450. Relatives, when. —
If any member of such fire department being single and unmarried shall, while in the performance of his duty, be killed, or die, as the result of an injury received, or shall die of any disease contracted by reason of his occupation as fireman, or shall die from any cause whatever while in said service, and shall leave a father or mother who are dependent upon him for support, or a brother or sister under the age of sixteen years so dependent, said board of trustees shall direct the payment from the pension fund monthly to such dependent parents or the survivor thereof and to each such dependent brother or sister under sixteen years of age, such sum of money as may be determined by the rules and regulations of said board; provided, that the board of trustees shall also have the power to make provision for any such dependent brother or sister over the age of sixteen years who may be mentally deficient or physically incapacitated, in such sum as the board my determine, and the board shall have the sole power to determine who is mentally deficient or physically incapacitated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9532)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8967; 1919 § 9068; 1909 § 9893
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.455 - Members may be retired, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.455. Members may be retired, when. —
Any member of the fire department of any such city having served twenty years or more in such fire department, of which the last two years shall have been continuous, may have application to be relieved from such fire department and retired; and if his application is granted, or if he shall be discharged from such department, the said board of trustees shall order and direct that said person shall be paid out of the pension fund monthly such sum of money as may be determined by the rules and regulations provided for the management of said funds; and if he be a member of the volunteer fire department and not under pay, such amount monthly as may be fixed by the board of trustees. After the decease of such member, his widow, provided their marriage shall have occurred prior to such retirement, and his children under the age of sixteen years, if any, shall be paid out of the pension fund such sum of money as may be determined by said rules and regulations. If there be no widow, or if such widow die while unmarried, the amount of her said benefit may be added to the said benefits for such children. If such member be discharged from the department by reason of age, or if he be found permanently disabled by reason of service in such department, his payment shall be made out of the pension fund. If any retired or pensioned member reenters the service of the department his payments shall abate during such service.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9533)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8968; 1919 § 9069; 1909 § 9894
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.457 - Health care benefits for retirees, separate fund established for benefit and premiums — application by retiree to be special consultant, compensation to fund benefits.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
87.457. Health care benefits for retirees, separate fund established for benefit 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 87.380 to 87.490, 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.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1675)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.460 - Funds to be prorated, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.460. Funds to be prorated, when. —
If at any time there shall not be sufficient money in the funds created under the provisions of sections 87.380 to 87.490 to pay each person entitled to the benefits herein provided the full amount per month provided for in said rules and regulations, then an equal percentage of such monthly payments shall be paid to each beneficiary until said funds shall have been replenished so as to warrant the payment in full of each of said beneficiaries.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9535)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8970; 1919 § 9071; 1909 § 9896
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.465 - Money paid beneficiaries only on warrant.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.465. Money paid beneficiaries only on warrant. —
All moneys ordered to be paid from said pension funds 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9538)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8973; 1919 § 9074; 1909 § 9899
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.470 - Funeral expenses.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.470. Funeral expenses. —
Whenever an active or retired fireman shall die, as aforesaid, the board of trustees may appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars for funeral expenses, to be paid out of the pension fund and may expend a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to be drawn from the pension fund, for the expenses of the attendance of the firemen at said funeral.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9542)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8977; 1919 § 9078; 1909 § 9903
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.475 - Honorary members, admission of.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.475. Honorary members, admission of. —
The board of trustees may provide for the admission of honorary members of the department in such manner and under such conditions as may be set forth in the rules and regulations enacted by said board of trustees.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9521)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8954; 1919 § 9055; 1909 § 9880
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.480 - Board of trustees to make report.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.480. Board of trustees to make report. —
The board of trustees shall make report to the legislative body of such city of the condition of said pension funds immediately after the first meeting of said board in January of each year.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9539)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8974; 1919 § 9075; 1909 § 9900
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.485 - Funds exempt from garnishment or other legal process.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.485. Funds exempt from garnishment or other legal process. —
No portion of said pension fund shall, before or after its order of distribution by the board of trustees to the persons entitled thereto, and before the actual payment thereof to such persons, 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 funds; but the said funds shall be held and distributed for the purposes of sections 87.380 to 87.490, and for no other purpose whatever.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9540)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8975; 1919 § 9076; 1909 § 9901
