9-951. Disposition of fire insurance premium tax proceeds; composition of fund A. The proceeds of the annual tax provided by law on the gross amount of all premiums received on policies and contracts of fire insurance covering property within this state, after deducting cancellations, return premiums, dividends and the amount received as reinsurance on business […]
9-951.01. Definition As used in this article, " volunteer fire company" includes " volunteer fire district" .
9-952. Disposition of fire insurance premium tax Not later than July 31 of each year, the state treasurer, using the information provided by the cities and towns and legally organized fire districts, the office of the state fire marshal, the department of insurance and financial institutions and the department of revenue as provided in section […]
9-953. Fire districts or departments; certification by the office of the state fire marshal The office of the state fire marshal shall certify the existence of fire districts organized under title 48 and fire departments of incorporated cities and towns. The office of the state fire marshal shall provide this information annually to the state […]
9-954. Board of trustees of fund; membership A. The mayor or the mayor’s designee, the fire chief, the elected chief and secretary-treasurer of a fire district or, if administered by a district board, a board member and the fire chief, four members elected from the fire department or from the fire district and one lay […]
9-955. Officers of board; meetings; procedure for disbursements A. The board of trustees shall elect from its members the president and secretary of the board for the ensuing year. The city or town treasurer, or the county treasurer, as the case may be, shall be treasurer, except that if the board of trustees of a […]
9-956. Annual audit; report of secretary; sanction A. The board shall cause an annual audit and report of the fire fighters’ relief and pension fund. B. The secretary shall report, using a form approved by the office of the state fire marshal, annually on or before January 1 to the board the condition of the […]
9-957. Powers and duties of board; investments; review of decisions A. The board may compel witnesses to attend and testify on any matter pertaining to this article, and its president or any member may administer oaths. The board may provide for payment of its necessary expenses, except that no compensation is payable to members of […]
9-958. Election to transfer excess assets from fire fighters’ relief and pension fund; public safety personnel retirement system; alternate pension and benefit plan; unfunded liability A. Notwithstanding any other law, if a fire district that is organized pursuant to section 48-803 and that has at least five full-time firefighters, excluding firefighters employed by the fire […]
9-963. Grant of temporary relief by board; procedures for immediate pension relief A. The board of trustees may grant temporary relief and assistance from the fund to any qualified member of a legally organized volunteer fire district or department, or to such member’s surviving spouse or surviving dependents. B. The president, secretary and board shall […]
9-965. Termination of benefits If a beneficiary is declared to be an incapacitated person, pursuant to section 14-5101, or disobeys any requirement of this article, the board may order his pension or allowance discontinued. Thereafter his benefit is payable to his immediate dependents or to his guardian.
9-967. Pension for volunteer fire fighter A. A person duly appointed and having served either as a member of a legally organized fire district or as a member of a fire department of any incorporated city or town for twenty-five years or more, or who has reached sixty years of age, and served twenty years […]
9-967.01. Paid fire fighters who are also volunteers; eligibility for pension benefits Any person who is a paid member of a fire department and an active member of the public safety personnel retirement system is not eligible to receive pension benefits under this article from that same department.
9-968. Exemption of pension from process; prohibition of assignments; exception A. No portion of the pension fund or the distributive portions thereof shall be subject to attachment, execution or other judicial process for the satisfaction of a debt or claim against the member or his beneficiaries, and assignments or transfers of any distributive portion shall […]
9-969. Applicability of workers’ compensation law This article shall be supplemental and in addition to the workers’ compensation law, but firemen and their beneficiaries receiving compensation under those provisions of law shall not receive the benefits provided by this article during the period they receive such compensation, except in the event such compensation is less […]
9-970. Effect of military service A member of a fire department or district who has served as a member of the military establishment of the United States during a period of national emergency, immediately following service as a member of the fire department or district, shall not be required to contribute to the fire fighters’ […]
9-971. Reinstatement after military service A member of a fire district inducted into the military establishment of the United States for military training shall, upon his discharge from such service, be reinstated with his previous service credits.
9-972. Inapplicability of article A. Effective from and after June 30, 1968, this article shall be amended as to all full-time paid firemen, and employees other than volunteer firemen employed after June 30, 1968, shall be covered by the public safety personnel retirement system in those cities that have established a pension system under this […]
9-973. Disability insurance for volunteer fire fighters In addition to the authority granted pursuant to other provisions of this article, the board of trustees, with the approval of the mayor and council if for a volunteer fire department or the board of trustees with the approval of the board of supervisors if for a volunteer […]
