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. 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.
2009 c 169 art 10 s 20; 2013 c 111 art 5 s 80; 2015 c 68 art 9 s 4; 2018 c 211 art 14 s 6
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement
Chapter 424A — Volunteer Firefighters Retirement
Section 424A.001 — Definitions.
Section 424A.002 — Authorization Of New Or Continuing Volunteer Firefighters Relief Associations.
Section 424A.003 — Certification Of Service Credit.
Section 424A.01 — Membership In A Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association.
Section 424A.014 — Financial Report; Bond; Examination.
Section 424A.02 — Defined Benefit Relief Associations; Service Pensions.
Section 424A.021 — Credit For Break In Service To Provide Uniformed Service.
Section 424A.03 — Volunteer Firefighter Service Pension And Retirement Benefits Based On Service.
Section 424A.04 — Volunteer Relief Associations; Board Of Trustees.
Section 424A.05 — Relief Association Special Fund.
Section 424A.06 — Relief Association General Fund.
Section 424A.07 — Nonprofit Firefighting Corporations; Establishment Of Relief Associations.
Section 424A.08 — Municipality Without Relief Association; Authorized Disbursements.
Section 424A.091 — Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association Financing Guidelines Act; Application.
Section 424A.092 — Relief Associations Paying Lump-sum Service Pensions.
Section 424A.093 — Relief Associations Paying Monthly Service Pensions.
Section 424A.094 — Nonprofit Firefighting Corporations.
Section 424A.095 — Investments.
Section 424A.096 — Citation; Application Of Other Laws.
Section 424A.10 — State Supplemental Benefit; Volunteer Firefighters.