35-1316. Annual account; appropriations and contributions; liability; limitation.
(1) Each city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program shall appropriate for the annual account for each year of service in which such program is in existence a sum to be determined by the governing body as sufficient to meet the purposes of the program.
(2) The total amount of all contributions from all sources made to any annual account shall not exceed three thousand dollars times the number of participants listed on the certification list for the year of service covered by that annual account. The service award benefit paid to a qualifying participant or beneficiary shall not include in any participant's share of an annual account any contributions made to the annual account for that year of service which are allocable to the participant or beneficiary in excess of the sum of three thousand dollars and any income derived from the investment of those excess sums.
(3) No city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program shall incur any obligation or liability with regard to contributions into any annual account under such program beyond the amount of contributions actually appropriated by such local political subdivision for such purpose and actually distributed into such accounts.
Source
Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters
35-101 - Volunteer firefighters; exemptions enumerated; retired firefighters; exemptions.
35-102 - Volunteer fire department; number of members; apparatus.
35-103 - Volunteer firefighters; members in good standing.
35-105 - Equipment; exemption from execution and sale.
35-106 - Fire insurance companies; occupation tax; levy; collection.
35-107 - Volunteer department; emergency first aid; members; immunity from liability; when.
35-109 - Sirens; restriction on use.
35-202 - Volunteer firefighter; file certificate of insurance.
35-501 - Rural and suburban fire protection districts; organization; necessity.
35-506 - District; vote on organization; officers; terms; compensation.
35-507 - District; meeting; when held.
35-508 - District; directors; powers.
35-509 - District; budget; tax to support; limitation; how levied; county treasurer; duties.
35-509.01 - District; secretary-treasurer; bond; amount; premium; failure to furnish; effect.
35-511 - District funds; where deposited; how disbursed; annual report.
35-512 - Districts; warrants; amount authorized; rate of interest.
35-514 - District; annexation of territory; procedure.
35-516 - District; boundaries; change; procedure; merger.
35-517 - District; boundaries; county board; duties.
35-518 - District; contract for protection with counties of adjoining state; terms; damages.
35-520 - Rural fire protection district; false alarm; false report; violation; penalty.
35-529 - Rural or suburban fire protection district; radio equipment; purchase; reimbursement.
35-530 - Territory within village or city; inclusion within district; procedure.
35-531 - Inclusion; procedure.
35-532 - Inclusion; county clerk; duties.
35-535 - District; public meeting; board of directors.
35-536 - Merged district; statutes applicable.
35-537 - Annexation of territory by a city or village; effect on certain contracts.
35-538 - Annexation; board of directors; accounting; effect.
35-539 - Annexation; when effective; board of directors; duties.
35-540 - Annexation; obligations and assessments; agreement to divide; approval; decree.
35-601 - Emergency Firefighting Fund; created; use; investment.
35-602 - Emergency Firefighting Fund; State Fire Marshal; use; purpose.
35-603 - Emergency Firefighting Fund; agreements with federal government; purpose.
35-801 - Clothing and equipment; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.
35-1004 - Benefits; entitled, when.
35-1006 - Benefits; maximum amount.
35-1008 - Benefits; proof of insurance coverage or ability to pay; documentation.
35-1009 - Reports; requirements.
35-1010 - Rules and regulations.
35-1101 - Fire Recognition Day; designation.
35-1202 - Mutual finance organization, defined.
35-1203 - Mutual Finance Assistance Fund; created; use; investment.
35-1204 - Mutual finance organization; creation by agreement; tax levy.
35-1205 - Distributions from fund; qualifications.
35-1206 - Distributions from fund; amount; disqualification; when.
35-1207 - Application for distribution; financial information required; State Treasurer; duties.
35-1302 - Legislative findings.
35-1309 - Service award benefit program; authorized.
35-1309.01 - Standard criteria for qualified active service; computation.
35-1310 - Certification administrator; designation; duties; certification list; hearing; appeal.
35-1312 - Service award benefit payments; when; section; how construed.
35-1313 - Service award benefits; payment upon military service, disability, or death.
35-1314 - Participant; failure to qualify; forfeiture.
35-1315 - Service award benefit program; annual account.
35-1316 - Annual account; appropriations and contributions; liability; limitation.
35-1317 - Service award benefit; how paid; exempt from judicial process.
35-1319 - Participant; status as volunteer.
35-1322 - Annexation, merger, or consolidation; established service award benefit program; effect.
35-1323 - Annexation, merger, or consolidation; no service award benefit program; effect.
35-1324 - Annual accounts; deposits and other property held in grantor trust; effect.
35-1326 - Administrative services agreements authorized.
35-1327 - Agreement; provisions.
35-1329 - Service award benefit program; termination; effect.
35-1330 - Unallocated contributions forfeited; use.
35-1403 - Employer; prohibited acts.
35-1404 - Employer; adjustment to wages authorized.
35-1405 - Employee; duty to notify employer.
35-1406 - Employee; provide written statement; contents.
35-1407 - Employee; provide employer notice of status as volunteer emergency responder.