Title VII — CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

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…

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, a…

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 reg…

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 t…

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 b…

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. ­­-------- (RSMo 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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9539) Prior revisions…

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…

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 tha…

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…

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…

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 …

87.505. Funds to create fire department pension fund. — The funds to create the fire department pension fund and relief association in any city or county in this state, as aforesaid, shall be created, realized, and secured from the following sources: (1) All money at present rema…

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 ho…

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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9547) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8982;…

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 …

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 dec…

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 go…