Sec. 12.
(1) The membership of the retirement system created by a municipality affected by this act shall include each police officer and fire fighter employed by a municipality. A police officer or fire fighter, who is a member of the retirement system and who is transferred from the classification of a police officer or fire fighter to a civilian position within the police or fire department or who is transferred from the police or fire department of the municipality to another department of the municipality by an officer or body of the municipality authorized to make the transfer, shall continue as a member of this retirement system covering the police officers and fire fighters, and shall be subject to the provisions of the retirement system. If the officers and employees of the department to which the person is transferred are covered by an annuity pension or retirement system to which the municipality makes contributions and the person transferred becomes entitled to membership in that system, the person shall cease to be a member of this police officer and fire fighter retirement system.
(2) The membership of the retirement system shall not include a volunteer fire fighter, a privately employed police officer or fire fighter, a person temporarily employed during an emergency, a civilian employee of a police and fire department, or a person participating in a transitional public employment program, except as provided in subsection (1) and section 6c.
History: 1937, Act 345, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 210, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 229, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 38.562 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1951 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 Popular Name: Act 345
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement
Act 345 of 1937 - Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act (38.551 - 38.562)
Section 38.551a - Short Title.
Section 38.552 - Retirement Board; Powers and Duties.
Section 38.554 - Credit for Prior Service.
Section 38.555 - Retirement Board; Quasi-Judicial Body; Review of Actions by Writ of Certiorari.
Section 38.556 - Age and Service Retirement Benefits.
Section 38.556b - Remarriage of Surviving Spouse; Applicability of Subsection (1) to Municipality.
Section 38.556d - Postretirement Adjustments Increasing Retirement Benefits.
Section 38.556e - Mandatory Subjects of Bargaining.
Section 38.558 - Refunds of Salary Contributions.
Section 38.560 - Investments; Transfer and Disposition of Certain Assets.
Section 38.561 - Referendum; Township or Charter Township.
Section 38.561a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.