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.487 - Fund subject to domestic relations order (Kansas City).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
87.487. Fund subject to domestic relations order (Kansas City). —
The provisions of section 87.485 to the contrary notwithstanding, a pension fund for firefighters located in a home rule city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county shall recognize a domestic relations order and pay pension benefits directly to a spouse or former spouse of a participant, if such domestic relations order assigns a spouse or former spouse all or a portion of a participant's pension benefits payable by the pension fund, is properly entered in a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the state's domestic relation's law and complies with the rules and procedures of the pension fund.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 1247)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.490 - Associations authorized to transfer funds.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.490. Associations authorized to transfer funds. —
Any fire department pension fund and relief association existing in any city to which sections 87.380 to 87.490 are applicable is hereby empowered, by a majority vote of its members, to transfer and deliver all its property and effects, after the payment of all debts and liabilities then due, to the board of trustees created under sections 87.380 to 87.490, and the said board of trustees is hereby authorized to credit said property and effects to the pension fund provided for in sections 87.380 to 87.490.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9541)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8976; 1919 § 9077; 1909 § 9902
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.495 - Firemen's pension fund provided.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.495. Firemen's pension fund provided. —
Any fire department existing by authority of the laws of this state, or any municipal authority thereof, in any city or county in this state having a population of fifty thousand inhabitants or over, is hereby authorized and empowered to form a pension fund and relief association under the general incorporation laws of this state in relation to benevolent associations, and to create a fund for the purpose of pensioning retired firemen, and affording relief to members of such fire department when sick, or who may become disabled in the service, and to provide a fund for the relief of the families and other dependents of such firemen in case of death, under such rules and regulations as may be enacted by such fire department pension fund and relief association, not inconsistent with sections 87.495 to 87.515 or the laws of this state in relation to benevolent associations.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9545)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8980; 1919 § 10304; 1909 § 3460
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.500 - Membership continued after retirement.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.500. Membership continued after retirement. —
All members of any such fire department in any such city or county in this state shall become members of the fire department pension fund and relief association, and may continue in full membership in such association after having been retired from the department and pensioned by the association.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9546)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8981; 1919 § 10305; 1909 § 3461
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.507 - Health care benefits for retirees, separate fund established for benefit and premiums — application by retiree to be special consultant, compensation to fund benefits.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
87.507. Health care benefits for retirees, separate fund established for benefit and premiums — application by retiree to be special consultant, compensation to fund benefits. —
1. The governing body of the city or county may provide or contract for insurance benefits to cover hospital, surgical and medical expenses for retirees under sections 87.495 to 87.515, in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars per month for each retiree.
2. If the governing body 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 association 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 governing body to be named as a special advisor to the firemen's retirement association. Upon the acceptance of such application, the governing body 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.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1675)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.510 - Honorary members admitted.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.510. Honorary members admitted. —
Any such association may provide for the admission of honorary members in such manner and under such conditions as may be set forth in their articles of association and incorporation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9547)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8982; 1919 § 10306; 1909 § 3462
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.515 - Treasurer to give bond — who may be.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.515. Treasurer to give bond — who may be. —
The city or county treasurer of any such city or county as aforesaid may be the treasurer of any such association existing in any such city or county, and shall be required as such treasurer to furnish such reasonable bond as may be required by such association.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9549)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8984; 1919 § 10308; 1909 § 3464
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.600 - Proposed change in benefits — notice and meeting with representative of members required.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
Effective - 28 Aug 1967
87.600. Proposed change in benefits — notice and meeting with representative of members required. —
Whenever any municipality having a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants and less than six hundred thousand inhabitants, according to the last federal decennial census, has established a pension plan for the pensioning of the salaried members, and the widows and minor children of deceased members, of an organized fire department, no changes shall be made in the present and future benefits payable to such members or the widows and minor children of deceased members, except changes required to establish and maintain actuarial soundness of such pension plan as determined by the actuaries for the system and the members, unless an itemized list of the proposed changes and the reasons therefor is sent by mail to the designated representative of the members at least thirty days before the proposed effective date of such proposed changes and said municipality or its designated representative or representatives shall meet, confer, and discuss such proposed changes with the designated representative of the members.
