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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.010 - Fund for pensioning firemen — treasurer of corporation ex officio treasurer of fund — cities other than first class to ratify.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
87.010. Fund for pensioning firemen — treasurer of corporation ex officio treasurer of fund — cities other than first class to ratify. —
The municipal authorities by act or ordinance, in all cities, villages or incorporated towns in this state having an organized fire department, may set apart not exceeding fifty percent of all revenue received by such cities, villages or incorporated towns for municipal purposes from licenses issued by them for carrying on the business of a fire insurance company, agent or agency, and not exceeding three percent of all other revenue received by such cities, villages or incorporated towns for municipal purposes from licenses issued by such cities, villages or incorporated towns, as a fund for the pensioning of crippled and disabled members of the fire department, and of the widows and orphans of deceased members of the fire department of such cities, villages or incorporated towns, and the treasurer of such cities, villages or incorporated towns shall be ex officio treasurer of such fund; provided, that in any city other than a city of the first class the provisions of sections 87.010 to 87.105 shall not be in effect until it shall be ratified by a majority of the voters of such city, who vote on the question which shall be submitted at the request of one hundred voters.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9499, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8932; 1919 § 9033; 1909 § 9859
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.015 - How certain cities may be included in these provisions.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
87.015. How certain cities may be included in these provisions. —
Sections 87.010 to 87.105 shall not apply to any city, village or incorporated town having less than twenty thousand inhabitants, until the provisions of said sections shall be adopted by two-thirds of the voters of such city, town or village, voting in favor of the question submitted at an election.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9519, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8952; 1919 § 9053; 1909 § 9878
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.020 - Creating board of trustees.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.020. Creating board of trustees. —
In cities, the treasurer, the counselor, the clerk or register, and the comptroller where such office exists, the chief officer of the fire department, three delegates at large from the fire department, to be elected by the members thereof on the first Monday in December of each year, whose term of office shall be for one year, and one delegate from the retired or pensioned list, to be elected by such retired or pensioned members on the first Monday in December of each year, whose term of office shall be for one year, shall constitute and be a board by the name of "The Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Fund". The board shall select from their members a president and secretary; provided, that in villages and incorporated towns the board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund shall consist of the chairman of the village or town trustees, the clerk, counselor or attorney, treasurer and chief officer of the fire department.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9501)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8934; 1919 § 9035; 1909 § 9860
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.025 - Duties and powers of board — assessment of members.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 30 Apr 1990, see footnote
87.025. Duties and powers of board — assessment of members. —
The board shall have exclusive control and management of the fund mentioned in section 87.010, and of all money donated, paid or assessed for the relief or pensioning of disabled members of the fire department, retirement for service pensions, their widows and minor children, and shall assess each member of the fire department at least one percent but not more than ten percent of the salary of such member, to be deducted and withheld from the monthly pay of each member so assessed, and the same to be placed by the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, who shall be ex officio treasurer of such board, to the credit of such fund, subject to the order of such board. The percent rate shall not be changed without the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire board. The board shall make all needful rules and regulations for its government in the discharge of its duties, and shall hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions, under sections 87.010 to 87.105, and its decisions on such applications shall be final and conclusive, and not subject to review and reversal except by the board, and a record shall be kept of all the meetings and proceedings of all the board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9502, A.L. 1953 p. 301, A.L. 1979 H.B. 850, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1047)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8935; 1919 § 9036; 1909 § 9861
Effective 4-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.030 - Rewards and gifts to pension fund.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
87.030. Rewards and gifts to pension fund. —
All rewards in money, fees, gifts and endowments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary services by said fire department or any member thereof, except when permitted by order of the board to be retained by said member, may be paid into said pension fund. The said board of trustees may take by gift, grant, devise or bequest any money, real estate, personal property, right of property, or other valuable thing, and the same shall be treated as a part of and for the uses of said fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9503, A.L. 1953 p. 300)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8936; 1919 § 9037; 1909 § 9862
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.035 - Trustees may invest fund.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.035. Trustees may invest fund. —
