Minnesota Statutes 424A.002 – Authorization of New or Continuing Volunteer Firefighters Relief Associations
Subdivision 1.Authorization.
A fire department, with approval by the applicable municipality or municipalities, may establish a new volunteer firefighter relief association or may retain an existing volunteer firefighter relief association. A fire department may be associated with only one volunteer firefighter relief association at one time.
Subd. 2.Defined benefit or defined contribution relief association.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 424A.002
- Defined benefit relief association: means a volunteer firefighters relief association that provides a lump-sum service pension, provides a monthly benefit service pension, or provides a lump-sum service pension as an alternative to the monthly benefit service pension. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- Defined contribution relief association: means a volunteer firefighters relief association that provides a service pension based solely on an individual account balance rather than a specified annual lump-sum or monthly benefit service pension amount. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- Fire department: includes a municipal fire department, an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation, and a fire department established as or operated by a joint powers entity under section 471. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- Municipality: means a city or township which has established a fire department with which the relief association is directly associated, a city or township which has entered into a contract with the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation of which the relief association is directly associated, or a city or township that has entered into a contract with a joint powers entity established under section 471. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- Volunteer firefighter: means a person who is a member of the applicable fire department or the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation and is eligible for membership in the applicable relief association and:
(i) is engaged in providing emergency response services or delivering fire education or prevention services as a member of a fire department;
(ii) is trained in or is qualified to provide fire suppression duties or to provide fire prevention duties under subdivision 8; and
(iii) meets any other minimum firefighter and service standards established by the fire department or specified in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the relief association. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- volunteer firefighters relief association: means a volunteer firefighters relief association or a volunteer firefighters division or account of a partially salaried and partially volunteer firefighters relief association that is:
(1) organized and incorporated as a nonprofit corporation to provide retirement benefits to volunteer firefighters under chapter 317A and any laws of the state;
(2) governed by this chapter and sections 424A. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 424A.002
- Defined benefit relief association: means a volunteer firefighters relief association that provides a lump-sum service pension, provides a monthly benefit service pension, or provides a lump-sum service pension as an alternative to the monthly benefit service pension. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- Defined contribution relief association: means a volunteer firefighters relief association that provides a service pension based solely on an individual account balance rather than a specified annual lump-sum or monthly benefit service pension amount. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- Fire department: includes a municipal fire department, an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation, and a fire department established as or operated by a joint powers entity under section 471. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- Municipality: means a city or township which has established a fire department with which the relief association is directly associated, a city or township which has entered into a contract with the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation of which the relief association is directly associated, or a city or township that has entered into a contract with a joint powers entity established under section 471. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- Volunteer firefighter: means a person who is a member of the applicable fire department or the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation and is eligible for membership in the applicable relief association and:
(i) is engaged in providing emergency response services or delivering fire education or prevention services as a member of a fire department;
(ii) is trained in or is qualified to provide fire suppression duties or to provide fire prevention duties under subdivision 8; and
(iii) meets any other minimum firefighter and service standards established by the fire department or specified in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the relief association. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
- volunteer firefighters relief association: means a volunteer firefighters relief association or a volunteer firefighters division or account of a partially salaried and partially volunteer firefighters relief association that is:
(1) organized and incorporated as a nonprofit corporation to provide retirement benefits to volunteer firefighters under chapter 317A and any laws of the state;
(2) governed by this chapter and sections 424A. See Minnesota Statutes 424A.001
The articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the volunteer firefighters relief association must specify that the relief association is either a defined benefit relief association subject to sections 424A.015, 424A.02, and 424A.091 to 424A.094 or is a defined contribution relief association subject to sections 424A.015 and 424A.016.