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(L. 1967 p. 167 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.615 - Retired firefighters or their beneficiaries not covered by retirement system may be employed by certain cities as consultants, duties, compensation (St. Joseph).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
87.615. Retired firefighters or their beneficiaries not covered by retirement system may be employed by certain cities as consultants, duties, compensation (St. Joseph). —
1. Any firefighter who has retired or who retires and was not or is not a member of the retirement system governed by sections 70.600 to 70.755 and any beneficiary of any such firefighter shall, upon application to any city with a population of at least seventy thousand located in a county of the first classification without a charter form of government, be made, constitutionally appointed, and employed by the city as a special consultant on the problems of retirement and upon request of the city council, shall give opinions and be available to give opinions in writing or orally in response to requests of the city council. As compensation for the services required by this section, the city may directly compensate the retired firefighter or beneficiary thereof in an amount established by ordinance of the city. Such amount of additional compensation may be paid directly by the city to each qualified retiree or beneficiary and shall not be considered employer contributions to the local government retirement system nor benefits paid therefrom.
2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, beginning August 29, 2001, any beneficiary of a firefighter who had retired or who retires and was not or is not a member of the retirement system governed by sections 70.600 to 70.755 shall upon application to any city with a population of at least seventy thousand located in a county of the first classification without a charter form of government, be made, constitutionally appointed, and employed by the city as a special consultant on the problems of retirement and upon request of the city council, shall give opinions and be available to give opinions in writing or orally in response to request of the city council. As compensation for the services required by this section, the city may directly compensate the beneficiary thereof by continuing the death benefit payment upon remarriage of the beneficiary. Such amount of compensation may be paid directly by the city to each qualifying special consultant and shall not be considered employer contributions to the local government employees retirement system nor benefits paid therefrom.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 157 & 29 § 3, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.010 - Condemnation of private property.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
88.010. Condemnation of private property. —
Whenever the city council, or the proper legislative body of any city, shall deem it necessary to condemn or appropriate private property and to assess the cost thereof against property in a benefit district, said legislative body shall enact an ordinance setting forth the general nature or purpose of the use to which such private property is to be put and declare it to be necessary to take and appropriate private property therein described for such purpose and define the limits of a benefit district within which private property shall be deemed benefitted or assessed to pay for such improvements, and the time and mode of payment of such assessment and the penalty for failure to pay the same when due.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6755, 6999, 7230, 7484, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6628, 6853, 7080, 7331; 1919 §§ 7767, 8116, 8335, 8530, 8745; 1909 §§ 8681, 9033, 9262
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.013 - Condemnation of property — petition for appointment of commissioners.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
88.013. Condemnation of property — petition for appointment of commissioners. —
Thereupon the attorney for the city, in the name of the city, shall apply to the circuit court of the county where the city is located, by petition, setting forth the limits of the benefit district, a correct description of the property that is sought to be acquired or condemned, the use for which such land is to be taken and dedicated or the general nature of the improvements proposed to be made, the names of the owners of the several lots, tracts or parcels of land if known, or if unknown a correct description of the parcels whose owners are unknown, and praying the appointment of three disinterested commissioners, who are residents of the county, in which the real estate or a portion thereof is situated, to assess the damages which the owners may severally sustain by reason of the appropriation and condemnation of such real estate by the city for any of the purposes described in this section, and to assess the property especially benefitted by the improvements within the benefitted district, in proportion to the benefits accruing to each from the proposed improvements.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6755, 6999, 7230, 7484, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al. merged with S.B. 71)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6628, 6853, 7080, 7331; 1919 §§ 7767, 8116, 8335, 8530, 8745; 1909 §§ 8681, 9033, 9262
