Title VII, CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

87.005. Firefighters, certain diseases presumed incurred in line of duty — conditions — infectious disease defined. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, after five years' service, any condition of impairment of health caused by any infectious disease, d…

87.006. Firefighters, certain diseases presumed incurred in line of duty — persons covered — disability from cancer, presumption suffered in line of duty, when — infectious disease defined. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, and only for the purpose o…

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,…

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 o…

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…

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, retirem…

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 me…

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 fun…

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, villag…

87.045. Eligibility for and payment of a disability pension. — 1. If any member of the fire department of any such city, village or incorporated town shall become and be found, upon an examination by a medical officer designated by the board of trustees, to be physically or menta…

87.050. Death benefits, amount — eligibility — limitations. — 1. If any member shall be killed or die while in the performance of his* duty or as the result of any injury received in the line of duty, or of any disease contracted by reason of his occupation, or shall die from any…

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 ex…

87.060. Retirement pension, eligibility for and payment of. — 1. Any member of the fire department of any such city, village or incorporated town having served twenty-five years or more in such fire department, and having theretofore regularly paid into the pension fund his perio…

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,…

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 shal…

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 boo…

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 truste…

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…

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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9514) Prior …

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, i…

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…

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…

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 …

87.120. Definitions. — The following words and phrases as used in sections 87.120 to 87.370, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, have the following meanings: (1) "Accumulated contributions", the sum of all amounts deducted from the compensation of a mem…

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 87.1…

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 …

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 Miss…

87.135. Members shall file detailed account of service — verification of service and issuance of service certificate — cooperative agreements, transfer of creditable service between systems. — 1. Under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt, each member w…

87.140. Administration vested in board of trustees — how appointed — vacancies — compensation — oath — voting — board members may serve as trustees for other pension plans. — 1. The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system sh…

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 fo…

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 transac…

87.155. Data and record to be kept — annual report — separate records, when. — 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 boar…

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…

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 a…

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 thirt…

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 p…

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 serv…

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. ­­-----…

87.182. Deferred retirement option plan, established, may include self-directed program — procedures — election to stop participation, how — death, effect of — interest earned. — 1. The board may develop and establish a deferred retirement plan program (DROP) which may include a …

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 …

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…

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 w…

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 performanc…

87.205. Accidental disability retirement allowance. — 1. Upon retirement for accidental disability before August 28, 2011, a member shall receive seventy-five percent of the pay then provided by law for the highest step in the range of salary for the title or rank held by such me…

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 Octo…

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 disabilit…

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 appli…

87.215. Reduction and suspension of pension, when. — 1. If the medical board reports and certifies to the board of trustees that the disability beneficiary is engaged or is able to engage in a gainful occupation other than firefighter paying more than the difference between his o…

87.220. Death benefits for beneficiaries of members in service or on accidental disability allowance — child to receive benefits, when. — 1. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who retired while in service, including retirement for service, ordinary disabil…

87.230. Widow may serve as special consultant, when, compensation, duties. — 1. Any widow who is receiving retirement benefits, upon application to the board of trustees of the retirement system, shall be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the board as a special consult…