§ 31-31-904. Statewide Health-Care Defined Benefit Plan – Definitions
The board may develop, maintain, and amend a statewide health-care defined benefit plan, including a plan document, that complies with the qualification requirements specified under the internal revenue code, as applicable to governmental plans. The purpose of such plan shall be to provide a defined benefit to assist in paying for the costs of health […]
§ 31-31-1101. Entry Into the Fire and Police Pension Association Defined Benefit System
Any employer who has established a local money purchase plan pursuant to part 6 of this article 31 or article 30.5 of this title 31 or has withdrawn into the statewide money purchase plan pursuant to part 5 of this article 31 may apply to the board to require all new employees hired on or […]
§ 31-31-806.5. Disability Benefits – On-Duty
If the board determines that a member, who is otherwise eligible to apply for disability retirement benefits under section 31-31-803, is required to terminate the member’s regular employment due to a total disability, as defined in section 31-31-801 (4), that is the result of an injury received while performing official duties or an occupational disease […]
§ 31-31-1102. Statewide Hybrid Plan – Creation – Management
The board is authorized to develop, maintain, and amend a statewide hybrid plan document that is a component of the defined benefit system and that offers a combination of defined benefit and defined contribution benefits and that is intended to comply with the qualification requirements specified in section 401 of the federal “Internal Revenue Code […]
§ 31-31-807. Death of Member – Survivor Benefits
If a member dies while in active service or while on temporary occupational disability under section 31-31-803 (2.2) and leaves a surviving spouse or dependent children, or both, one of the survivor benefits described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) shall be paid if the member: Is not eligible for a normal retirement pension […]
§ 31-31-1201. Review of Award of Benefits and Benefit Payments
At any time, the board may review an award of benefits or a benefit payment under any benefit plan in the defined benefit system, the statewide money purchase plan, or the statewide death and disability plan for the purpose of determining whether there has been fraud, an overpayment, an error, or a mistake. At any […]
§ 31-31-807.5. Death of Member – Line-of-Duty – Survivor Benefits
If a member dies while in active service as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained while performing official duties or as a result of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the member’s employment, and if such member qualifies for line-of-duty status under section 101 (h) of […]
§ 31-31-1202. Collection of Overpaid Benefits
The board shall institute practices and procedures as it deems necessary to collect money due a plan administered by the fire and police pension association as determined in section 31-31-1201, including but not limited to withholding subsequent benefit payments to which the member or beneficiary is or becomes entitled, applying the amount withheld as an […]
§ 31-31-808. Reduction of Survivor Benefits
The benefits payable under sections 31-31-807 and 31-31-807.5 to the surviving spouse and dependent children of any member, who at the time of the member’s death was a member of a money purchase plan established under this article or article 30.5 of this title, including any department chief, who at the time of the chief’s […]
§ 31-31-1203. False Statement – Felony
If, for the purpose of obtaining any order, benefit, award, compensation, or payment under the provisions of articles 30, 30.5, and 31 of this title, either for self-gain or for the benefit of any other person, anyone willfully makes a false statement or representation material to the claim, such person commits a class 5 felony […]