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.017 - Condemnation of property — party defendant.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
88.017. Condemnation of property — party defendant. —
The owners of property to be appropriated or damaged shall be made defendants by name, but it shall not be necessary to name any defendants except the owners of a freehold in the property to be appropriated. If the proceedings seek to affect lands of persons under conservatorship, the conservators must be made parties defendant. If the possessor of land to be affected has an estate less than a fee the person having the next vested estate in remainder or reversion must, if known, be made a party defendant. It shall not be necessary to name any person defendant who is neither in actual possession nor record owner of the property to be appropriated, but any person holding an interest in the property or who is damaged by such appropriation may be made a party thereto by appearing therein and shall have just compensation allowed and paid to him in such proceedings.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6755, 6999, 7230, 7487, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6628, 6853, 7080, 7334; 1919 §§ 7767, 8116, 8335, 8530, 8748; 1909 §§ 8681, 9033, 9262
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.020 - Condemnation of property — summons, how served.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
88.020. Condemnation of property — summons, how served. —
Upon the filing of the petition a summons shall be issued giving such defendants named therein at least ten days' notice of the time when the petition will be heard, which summons shall be served in the same manner as writs are or may be required to be served by the code of civil procedure. If the name or residence of any owners be unknown, or if the owners or any of them do not reside within the state, or if service upon them cannot be had for any reason specified in section 506.160, then service of notice of the time of hearing of the petition by mail or publication shall be made in the time and manner prescribed by said section 506.160. Notice of the proceedings shall be given to the owners of the property benefitted, as well as other parties interested, by publication as in this section provided for nonresidents except that such notice need not be addressed to them by name, but shall contain a general description of the property appropriated and of the benefit district by boundaries as defined by the legislative body. The notice to owners of property benefitted herein required may, in the discretion of the court or judge thereof, be incorporated in the notice by publication to unknown or absent defendants.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6387, 6755, 7000, 7231, 7485, 7486, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6265, 6628, 6854, 7081, 7332, 7333; 1919 §§ 7767, 7768, 8116, 8336, 8531, 8746, 8747; 1909 §§ 8681, 8682, 9034, 9263
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.023 - Condemnation of property — appointment of commissioners.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
88.023. Condemnation of property — appointment of commissioners. —
The court on being satisfied that proper notice has been given to all the defendants and to the owners of property within the benefitted district and that the ordinance and petition are regular and valid, shall appoint three persons, who are residents of the county, in which the real estate or a portion thereof is situated, as commissioners to assess the damages which the owners of the land may severally sustain by reason of such appropriation, and to assess the property especially benefitted by said improvements within the benefitted district to pay therefor.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6388, 6756, 7001, 7232, 7488, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al. merged with S.B. 71)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6266, 6629, 6855, 7082, 7335; 1919 §§ 7769, 8117, 8337, 8532, 8749; 1909 §§ 8683, 9035, 9264
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.027 - Condemnation of property — assessment of damages, duties of commissioners.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
88.027. Condemnation of property — assessment of damages, duties of commissioners. —
1. The commissioners so appointed shall give notice to all parties interested of the time and place when and where they will hear all parties interested who may appear before them, which notice need not be directed to any particular defendant or party interested, but may be general in its form, giving the number, title and date of approval of the ordinance initiating the proceedings and a description of the benefitted district by boundaries as defined in the ordinance. Such notice shall be published in some newspaper in said city, selected by the commissioners, once each week for two consecutive weeks, the last insertion to be at least one day before the day set for such hearing.
2. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to first determine the value of the property to be appropriated, and all damages caused by said appropriation; then they shall apportion the total sum to be paid for the property condemned and damages so determined among the various lots, tracts and parcels of land within the benefitted district, and the city, according to the actual benefits which they find will accrue to the various lots, tracts and parcels of land within said benefitted district and to the city at large. They shall not be required to assess any sum against any lot, tract or parcel of land within the benefitted district which they may find will not be benefitted, nor shall they be required to assess any sum against the city unless they find that the city at large will be benefitted. Any action taken by a majority of the commissioners shall be deemed the act of all.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6389, 6757, 6765, 7489, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6267, 6630, 6638, 7336; 1919 §§ 7770, 8118, 8126, 8750; 1909 § 8684
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.030 - Condemnation of property — commissioners' report.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
88.030. Condemnation of property — commissioners' report. —
When the commissioners shall have viewed the property and assessed the value, damages and benefits they shall make their return of such assessment in writing and under oath to the circuit court. The report shall be filed with the clerk of the court and shall set out the amounts allowed for each lot, tract or parcel of land condemned and the amounts assessed against the various lots, tracts and parcels of land, and the city, if any, to pay for the land condemned, stating such amounts separately and giving a description of each lot, tract or parcel of land condemned or assessed.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6390, 6757, 7002, 7233, 7489, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6268, 6630, 6856, 7083; 1919 §§ 7771, 8118, 8338, 8533, 8750; 1909 §§ 8685, 9265
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.033 - Condemnation of property — filing of exceptions to commissioners' report.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
88.033. Condemnation of property — filing of exceptions to commissioners' report. —
All parties interested shall take notice of the filing of said report, and any owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land assessed may, within ten days after the filing of said report, file his written exception to said report, asking that the same be set aside and, if the judge shall find that such assessment was not properly made, or that injustice was done in the making of such assessment, he shall set aside the report of the commissioners and appoint new commissioners, who shall proceed in the manner provided for the first commissioners, and so on until a fair and proper determination of the allowance of damages and assessment of benefits has been made and reported. Whenever no exceptions are filed within the time limited, or whenever the judge shall find that the commissioners have fairly and properly discharged their duties and reported their action, he shall make an order confirming the assessment as reported, which shall be final as to the assessment of benefits.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6391, 6758, 7003, 7234, 7491, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6269, 6631, 6857, 7084, 7338; 1919 §§ 7772, 8119, 8339, 8534, 8752; 1909 §§ 8686, 9266
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.037 - Condemnation of property — assessment by jury.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
88.037. Condemnation of property — assessment by jury. —
All owners of property to be appropriated shall take notice of the confirmation of the report of the commissioners as to the assessment of benefits, and any owner of property to be appropriated may, within ten days after such confirmation, file with the clerk his request that the assessment of damages made by the commissioners be set aside as to his property and that the damages be assessed by a jury. If such exceptions are filed by several property owners, the issues may, by their consent filed in the cause, be tried as one case by the same jury, the verdict to show the amounts allowed to the several defendants separately as to each lot, tract or parcel of land; otherwise the issues shall be tried separately. The judge shall set the time for trial, allowing a reasonable time for preparation.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6759, 7003, 7234, 7491, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6632, 6857, 7084, 7338; 1919 §§ 8120, 8339, 8534, 8752; 1909 § 9266
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.040 - Condemnation of property — appeals from judgment.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
88.040. Condemnation of property — appeals from judgment. —
Appeals from the final judgment of the court on jury verdicts shall be allowed to any defendant, defendants or the city as in condemnation proceedings by railroad companies, and shall be controlled and governed by the same rules as far as the same may be applicable. But no such appeal shall operate as a supersedeas or delay the right of the city to take possession of the property condemned.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 6760, 7493, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6633, 7340; 1919 §§ 8121, 8754
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.043 - Condemnation of property — payment of assessed damages.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
88.043. Condemnation of property — payment of assessed damages. —
If the amount of damages finally allowed by the court or jury shall be greater than the amount allowed by the commissioners, the excess shall be paid by the city and the assessments against the property benefitted and against the city, if any, as made by the commissioners, shall remain the same, but if the amount of damages finally allowed shall be less than the amount allowed by the commissioners all assessments made by the commissioners shall be reduced proportionately.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6761, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6634; 1919 § 8122