Section 9-16-47 – Benefits and contributions exempt from assignment and process.
9-16-47. Benefits and contributions exempt from assignment and process. All annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, the accumulated contributions of any member, or any other benefit whatsoever accrued or accruing to any member or beneficiary shall be unassignable and shall not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment, or any other process of law whatsoever, except as is […]
Section 9-16-48 – Validation of pensions and benefits previously paid.
9-16-48. Validation of pensions and benefits previously paid. In all cases if a municipal retirement system or a first or second class municipality has, prior to July 1, 1985, paid any pension or other benefit out of funds provided by the municipality, the pensions or other benefits and all proceedings thereon, contracts made or performed, […]
Section 9-16-34 – Workmen’s compensation benefits deductible from firemen’s pensions–Subrogation of first or second class municipality to rights of member or beneficiary against third party.
9-16-34. Workmen’s compensation benefits deductible from firemen’s pensions–Subrogation of first or second class municipality to rights of member or beneficiary against third party. Any amounts which may be paid or payable under the provisions of any workmen’s compensation or similar law to a member or beneficiary or to the dependents of a member or beneficiary […]
Section 9-16-44 – Workers’ compensation benefits offset against special death benefits– Subrogation of first or second class municipality to rights against third party.
9-16-44. Workers’ compensation benefits offset against special death benefits–Subrogation of first or second class municipality to rights against third party. Any amounts which may be paid or payable under the provisions of any workers’ compensation or similar law to a member or beneficiary or to the dependents of a member or beneficiary on account of […]
Section 9-16-45 – Circulatory or respiratory disease presumed occupational in firemen.
9-16-45. Circulatory or respiratory disease presumed occupational in firemen. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any condition of impairment of health caused by hypertension, heart disease, or respiratory disease resulting in total or partial disability to an officer or member of a fire department who successfully passed physical examination […]
Section 9-16-46.1 – Postretirement redetermination of pensions–Restrictions.
9-16-46.1. Postretirement redetermination of pensions–Restrictions. Any pension plan for city employees and officers or firemen, adopted under the provisions of this chapter, may provide for annual or less frequent postretirement redetermination of pensions. The application of any provision redetermining pension amounts may be restricted to pensions having an effective date of payment either prior to […]
Section 9-16-20 – First and second class municipalities authorized to pension firemen.
9-16-20. First and second class municipalities authorized to pension firemen. In addition to other powers granted, every municipality of the first class shall have power to establish a firemen’s relief and pension fund and to pension firemen as provided in this chapter. Source: SL 1927, ch 172, §2; SL 1929, ch 189; SDC 1939, §45.0204; […]
Section 9-16-23 – Sources of municipal pension fund.
9-16-23. Sources of municipal pension fund. A municipal pension fund shall consist of: (1)All sums of money or property that are contributed by gifts, devises, and bequests; (2)In the case of a firemen’s system, all money received by its respective first or second class municipality from the Division of Insurance of the State of South […]
Section 9-16-25 – Firemen’s contributions to pension fund–Deduction from salary.
9-16-25. Firemen’s contributions to pension fund–Deduction from salary. Each member of the firemen’s pension fund may be required to contribute to the fund, as determined by ordinance adopted by the municipality of the first class, the contributions to be deducted from his salary beginning with the date of his entry into city service as a […]
Section 9-16-26 – Refund of members’ contributions on termination of employment prior to retirement.
9-16-26. Refund of members’ contributions on termination of employment prior to retirement. In the event any member leaves city service before a pension becomes payable on account of his participation in the said pension fund, the total of his contributions to the said fund may be either retained by the said fund or returned to […]