The said board of trustees shall have power to draw such pension fund from the treasury of such city, village or incorporated town, and may invest such fund, or any part thereof, in the name of the board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund, in interest-bearing bonds of the United States, of the state of Missouri, of any county, township or municipal corporation of the state, or in judgments or tax bills against the city where such pension fund is established, or loan the same on real estate in the city where such pension fund is established, not exceeding in amount in any case two-thirds of the assessed taxpaying valuation of such real estate; and all such securities shall be deposited with the treasurer of said city, village or incorporated town, as ex officio treasurer of said board, and shall be subject to the order of said board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9504)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8937; 1919 § 9038; 1909 § 9863
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 87.040 - Disposition of interest — duties of legislative body of city.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.040. Disposition of interest — duties of legislative body of city. —
The interest received from the investment of said funds shall be applicable to the payment of pensions under sections 87.010 to 87.105, and it shall be in the power of the legislative body of any city, village or incorporated town to diminish and adjust the annual rate of one percent from licenses, so that the income from interest, dues from members and licenses shall meet the requirements of the pension list as provided by sections 87.010 to 87.105.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9505)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8938; 1919 § 9039; 1909 § 9864
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.055 - Law applicable to whom.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.055. Law applicable to whom. —
Sections 87.010 to 87.105 shall apply to all persons who are now or shall hereafter become members of any organized fire department in any city, village or incorporated town in this state, and to all cities, villages and incorporated towns now existing in this state or which may hereafter be created herein.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9510)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8943; 1919 § 9044; 1909 § 9869
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.063 - Health care benefits for retirees — separate fund established for benefits and premiums — application by retiree to be special consultant, compensation to fund benefits.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
87.063. Health care benefits for retirees — separate fund established for benefits and premiums — application by retiree to be special consultant, compensation to fund benefits. —
1. The board of trustees may provide or contract for insurance benefits to cover hospital, surgical, and medical expenses for retirees under sections 87.010 to 87.105, in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars per month for each retiree.
2. If the board agrees to provide benefits pursuant to this section, a separate account for hospital, surgical and medical benefits shall be established as part of the benefit reserve fund. All benefits and premiums shall be transferred from the general revenue fund of the system to the benefit reserve fund for payment of hospital, surgical and medical benefits.
3. Any retiree who is receiving benefits from the system may make application to the board to be named as a special advisor to the firemen's retirement system. Upon the acceptance of such application, the board may deposit in the fund created in subsection 2 of this section an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars per month for the applicant and may make a monthly payment from the fund created in subsection 2 of this section toward health care benefits for the applicant as provided in subsection 1 of this section.
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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 87.065 - Payments prorated when funds are insufficient.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.065. Payments prorated when funds are insufficient. —
If at any time there shall not be sufficient money in such pension fund to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof the full amount per month as herein provided, then an equal percentage of such monthly payments shall be made to each beneficiary until the said fund shall be replenished to warrant the payment in full of each of said beneficiaries.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9508)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8941; 1919 § 9042; 1909 § 9867
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.070 - Pension fund custodian.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.070. Pension fund custodian. —
The treasurer shall be the custodian of said pension fund, subject to the control and direction of the board and shall keep a separate book and complete account concerning said fund, in such a manner as may be prescribed by the board, and the books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the board or any member thereof, and said treasurer shall be personally liable, and also liable on his bond executed to the city for the purpose of becoming said officer of the city. On the expiration of his term of office, he will surrender and deliver over to his successor all unexpended moneys and all property and evidence of indebtedness, and all other papers and records which may have come to his possession as treasurer of such funds.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9511)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8944; 1919 § 9045; 1909 § 9870
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.075 - Warrants, upon whom drawn.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.075. Warrants, upon whom drawn. —
It shall be the duty of the officer or officers of such city, village or incorporated town as are designated by law to draw warrants on the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, upon request, in writing, by said board of trustees, to draw warrants on the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, payable to the treasurer of said board of trustees, for all funds belonging to said pension fund, as aforesaid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9512)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8945; 1919 § 9046; 1909 § 9871
