Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1116 Treasurer - custodian - segregation of moneys
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(1) The board's treasurer and the custodian appointed by the board under section 31-30-1113 are the custodians of the fund and shall secure and safely keep books and accounts concerning the fund in the manner as the board may prescribe. The books and accounts are subject to inspe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1117 Exemption from levy
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(1) Except for an assignment for child support purposes as provided in sections 14-10-118 (1) and 14-14-107, as they existed prior to July 1, 1996, and except for income assignments for child support purposes pursuant to section 14-14-111.5, C.R.S., and a writ of garnishment that…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1118 Fund use - other purposes
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(1) If the governing body of a municipality or district finds by resolution that no person is eligible or can become eligible for payment of a fund benefit, it may authorize contributions of all fund moneys for any fire-related purpose and, if no fire-related purpose exists, for …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1119 Board report - municipality
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The board shall make a report to the governing body of the municipality on the condition of the fund. The board shall submit the report to the governing body before the last meeting in February and the last meeting in August of each year. Source: L. 95: Entire part added, p. 1373…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1120 Maximum benefit amount. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 95: Entire part added p. 1374, � 2, effective June 5. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 64, � 1, effective March 23; entire section repealed, p. 807, � 1, effective May 26.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1121 Disability pension - rules - hearing
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(1) If a volunteer firefighter is injured while in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter, the board shall pay to the volunteer firefighter: (a) A short-term disability monthly annuity for not more than one year in an amount it determines is proper and equitable, considering…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1122 Retirement pension
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(1) The board of a municipality, with the prior consent of the municipality's governing body, or the board of a fire protection district or county improvement district may pay a retirement pension to a volunteer firefighter who has twenty years of active service and who is over t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1123 Retirement pension - sources of payment
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The retirement pension of a volunteer firefighter who has earned twenty years of active service as a volunteer firefighter for any one municipality or district shall be paid from the fund of that municipality or district, and no other fund shall pay a pension to that volunteer fi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1124 Compliance - insufficient moneys
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(1) The board may require information, including proof of years of service, and establish procedures as it deems necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements and limitations of sections 31-30-1122 and 31-30-1123. (2) If at any time money or other property in the fund is i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1125 Supplemental retirement pension
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(1) In addition to the monthly retirement pension provided by section 31-30-1122, the board of a municipality, with the prior consent of the municipality's governing body, or the board of a fire protection district or county improvement district may pay a supplemental monthly ret…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1126 Survivor benefit
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, upon the death of a retired fire department member or a volunteer firefighter who, regardless of age, has served the requisite number of years for retirement under section 31-30-1122 and who leaves a surviving sp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1127 Survivor benefit - death from injuries in the line of duty
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, if a fire department member dies from injuries received while in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter and leaves a surviving spouse, the board shall pay the surviving spouse a monthly annuity either in an …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1128 Optional survivor benefits
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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 31-30-1126 and 31-30-1127 relating to payment of annuities in the event of the death of a volunteer firefighter in active service, the board in any municipality, with the prior consent of the governing body of such municipality, fire…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1129 Funeral benefit
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When an active volunteer firefighter or retired fire department member dies, the board shall pay a funeral benefit to assist in the proper burial of the deceased firefighter in an amount determined by the board of not more than twice the amount determined by the board under secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1130 Fire department dissolution
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(1) If a fire department dissolves and the services of volunteer firefighters or the fire department are discontinued: (a) The benefits paid under this part 11 to volunteer firefighters or their surviving spouses, dependent parents, children, and other beneficiaries at the time o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1131 Volunteer firefighter - employment termination restricted
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(1) An employer shall not terminate an employee who is a volunteer firefighter and who fails to report to work because the employee has responded to an emergency summons if the employee provides the employer with a written statement from the chief of the fire department that the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1132 Retired firefighter - return to active service - benefits
