Title VII — CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

86.557. Funeral expenses, when, amount. — Whenever an active or retired policeman shall die as aforesaid, the board of trustees may appropriate from the fund, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars to his widow or legal heirs for funeral expenses. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9492,…

86.560. Payments from pension fund by warrants only. — All moneys ordered to be paid from such pension fund to any person or persons shall be paid by the treasurer only upon warrants signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the secretary thereof, and no warrants …

86.563. Payments from fund not to be diverted. — No portion of said pension fund shall before or after its order of distribution by the board of trustees to the person entitled thereto, be held, seized, taken, subjected to or detained or levied on by virtue of any attachment, exe…

86.567. Pensioners may be recalled to duty in an emergency. — The board of police commissioners shall have the right to recall any person receiving a pension under sections 86.510 to 86.577 to active duty in an emergency, said person to receive full pay for the rank in which he m…

86.570. Pension may be terminated, when. — The board of trustees of the police pension fund may in their discretion terminate and cease all pensions awarded to any member of the police department under the provisions of sections 86.510 to 86.577 if the pensioner is convicted of a…

86.573. Books and accounts subject to inspection. — The treasurer shall be the custodian of said pension fund, subject to the control and direction of the board and shall keep a separate rate book and complete account concerning said fund, in such manner as may be prescribed by t…

86.577. Annual report of pension fund. — The board of trustees shall make report to the legislative body of said city of the condition of said pension fund on the first day of January on each and every year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9490) Prior revision: 1929 § 8929

86.580. All cities — police and firemen, service in Armed Forces to be credited in determining pension rights. — In all systems or plans heretofore or hereafter established by law or ordinance for the pensioning of the salaried members of the organized police force or fire depart…

86.583. Municipalities in first class counties and certain cities may provide pensions — approval by voters. — 1. Any municipality in any county of the first class, and any other municipality in this state which now contains or may hereafter contain not more than one hundred thou…

86.584. Contributing members of retirement system to be represented on board of trustees. — If the police and firemen's pension system established under the provisions of section 86.583 requires a contribution from the members of the organized police or fire department, then at l…

86.590. Board of trustees authorized to invest funds, how. — The board of trustees of police and firemen's pension systems, established under the provisions of section 86.583, may invest and reinvest the moneys of the system, and may hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer or disp…

86.810. Hancock provision to void sections. — The provisions of any other law notwithstanding, the board of trustees of any retirement system, the provisions of which are governed by this chapter, or any political subdivision which funds such retirement system, shall have standin…

86.900. Definitions. — The following words and phrases as used in sections 86.900 to 86.1280 shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: (1) "Accumulated contributions", the sum of all amounts deducted from the compensation of …

86.910. Police retirement system created — election to continue system after decline in population. — In all cities that now have or may hereafter attain a population of more than three hundred thousand and less than seven hundred thousand inhabitants according to the last preced…

86.920. Retirement board established, responsibility for operation of retirement system. — The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of sections 86.900 to 86.1280 are hereby vested i…

86.930. Membership of the board — election procedures — vacancies — oath. — 1. The retirement board shall be constituted as follows: (1) Two members, one of whom shall be of the political party casting the highest number of votes statewide for governor in the election next preced…

86.940. Voting rights of board members. — Each member of the retirement board shall be entitled to one vote in the decisions of the board. Five votes or more in favor shall be necessary to pass a motion by the retirement board at any meeting of the board. ­­-------- (L. 2005 H.B.…

86.950. Board to establish policies — officers and employees. — 1. Subject to the limitations of sections 86.900 to 86.1280, the retirement board shall from time to time establish policies for the administration of its assets, for the transaction of its business and for the condu…

86.951. Board deemed a state agency — rulemaking authority. — The retirement board shall be deemed to be a state agency within the meaning of chapter 536. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in s…

86.960. Data and records — annual report — actuarial study — appointment of a medical board — common seal. — 1. The retirement board shall keep in convenient form such data as is necessary for administration of the retirement system. The retirement board shall keep a record of al…

86.970. Compensation of board members. — The members of the retirement board shall be compensated in full for all services rendered under the provisions of sections 86.900 to 86.1280 at the rate of ten dollars per business session actually attended but no member shall be so compe…

86.980. Board members in active police service, leave to attend educational seminars. — Each member of the retirement board who is in active service with the police department of a city as either a police officer, as defined in section 86.900, or as an employee, as defined in sec…

86.990. Board to certify amount to be paid by city, when. — The retirement board shall before October fifteenth of each year certify to the chief financial officer of such city the amount to be paid by the city under the retirement pension system for the succeeding fiscal year, a…

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…

[Repealed or reserved.]

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…