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.080 - Warrants, how drawn.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.080. Warrants, how drawn. —
All moneys ordered to be paid from said pension fund to any person or persons shall be paid by the treasurer of the board of trustees only upon warrants signed by the president of said board and countersigned by the secretary thereof, and no warrant shall be drawn except by order of the board, duly entered on the records of the proceedings of the board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9513)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8946; 1919 § 9047; 1909 § 9872
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.085 - Annual report of condition of fund.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.085. Annual report of condition of fund. —
The board of trustees shall make report to the legislative body of said city, village or incorporated town of the condition of said pension fund, on the first day of January in each and every year.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9514)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8947; 1919 § 9048; 1909 § 9873
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.090 - Fund exempt from execution.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.090. Fund exempt from execution. —
No portion of said pension fund shall, before or after its order of distribution by the board of trustees to the persons entitled thereto, be held, seized, taken, subjected to or detained or levied on by virtue of any attachment, execution, injunction, writ, interlocutory or other order or decree, or any process or proceeding whatever issued out of or by any court of this state for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damages, claim, demand or judgment against the beneficiary of said fund; but the said fund shall be held and distributed for the purpose of sections 87.010 to 87.105, and for no other purpose whatever.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9515)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8948; 1919 § 9049; 1909 § 9874
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.095 - Funeral expenses to be paid.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
87.095. Funeral expenses to be paid. —
Whenever an active or retired fireman shall die, as aforesaid, the board of trustees shall appropriate from the fund a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars to the widow or family for funeral expenses. In cities not within a county the payment for funeral expenses shall be two thousand dollars, and shall be paid solely from moneys within the pension fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9517, A.L. 1989 H.B. 156)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8950; 1919 § 9051; 1909 § 9876
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.100 - Relief associations may, by vote of members, amalgamate with board of trustees.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.100. Relief associations may, by vote of members, amalgamate with board of trustees. —
Any fire department pension fund and relief association existing in this state under sections 87.495 to 87.515, is hereby empowered, by a majority vote of its members, to amalgamate with the board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund formed under sections 87.010 to 87.105 in the same city, village or town, and thereupon all the assets and property of said relief association and all its rights and privileges shall be vested in said board of trustees, and all obligations, debts and liabilities of said association shall be assumed and shall become obligations, debts and liabilities of said board of trustees, and thenceforward the business of said amalgamated organizations shall be conducted under the terms of sections 87.010 to 87.105 by said board of trustees.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9516)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8949; 1919 § 9050; 1909 § 9875
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.105 - Penalty for misrepresentation.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
87.105. Penalty for misrepresentation. —
Any member of the fire department who, upon entering such fire department, makes any misstatement or misrepresentation as to his physical condition or understatement of his age, shall, for himself and his dependents, forfeit all rights to participate in the benefits of sections 87.010 to 87.105.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9518)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.125 - Authorizing municipality to provide by ordinance for pensions.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
87.125. Authorizing municipality to provide by ordinance for pensions. —
Any city in this state that now has or may hereafter have seven hundred thousand inhabitants or more and that has an organized fire department is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370, to provide by ordinance for the pensioning of members of any such organized fire department and of the dependents of deceased members thereof and to take from its municipal revenue a fund for such purpose. The fund shall be under the management of a board of trustees herein described and shall be known as "The Firemen's Retirement System of ______" and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested and all of its cash and securities and other property held.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 2, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.483)
(1973) Held, this section is permissive and a city ordinance passed in accordance with it is neither void nor automatically amended by an amendment to such enabling legislation. Trantina v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Retirement System of St. Louis, et al. (A.), 503 S.W.2d 148.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.127 - Qualified government plan, retirement plan intended to be.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011
87.127. Qualified government plan, retirement plan intended to be. —
A retirement plan under sections 87.120 to 87.370 is intended to be a qualified governmental plan under the provisions of applicable federal law. The benefits and conditions of the plan shall be interpreted and the system shall be operated to ensure that the system meets the federal qualification requirements.
