Section 424A.05 — Relief Association Special Fund.
424A.05 RELIEF ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FUND. Subdivision 1. Establishment of special fund. Every volunteer firefighters relief association shall establish and maintain a special fund within the relief association. Subd. 2. Special fund assets and revenues. The special fund must be credited with all fire state aid and police and firefighter retirement supplemental state aid received under […]
Section 424A.06 — Relief Association General Fund.
424A.06 RELIEF ASSOCIATION GENERAL FUND. Subdivision 1. Establishment of general fund. A volunteer firefighters relief association may establish and maintain a general fund within the relief association. Subd. 2. General fund assets and revenues. (a) The general fund, if established, must be credited with the following: (1) all money received from dues other than dues […]
Section 424A.07 — Nonprofit Firefighting Corporations; Establishment Of Relief Associations.
424A.07 NONPROFIT FIREFIGHTING CORPORATIONS; ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS. Before paying any service pensions or retirement benefits under section 424A.02 or before becoming entitled to receive any amounts of fire state aid upon transmittal from a contracting municipality under section 477B.04, subdivision 3, an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation shall establish a volunteer firefighters relief association governed […]
Section 420.09 — Employees Graded.
420.09 EMPLOYEES GRADED. The commission shall ascertain the duties of each office, position, and employment in the fire protection service of such city and designate by rule as well as may be practicable the grade of each office, employment, or position. The commission shall prescribe standards of fitness and efficiency for each office, position, and […]
Section 424A.003 — Certification Of Service Credit.
424A.003 CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE CREDIT. (a) When a municipal fire department, a joint powers fire department, or an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation is directly associated with the volunteer firefighters relief association, the fire chief shall certify annually by March 31 the service credit for the previous calendar year of each volunteer firefighter rendering active service […]
Section 420.10 — Examinations; Examiners.
420.10 EXAMINATIONS; EXAMINERS. All examinations shall be impartial, fair and practical and designed only to test the relative qualifications and fitness of applicants to discharge the duties of the particular employment which they seek to fill. No question in any examination shall relate to the political or religious convictions or affiliations of the applicant. All […]
Section 424A.01 — Membership In A Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association.
424A.01 MEMBERSHIP IN A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Subdivision 1. Minors. No volunteer firefighters relief association associated with a municipality, a joint powers entity, or an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation may include as a relief association member a minor serving as a volunteer firefighter. Subd. 2. Status of substitute volunteer firefighters. No person who is […]
Section 420.11 — Notice Of Examinations.
420.11 NOTICE OF EXAMINATIONS. Notice of the time, place, and scope of each examination shall be given by publication and posting as specified in section 420.07 and by mailing such notice to each applicant upon the appropriate list of the application register ten days in advance. The names of those found eligible upon examinations after […]
Section 420.12 — Charges To Be Filed; Trial.
420.12 CHARGES TO BE FILED; TRIAL. Charges of inefficiency or misconduct may be filed with the secretary of the commission by a superior officer or by the appointing authority, and thereupon the commission shall try the charges after not less than ten days’ written notice to the accused. Such notice shall set forth the charges […]
Section 420.13 — Suspension Or Removal.
420.13 SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL. An employee who, after investigation and trial by the civil service commission, is found guilty of inefficiency, breach of duty, or misconduct, may be removed, reduced, or suspended. The employee’s name also may be stricken from the service register. If the board determines that the charges are not sustained, the accused, […]