Title VII — CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

87.231. Surviving spouse as special consultant to the board, when — compensation — effect on eligibility for retirement benefits. — 1. In lieu of any benefits payable pursuant to section 87.230, any surviving spouse who is receiving retirement benefits, upon application to the bo…

87.235. Payments on proof of accidental death in service — beneficiaries. — 1. Effective May 1, 2002, upon the receipt of evidence and proof that the death of a member was the result of an accident or exposure at any time or place, provided that at such time or place the member w…

87.237. Retiree to become special advisor, when, compensation. — 1. Any person who served as a firefighter and who is retired and receiving a retirement allowance of less than one hundred percent of the federal poverty level for a single person as set and updated by the United St…

87.238. Retired firefighters to act as special advisors to retirement system, when — compensation. — 1. In lieu of any benefit payable pursuant to section 87.237, any person who served as a firefighter and who is retired and receiving a retirement allowance of less than six hundr…

87.240. Accumulated contributions to be refunded, when. — If a member ceases to be a firefighter except by death or retirement, the firefighter shall be paid on demand the amount of his or her accumulated contributions standing to the credit of his or her individual account in th…

87.245. Remainder of accumulated contributions paid to beneficiary. — If there are no further benefits otherwise payable under sections 87.120 to 87.370 and the total amount of benefits paid to date is less than an amount equal to the accumulated contributions of the member at hi…

87.250. Benefits under this law payable to whom. — All members who are firemen on or after the effective date of this section and their beneficiaries shall receive benefits as provided by sections 87.120 to 87.370, and all members and retired members who are not firemen as of the…

87.255. Amounts payable by city under chapter 287 to be set off. — Any amounts which may be paid or payable by the city under the provisions of chapter 287 to a member or to the dependents of a member on account of any disability or death shall be offset against and payable in li…

87.260. Board of trustees shall have exclusive authority to invest and reinvest funds in property — additional investment authority for other plans. — The board of trustees of the firefighters' retirement system shall have the exclusive authority and discretion to invest and rein…

87.262. Representative may be appointed to hold title to investments. — Nothing in the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370 shall be construed as prohibiting the retirement system from appointing, designating, and using a nominee or representative for purposes of acquiring, ho…

87.265. Interest to be allowed — credit to members' accounts. — The board of trustees annually shall allow interest at the rate determined by the board on the mean amount for the preceding year in each of the funds with the exception of the expense fund. The amount so allowed sha…

87.270. City treasurer to keep funds, how disbursed. — The treasurer of the city shall be the custodian of the several funds. All payments from the funds shall be made by him only upon vouchers signed by two persons designated by the board of trustees. A duly attested copy of the…

87.275. Amount kept on deposit. — For the purpose of meeting disbursements for benefits and other payments there may be kept available cash not exceeding ten percent of the total amount in the several funds of the retirement system on deposit in one or more banks or trust compani…

87.280. Trustees, employees not to have interest in contracts or money. — Except as herein provided, no trustee and no employee of the board shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board of trustees, nor as such receive any pay or emol…

87.285. Assets in four funds — names of. — All the assets of the retirement system shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held to one of four funds; namely, the members' savings fund, the benefit reserve fund, the general reserve fund, and the expense fund.…

87.288. Retired firefighter not receiving cost-of-living benefit, special consultant — compensation, amount. — 1. Any person who served as a firefighter who is retired and not receiving a cost-of-living benefit and any surviving spouse or dependent child receiving retirement bene…

[Repealed or reserved.]

87.295. Contributions by member, how computed. — The board of trustees shall certify to the chief of the fire department and the chief of the fire department shall cause to be deducted from the salary of each member on each and every payroll for each and every pay period, eight p…

87.300. Members deemed to consent to deduction — amount to be credited to members' savings fund. — The deductions provided for herein shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided by law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every member shall be deemed …

87.305. Refunds of contributions, when. — The board of trustees is authorized at its discretion to make refunds or grant additional benefits for such parts of contributions as were made prior to the adoption of the eight percent rate for all members which were in excess of the co…