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(L. 2011 H.B. 282 merged with H.B. 664)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.130 - Membership requirements.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
87.130. Membership requirements. —
1. All persons who are firefighters shall be members as a condition of their employment and shall receive no pension or retirement allowance from any other pension or retirement system supported wholly or in part by the city or the state of Missouri because of years of service for which they are entitled to benefits under this system nor shall they be required to make contributions under any other pension or retirement system of the city or the state of Missouri, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.
2. If any member, in any period of five consecutive years after last becoming a member, is absent from service for more than four years unless the member has twenty years or more of creditable service, or if any member withdraws the member's accumulated contributions, or if any member becomes a beneficiary, the person shall thereupon cease to be a member; except in the case of a member who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States or retired pursuant to section 87.170 and is subsequently reinstated as a firefighter or as a member in beneficiary status as a surviving spouse.
3. Any member who is reinstated after retiring pursuant to conditions in section 87.170 shall not be eligible to participate in the benefit provided pursuant to section 87.182.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 3, A.L. 1945 p. 1239 § 3, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.487, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1404, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.140 - Administration vested in board of trustees — how appointed — vacancies — compensation — oath — voting.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
87.140. Administration vested in board of trustees — how appointed — vacancies — compensation — oath — voting. —
1. The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system shall be vested in a board of trustees of nine persons. The board shall be constituted as follows:
(1) The chief of the fire department of the city, ex officio;
(2) The comptroller or deputy comptroller of the city, ex officio;
(3) Two members to be appointed by the mayor of the city to serve for a term of two years;
(4) Three members to be elected by the members of the retirement system for a term of three years who shall be members of the system and hold office only while members of the system;
(5) Two members who shall be retired firemen to be elected by the retired firemen of the city and who shall hold office for a term of three years.
2. If a vacancy occurs in the office of trustee, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the office was previously filled.
3. The trustees shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for all necessary expenses which they may incur through service on the board.
4. Each trustee shall, within ten days after his appointment or election, take an oath of office before the clerk of circuit court of the city, that, so far as it devolves upon him, he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board and that he will not knowingly violate or willingly permit to be violated any of the provisions of the law applicable to the retirement system. The oath shall be subscribed to by the member making it and certified by the clerk of circuit court and filed in his office.
5. Each trustee shall be entitled to one vote on the board. Five votes shall be necessary for a decision by the trustees at any meeting of the board.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.493, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1139 & 1140, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171, A.L. 1993 H.B. 175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.145 - Board has exclusive original jurisdiction — review — rules and regulations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
87.145. Board has exclusive original jurisdiction — review — rules and regulations. —
The board of trustees shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all matters relating to or affecting the funds herein provided for, including, in addition to all other matters, all claims for benefits and refunds under this law, and its action, decision or determination in any matter shall be reviewable under chapter 536 only, and any party to the proceedings shall have a right of appeal from the decision of the reviewing court. Subject to the limitations of sections 87.120 to 87.370, the board of trustees shall, from time to time, establish rules and regulations for the administration of funds created by this law, for the transaction of its business, and for the limitation of the time within which claims may be filed.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.497)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.150 - Chairman — secretary — actuaries.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
87.150. Chairman — secretary — actuaries. —
The board of trustees shall elect from its membership a chairman, and shall by majority vote of its members appoint a secretary who may be one of its members. It may engage such actuarial and other services as may be required to transact the business of the retirement system. The compensation of all persons engaged by the board of trustees and all other expenses of the board necessary for the operation of the retirement system shall be paid at such rates and in such amounts as the board of trustees shall approve.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.500)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.155 - Data and record to be kept — annual report.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
87.155. Data and record to be kept — annual report. —
1. The board of trustees shall keep in convenient form such data as is necessary for actuarial valuation of the funds of the retirement system and for checking the experience of the system.
