2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service. › 213.11 - Police Relief Association.

213.11
Police Relief Association.
(1)
The members of the paid police department in any city heretofore or hereafter organized, who comply with the constitution and bylaws of the association hereinafter mentioned, are constituted a body corporate in such city under the name of “The Police Relief Association of the City of ....," for the purpose of providing death benefits to the beneficiaries of the members of such association and their families and to such other persons as the constitution and bylaws of such association may provide, the amount to be paid in benefits to be limited to a sum to be fixed by the constitution and bylaws of said association.
(2)
Any member of the Police Relief Association who, after at least 5 years of service, ceases to act with the police department of which that person has been a member shall continue to enjoy all the advantages and benefits of the association as long as the person complies with the rules, regulations and bylaws of the same and pays dues, unless the connection of such person with said department was discontinued for the good of the service, and provided that the person ceases to be in the active employment of the police department by reason of any of the following:
(a)
The person is retired from active service on a pension or annuity.
(b)
The person is on a leave of absence for a purpose that is specified in the bylaws of the association.
(c)
The person is serving as a liaison between the police department and the city in which the department is located.
(3)
A person who becomes a member of such police department after this section comes into force and effect in any city in this state shall, within one year after becoming a member of such department, be required to join such association and to pay an initiation fee not exceeding $50 and annual dues so long as the person remains a member.
(4)
Every such association shall have all of the usual powers of a corporation necessary and proper for the purpose of its organization and may take by gift, grant or purchase, real and personal estate, and hold, enjoy, lease, convey and dispose of the same subject to its bylaws and regulations; and all such property and the rents, issues and profits thereof shall be devoted solely to the purposes and objects of such corporation.
(5)
The control and disposal of the funds, property and estate and the direction and management of all the concerns of such corporation, under such direction and restrictions as may be imposed by the bylaws thereof, shall be vested in a board of trustees to consist of a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and executive committee of 3, who shall be elected for such terms, at such time and place and by such members of the corporation as the bylaws of the corporation may provide; and such officers so elected shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified; and such corporation may elect or appoint such other officers and for such terms as its bylaws may prescribe. The officers of such corporation shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their respective duties when required so to do by the laws thereof. No person may be elected to or hold any office in such corporation unless that person is employed by the city to which this section becomes effective and in the active employment of the police department of the city, or no longer in the active employment of the police department because the person is serving as a liaison between the police department and the city, or retired from active service employment of the police department of the city on a service pension. If that person's membership in the association is terminated while holding the office of trustee or any other office of such corporation, that person's term of office shall thereupon be terminated, and the members of such corporation as are, by the bylaws thereof, entitled to vote, shall forthwith elect that person's successor in the manner prescribed by the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.
(6)
The board of trustees of any police relief association may purchase group life insurance for the members of the association.
History:  1981 c. 390 s. 252; 1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 223, 254; 2005 a. 321.