Iowa Code 411.1A – Purpose of chapter
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The purpose of this chapter is to promote economy and efficiency in the municipal public safety service by doing the following:
1. Provide an orderly means for police officers and fire fighters to have a retirement system which will provide for the payment of pensions to retired members and members incurring disabilities, and to the surviving spouses and dependents of deceased members.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 411.1A
- fire fighters: shall mean only the members of a fire department who have passed a regular mental and physical civil service examination for fire fighters and who shall have been duly appointed to such position. See Iowa Code 411.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Pensions: means annual payments for life derived from appropriations provided by the participating cities and the state and from contributions of the members which are deposited in the fire and police retirement fund. See Iowa Code 411.1
- police officers: shall mean only the members of a police department who have passed a regular mental and physical civil service examination for police officers, and who shall have been duly appointed to such positions. See Iowa Code 411.1
- system: means the statewide fire and police retirement system established by this chapter for the fire fighters and police officers of the cities described in section 411. See Iowa Code 411.1
2. Provide a comprehensive disability program for police officers and fire fighters to include standards for entrance physical examinations, guidelines for ongoing fitness and wellness, disability pensions, and postdisability retirement compliance requirements.