2. The board of trustees shall keep a record of all its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection. It shall publish annually a report showing the fiscal transactions of the retirement system for the preceding fiscal year, the amount of the accumulated cash and securities of the system, and the last balance sheet showing the financial condition of the system by means of an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement system.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.503)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.160 - Legal adviser — medical board.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
87.160. Legal adviser — medical board. —
1. The city counselor of the city shall be the legal adviser of the board of trustees.
2. The board of trustees shall designate a medical board to be composed of three physicians who shall arrange for and pass upon all medical examinations required under the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370, shall investigate all essential statements and certificates made by or on behalf of a member in connection with an application for disability retirement and shall report in writing to the board of trustees its conclusions and recommendations upon all the matters referred to it.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.507)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.165 - Actuarial investigation — establishment of contribution rates and tables.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
87.165. Actuarial investigation — establishment of contribution rates and tables. —
1. The actuary shall be the technical adviser of the board of trustees on matters regarding the operation of the funds created by sections 87.120 to 87.370 and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection therewith. He shall be qualified by membership as a fellow in the Society of Actuaries.
2. The board of trustees shall have made every five years an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service and compensation experiences of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system and, taking into account the results of such investigation and valuation, the board of trustees shall establish for the retirement system such mortality, service and other tables as are deemed necessary.
3. On the basis of the tables as the board of trustees adopt, the actuary shall make an annual valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds of the system.
4. On the basis of the valuation the board of trustees shall certify the rates of contribution payable by the city.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.510)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.170 - Conditions of retirement.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
87.170. Conditions of retirement. —
Retirement of a member on a service retirement allowance shall be made by the board of trustees as follows:
(1) Any member may retire upon the member's written application to the board of trustees setting forth at what time, not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days subsequent to the execution and filing therefor, the member desires to be retired, if the member at the time so specified for such member's retirement has twenty-five years or more of service; except that a member who ceases to be a firefighter after twenty years or more of service may retire prior to the twenty-five years of service with a retirement allowance based on the member's years of service;
(2) Any member in service upon attaining the age of sixty, if qualifying for a service retirement allowance equal to seventy-five percent of the average final compensation, shall be retired forthwith; except that with respect to any member, the board shall not retire such member when the member attains sixty years of age or more merely because the member has attained that age unless the member so requests or the member has completed thirty or more years of service, even if a portion of such service is not creditable service pursuant to participation in the deferred retirement option plan prescribed by section 87.182;
(3) Any member who qualifies for a service retirement allowance of seventy-five percent or over and has not attained sixty years of age may be retained as a member until sixty years of age, with no increase in retirement allowance.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 6, A.L. 1959 S.B. 134 § 86.513, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 876, A.L. 1977 H.B. 308, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1543, A.L. 1995 H.B. 260, et al. merged with S.B. 404, A.L. 1997 H.B. 590, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.175 - Retirement for service — amount, how computed — refund of member's contribution.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
87.175. Retirement for service — amount, how computed — refund of member's contribution. —
1. Upon retirement for service, a member shall receive a service retirement allowance which shall be equal to fifty percent of the average final compensation, plus an amount equal to five percent of the average final compensation for each additional year of service after twenty-five years, but no service retirement allowance shall exceed an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the average final compensation.
2. In addition to any other annuity or retirement allowance payable under this section and sections 87.195 and 87.205, any member upon retirement application approval shall be repaid the total amount of the member's contribution to the retirement system, without interest. Any beneficiary, upon the receipt of evidence and proof of the death of an active member, shall be repaid the total amount of the member's contribution to the firemen's retirement system, without interest. The board shall pay the beneficiary such total amount of the member's contribution to the retirement system within sixty days after the date of the death of the member.
3. Any annuity or retirement allowance repaid to a member under subsection 2 of this section shall be withdrawn from the members' contribution fund of the firemen's retirement system and no moneys shall be withdrawn from the general revenue fund of the city .
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 6, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.517, A.L. 1963 p. 142, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 876, A.L. 1969 pp. 161, 162, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1378, A.L. 1973 H.B. 591, A.L. 1977 H.B. 308, A.L. 1982 S.B. 508, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1575, A.L. 1995 H.B. 260, et al. merged with S.B. 404)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.177 - Service retirement allowance, five year service and less than twenty — survivor to share benefits — cost-of-living allowance.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
87.177. Service retirement allowance, five year service and less than twenty — survivor to share benefits — cost-of-living allowance. —
1. Any firefighter who terminates employment with five or more years of service but less than twenty years may apply at age sixty-two for a service retirement allowance. Upon written application to the board of trustees the benefit payable shall be equal to two percent times years of service times the average final compensation, and the member shall also be repaid the total amount of the member's contribution, without interest.