87.310. Repayment with interest of contributions withdrawn on reinstatement of member. — When any member terminates his or her employment as a firefighter and withdraws his or her accumulated contributions from the retirement system, he or she ceases to be a member of the retirem…

87.315. Benefit reserve fund. — The benefit reserve fund shall be the fund from which shall be paid all benefits except such benefits as involve only the refund of the members' contributions at time of withdrawal in which case the refund shall be made direct from the members' sav…

87.320. General reserve fund. — The general reserve fund shall be the fund in which shall be accumulated all reserves for benefits not provided by members' contributions, and which are provided by contributions made by the city. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 …

87.325. Contributions by city to general reserve fund. — Contributions to and payments from the general reserve fund shall be as follows: On account of each member there shall be paid annually into the fund by the city an amount equal to a certain percentage of the earnable compe…

87.330. Normal contribution rate, determination of. — On the basis of the interest rate and of such mortality and other tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, the actuary shall determine the uniform and constant percentage of the earnable compensation of the average…

87.335. Accrued liability contribution rate, determination of. — At the first valuation after the effective date of these amendments (in 1959) the actuary engaged by the board of trustees shall compute the rate percent of the total earnable compensation of all members which is eq…

87.340. Total amount payable to general reserve fund. — The total amount payable in each year to the general reserve fund shall be not less than the sum of the rates percent known as the normal contribution rate and the accrued liability contribution rate of the total compensatio…

87.345. Accrued liability contribution discontinued, when — decreased, when — changes amortized, when. — The accrued liability contribution should be discontinued as soon as the accumulated reserve in the general reserve fund shall equal the present value as actuarially computed …

87.350. Expense fund, purposes, determination of amount — limitation on payment of expenses. — The expense fund shall be the fund to which shall be credited all money provided to pay the administration expenses of the retirement system and from which shall be paid all the expense…

87.355. Amounts due from city, certification, budget and appropriation. — On or before the first of March of each year the board of trustees shall certify to the proper city authorities the amount which will become due and payable during the year next following to the general res…

87.360. Reserves made obligation of city. — The creation and maintenance of reserves in the general reserve fund and the maintenance of benefit reserves as provided for and the payment of all benefits granted under the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370 are hereby made oblig…

87.365. Benefits exempt from taxes and civil process. — The right of any person to a benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370 and the moneys in the various funds created under sections 87.120 to 87.370 are hereby…

87.367. Health care plan may be adopted for retirees, procedure and funding. — 1. The board of trustees may provide or contract for insurance benefits to cover hospital, surgical, and medical expenses for retirees under sections 87.120 to 87.370, in an amount not to exceed one hu…

87.370. False statement, a misdemeanor — adjustment of benefits resulting from false statement. — Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such sys…

87.371. Unused sick leave, how credited. — 1. Any member retiring pursuant to the provisions of sections 87.120 to 87.370, after working continuously for an entity covered by sections 87.120 to 87.370, until reaching retirement age, but not including retirement for service-connec…

87.380. Fire departments in cities of over 100,000 may create relief fund. — Any fire department existing by authority of the laws of this state, or any municipal authority thereof, in any city in this state now having or which may hereafter acquire a population of more than one …

87.385. Board of trustees, how composed. — In cities, the treasurer, the counselor, the clerk or register, and the comptroller, where such office exists, the chief officer of the fire department, four members of the fire department and one of the retired or pensioned members, who…

87.390. City treasurer ex officio member of board. — The treasurer, in all cities in this state to which sections 87.380 to 87.490 are applicable, shall be ex officio treasurer of said board, and as such shall have charge of the funds and securities provided for herein. He shall …

87.395. Treasurer — duties — bond. — The treasurer of the board of trustees shall be the custodian of said pension funds, and shall secure and safely keep the same, subject to the control and direction of the board, and shall keep his books and accounts concerning said funds in s…

87.400. Creation of fire department pension fund — sources of revenue. — The revenues which shall form and maintain the fire department pension fund in cities to which sections 87.380 to 87.490 are applicable shall be created as herein provided, and shall be separately kept and u…

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 su…

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 …

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,…

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, …

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 …

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…

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 r…

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 m…

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, …

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…