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If the governing body of any municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district, by resolution, determines that a fire department is in need of additional volunteer firefighters, a retired fire department member shall be eligible to serve as an active voluntee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1201 Short title
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This part 12 shall be known and may be cited as the Volunteer Service Award Act. Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 193, � 1, effective March 26.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1202 Definitions
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As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bona fide volunteer means a person who renders qualified services for an emergency service provider if the only compensation received by the person for performing the qualified services is in the form of: (a) Rei…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1203 Volunteer service award plan
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(1) The governing body of any emergency service provider may adopt and amend or provide for the administration and amendment of a volunteer service award plan for bona fide volunteers. (2) If the governing body of the emergency service provider chooses to adopt and amend or provi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1301 Short title
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This part 13 shall be known and may be cited as the Volunteer Health Insurance Act. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 579, � 3, effective August 5.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1302 Definitions
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As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bona fide volunteer: (a) Has the meaning set forth in section 31-30-1202; and (b) Means any volunteer member of a rescue unit as defined in section 25-3.5-103, C.R.S. (2) Carrier means an entity that provides hea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1303 Group health insurance plan
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(1) The governing body of an emergency service provider may enter into insurance contracts with carriers to provide group health insurance plans for its bona fide volunteers. The cost of the plans, sources of funding, amount of contributions required from bona fide volunteers, co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-201 Authorization - petition - election
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(1) All cities or towns organized under the general laws of this state which have paid fire departments are authorized to adopt civil service regulations pertaining to such departments in the following manner: (a) The governing body may, and upon the petition of registered electo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-203 Merit
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Appointments and employment in and promotion to said fire department and said classified civil service shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained by competitive tests of competency except as provided in section 31-30-206. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-204 Removal - public hearings
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The classified civil service of the said city or town shall comprise all members of the fire department. Persons in the classified civil service shall hold their respective positions and be graded according to their competency, which shall be the same for all persons having like …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-205 Commission to make rules
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The making or enforcement of rules to carry out the purpose of the classified civil service of such city or town, the alteration and discharge of such rules, the conducting of all competitive tests and determination of all removals or discharge cases, and the standardization in s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-206 Positions retained
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All persons holding regular positions in the classified civil service, as defined by this part 2, at the time of the adoption of the civil service provision, as provided in this part 2, shall retain their respective positions without examination or further appointment. In all oth…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-207 Commission to make inquiries - record - report
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(1) It is the duty of the commission to investigate alleged breaches of this part 2 and its rules, and in the course of such investigations they, or any of them, may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the testimony of witnesses and production of books, papers, and r…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-208 Fee of applicants
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Every applicant for examination shall pay the commission a fee of one dollar for the purpose of defraying the expenses of conducting such examination. All moneys received or collected by the commission shall be paid into the municipal treasury and shall be placed by the treasurer…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-209 Powers of commission
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The commission has the power to make and enforce all rules and regulations, which rules and regulations shall be printed for distribution. No rule shall become effective until five days after publication of the same in some newspaper in said city or town. Source: L. 75: Entire ti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-210 Qualifications - notice of examination
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Applicants for appointment must be citizens of the United States and reside in the city and county of such municipality for one year next preceding the date of their application. All examinations must be impartial and only relate to the fitness of such persons examined for the se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-901 (Repealed)