2. The benefits provided in subsection 1 of this section shall be in lieu of any benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of section 87.240.
3. Any survivor of a firefighter retiring pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be entitled to fifty percent of the retirement allowance of the retired member at his or her date of death.
4. Any surviving spouse of a firefighter who had five or more years of service but less than twenty years and who dies prior to application for retirement benefits payable pursuant to this section shall be entitled to fifty percent of the retirement allowance of the member at his or her date of death payable at the date the member would have reached age sixty-two, or to the immediate refund of the member's contribution plus interest. If no surviving spouse exists, a benefit shall be payable pursuant to subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection 1 of section 87.220, or by the immediate refund of the member's contribution plus interest.
5. Any firefighter retiring pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be entitled to receive a cost-of-living allowance of five percent per year for a maximum of five years.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1455 merged with S.B. 1107)
Effective 7-11-02 (H.B. 1455); 8-28-02 (S.B. 1107)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.179 - Funding for increases in benefit provisions from future benefits fund.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
87.179. Funding for increases in benefit provisions from future benefits fund. —
The funding for increases in benefit provisions of sections 87.170, 87.175, 87.182 and 87.371 shall be funded from the future benefits fund upon approval of an appropriate enabling ordinance.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 260, et al. merged with S.B. 404)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.185 - Military service during war credited.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
87.185. Military service during war credited. —
If, at any time since first becoming a member of the retirement system, a member has served in the Armed Forces of the United States, in any war or period of armed hostilities between the Armed Forces of the United States and those of a foreign power, and is subsequently reinstated as a firefighter within ninety days after his or her discharge, the member shall be granted credit for such service as if his or her service in the fire department of the city had not been interrupted by his or her induction into the Armed Forces of the United States, and as if the member had made the required contributions during such service. If earnable compensation is needed for such period in computation of benefits it shall be calculated on the basis of the compensation payable to the officers of his or her rank during the period of his or her absence.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.520, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.190 - Disability retirement after five years of service.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
87.190. Disability retirement after five years of service. —
Upon the application of a member in service or of the chief of the fire department, any member who has had five years or more of creditable service shall be retired by the board of trustees, not less than thirty and not more than ninety days next following the date of filing the application on an ordinary disability retirement allowance, if the medical board after a medical examination of the member shall certify that such member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty, that such incapacity is likely to be permanent, and that the member should be retired.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 6, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.523, A.L. 1961 p. 213)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.195 - Ordinary disability retirement, when, amount.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
87.195. Ordinary disability retirement, when, amount. —
1. Upon retirement for ordinary disability, a member shall receive a service retirement allowance if he has twenty years or more of creditable service; otherwise he shall receive an ordinary disability retirement allowance which shall be the larger of:
(1) Ninety percent of a service retirement allowance based on his creditable service and calculated the date of disability retirement, or
(2) One-fourth of his average final compensation, except that such allowance shall not exceed ninety percent of the service retirement allowance based on his creditable service and calculated at the date of disability retirement.
2. In addition to whichever of the allowances the member shall receive for retirement for ordinary disability, there shall be paid to him an additional allowance of ten percent of his average final compensation for each unmarried dependent child under the age of eighteen and each unmarried child, regardless of age, who is totally and permanently mentally or physically incapacitated from engaging in gainful employment sufficiently remunerative to support himself, but such additional allowance shall not be paid on more than three children.
3. No benefits under this section shall be paid to a child over eighteen years of age who is totally and permanently mentally or physically disabled and incapacitated if such child is a patient or ward in a publicly supported institution.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 6, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.527, A.L. 1961 p. 213, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 876, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.200 - Retirement for accidental disability.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
87.200. Retirement for accidental disability. —
Upon application by the member or the chief of the fire department, any member who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty as the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring while in the actual performance of duty or exposure while in the actual performance of duty in response to an emergency call shall be retired by the board of trustees, if the medical board shall certify that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for further performance of duty, that such incapacity is likely to be permanent and that the member should be retired. If the accident occurred prior to the beginning of the member's twentieth year of service, application for benefits must be made before this time, except that the interval between the date of accident and of application may be at least one year.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 6, A.L. 1957 p. 282 § 86.528, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314, A.L. 1961 p. 214, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 876, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.207 - Cost-of-living increase, how determined.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
87.207. Cost-of-living increase, how determined. —
The following allowances due under the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.371 of any member who retired from service shall be increased annually, as approved by the board of trustees beginning with the first increase in the October following his or her retirement and subsequent increases in each October thereafter, at the rates designated:
(1) With a retirement service allowance or ordinary disability allowance:
(a) One and one-half percent per year, compounded each year, up to age sixty for those retiring with twenty to twenty-four years of service,
(b) Two and one-fourth percent per year, compounded each year, up to age sixty for those retiring with twenty-five to twenty-nine years of service,
(c) Three percent per year, compounded each year, up to age sixty for those retiring with thirty or more years of service,
(d) After age sixty, five percent per year for five years;
(2) With an accidental disability allowance, three percent per year, compounded each year, up to age sixty, then five percent per year for five years. Provided, however, for accidental disability on or after August 28, 2011, for reasons other than provided in subsection 3 of section 87.205, unless a member has more than twenty-five years of creditable service, the accidental disability allowance shall only increase at a rate of one percent per year, compounded each year, up to age sixty, then five percent per year for five years. For accidental disability on or after August 28, 2011, for reasons other than provided in subsection 3 of section 87.205, if a member has more than twenty-five years of creditable service, the accidental disability allowance shall only increase at a rate of two and one-fourth percent per year, compounded each year, up to age sixty, then five percent per year for five years.
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(L. 1969 p. 163 § 1, A.L. 1973 H.B. 591, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455 merged with S.B. 1107, A.L. 2011 H.B. 282 merged with H.B. 664)
(1975) Held an increase in pensions for persons already retired based on cost of living violates article VI, § 25, Constitution of Missouri, and that pension funds retain their identity as public funds. Section 86.441 insofar as it applies to persons already retired on August 13, 1972, is unconstitutional. Police Retirement System v. Kansas City (Mo.), 529 S.W.2d 388.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.208 - Cost-of-living increases for certain persons, when — how computed.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
87.208. Cost-of-living increases for certain persons, when — how computed. —
The retirement allowance, due under the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370, of any member who retired from service prior to February 15, 1973, with a retirement service allowance, ordinary disability allowance or accidental disability allowance may be increased at the rate of three percent per year or at the discretion of the board of trustees a cash payment may be made in lieu of such percentage increase in an amount to be determined by the board but not to exceed fifty dollars whenever it has been determined by the board of trustees that the consumer price index as published by the United States Department of Labor shows an increase of at least three percent for three consecutive months in the twelve-month period preceding, but not to exceed a total increase of twenty-five percent. Such increase in retirement allowance shall commence in the payment for the first month following the determination by the board of trustees. At least once each quarter the board of trustees shall, at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, consider the question of whether there has been an increase in such consumer price index.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 558, A.L. 1986 H.B. 856)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 87 - Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Systems › Section 87.210 - Disability beneficiaries to undergo physical examinations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 87
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
87.210. Disability beneficiaries to undergo physical examinations. —
Once each year during the first five years following the retirement of a member on a disability retirement allowance, and once in every three-year period thereafter, the board of trustees may, and upon his application shall, require any disability beneficiary to undergo a medical examination, the examination to be made at a place designated by the medical board, and to be made by the medical board or by a physician or physicians designated by such board. Should any disability beneficiary refuse to submit to the medical examination, his allowance may be discontinued until his withdrawal of the refusal, and if his refusal continues for one year all rights in and to his allowance may be revoked by the board of trustees.
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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 6, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.532)