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Source: L. 96: Entire part repealed, p. 943, � 10, effective May 23. Editor's note: This part 9 was added in 1978. For amendments to this part 9 prior to its repeal in 1996, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note and the table itemizing the replacement volumes a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-1002 Volunteer firefighter pension plans study. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (SB 15-029), ch. 285, p. 1168, � 1, effective June 5. L. 2018: Entire section repealed, (SB 18-200), ch. 370, p. 2264, � 30, effective June 4. Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-200, see section 1 of chapter 370, Sess…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby declares that the establishment of police officers' and firefighters' pension plans in this state is a matter of statewide concern that affects the public safety and general welfare, that the ability of pension funds to pay earned benefits to present a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 31, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Actuarially sound means a police officers' or firefighters' pension fund determined by the board to be receiving or scheduled to receive employer and member contributions in each fiscal year equal to the annua…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-1103 Entry into the statewide defined benefit plan. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 739, � 1, effective August 6. L. 2006: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(e)(III), and (1)(f)(I) amended and (1)(c.5) added, p. 304, � 2, effective August 7. L. 2017: (1)(c) and (1)(c.5)(I) amended, (SB 17-020), ch. 23, p. 71, � 8, effectiv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-1104 Merger into the statewide retirement plan
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(1) (a) On or about January 1, 2023, the assets and liabilities of the statewide hybrid plan shall merge into the statewide retirement plan created pursuant to article 31.5 of this title 31. (b) The statewide hybrid plan members defined benefit account assets shall be transferred…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-1201 Review of award of benefits and benefit payments
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(1) At any time, the board may review an award of benefits or a benefit payment under any benefit plan in the defined benefit system, the statewide money purchase plan, or the statewide death and disability plan for the purpose of determining whether there has been fraud, an over…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-1202 Collection of overpaid benefits
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(1) The board shall institute practices and procedures as it deems necessary to collect money due a plan administered by the fire and police pension association as determined in section 31-31-1201, including but not limited to withholding subsequent benefit payments to which the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-1203 False statement - felony
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If, for the purpose of obtaining any order, benefit, award, compensation, or payment pursuant to articles 30, 30.5, and 31 of this title 31, either for self-gain or for the benefit of any other person, a person willfully makes a false statement or representation material to the c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-201 Association - creation - board - organization - tax exemption
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(1) There is hereby created an independent public body corporate and politic to be known as the fire and police pension association. The association is constituted as a public instrumentality, and its exercise of the powers conferred by this article and article 30.5 of this title…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-202 Powers and duties of the board
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(1) The board shall: (a) Establish standards for determining the actuarial soundness of: (I) The pension plans in the defined benefit system and the affiliated old hire plans and the affiliated exempt plans with assets in the fire and police members' benefit investment fund, in a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-203 Fund not subject to levy
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Except for assignments for child support debt pursuant to section 14-14-104, child support arrearages as requested as part of an enforcement action under article 5 of title 14, or child support arrearages that are the subject of enforcement services provided under section 26-13-1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-204 Defined benefit system
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(1) There shall be a defined benefit system that shall consist of the following plans: (a) The statewide retirement plan established pursuant to article 31.5 of this title 31; (b) Repealed. (c) Any exempt plan that is incorporated into the defined benefit system, pursuant to an a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-205 Confidentiality of members' protected personal information
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All information contained in records of active members, retired members, former members, inactive members, designated beneficiaries, alternate payees, benefit recipients, and their dependents of any plan administered by the association or of any locally administered and financed …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-301 Investment funds - creation
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(1) (a) There is hereby created the fire and police members' benefit investment fund, which shall consist of the portion of the assets that are designated for investment by the board of the following plans: (I) The defined benefit system established in part 2 of this article; (II…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-302 Fund - management - investment - definitions
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(1) (a) The board shall be the trustee of the fire and police members' benefit investment fund and shall have full and unrestricted discretionary power and authority to invest and reinvest such portions of the fund as in its judgment may not be immediately required for the paymen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-401 Applicability of plan
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(1) Every employer in this state shall provide the pension benefits of the statewide retirement plan established by part 31.5 of this title 31 for members hired on or after April 8, 1978, except for the following: (a) Any employer that began covering members under the federal Soc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-402 Employer and member contributions - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 96: Entire article added with relocations, p. 903, � 1, effective May 23. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 1865, � 89, effective August 2; (4) amended, p. 45, � 1, effective August 2. L. 2006: (1), (2), and (3) amended and (5) added, p. 189, � 14, effective March 31. L. 2007: …