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§ 24-12-101. Definitions

As used in this act, “paid nonuniformed employees”: (1) Means the mayor, city attorney, city treasurer, city clerk, or municipal judge of any city to which this act is applicable when the mayor, city attorney, city treasurer, city clerk, or municipal judge elects to be so included; and (2) May include the other full-time paid […]

§ 24-12-102. Applicability

This act shall not apply to any city having a paid nonuniformed employees’ pension and relief fund prior to February 23, 1949.

§ 24-12-103. Vote to effect act

(a) The provisions of this act shall be suspended and inoperative in any city affected by the provisions of the act until made available by a vote favorable thereto of the majority of the qualified electors of the cities participating in any election on the question at a special election called for the purpose of […]

§ 24-12-104. Tax levy to support fund

(a) Annually, a tax not to exceed one and one-half (1½) mills on the dollar of all taxable property in cities of the first class and cities of the second class which have paid nonuniformed employees may be levied by a vote of the people as a fund for pensioned, superannuated, and retired paid nonuniformed […]

§ 24-12-105. Board of trustees

(a) (1) The board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall consist of five (5) members and shall be composed of the mayor, the head of the street department, the city treasurer, who shall be the treasurer of the fund and the general manager of the waterworks, or the […]

§ 24-12-106. List of retired employees

(a) There shall be kept in the office of the board of trustees pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees, by the secretary, a book known as the “list of retired paid nonuniformed employees”. (b) The book shall give the full and complete history and record of action of the board in retiring any […]

§ 24-12-107. Treasurer as custodian of fund

(a) The treasurer shall be custodian of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees and shall keep his or her books and accounts concerning the fund in such manner as may be prescribed by the board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees. (b) The books and accounts […]

§ 24-12-108. Deposit of moneys

The board shall deposit all moneys in the bank selected as the fiscal agent of the city in which it is located, but only if the moneys draw the same rate of interest as the city receives on its deposits. Otherwise, the board shall make its own selection of the bank.

§ 24-12-109. Investment

(a) The board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall have the power to draw sums from its treasury to invest in the name of the board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees in interest-bearing bonds of the United States, of the State […]

§ 24-12-110. Payments

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, all moneys paid from the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall be paid by the treasurer only upon warrants signed by the chair and countersigned by the secretary thereof. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no warrant shall […]

§ 24-12-111. Moneys added to fund — Refunds

(a) There shall be added to the fund pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees the following moneys: (1) All moneys given or donated to the fund; and (2) Not less than six percent (6%) of the monthly salary of each employee, to be deducted each month by the city or its proper agency […]

§ 24-12-112. Proration upon insufficiency of fund

If at any time there should not be sufficient money in the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees to pay each person a full amount to which he or she may be entitled, the beneficiaries shall be paid by prorating the fund available among them in accordance with the respective benefits being received […]

§ 24-12-113. Report on condition of fund

The board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall report to the council, city commissioner, or city clerk of the city on the condition of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees on the first regular meeting in January of each year.

§ 24-12-114. Subjection of fund to legal process

(a) No portion of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall at any time be subject to seizure or to be levied on under any process whatsoever for the payment of any claim or debts held against any disabled or retired employee or the surviving spouse, dependent parent, or minor children under […]

§ 24-12-116. Benefits — Permanent total disability retirement

(a) If any paid nonuniformed employee, while in the performance of his or her duty, shall become physically or mentally totally and permanently disabled by reason of his or her service from performing his or her departmental duties and this fact shall be certified to by the physician on the board of trustees of the […]

§ 24-12-117. Benefits — Death of employee

(a) (1) If while in the performance of his or her duty any employee shall be killed or die as a result of injuries received in performing that duty, or shall die of a disease contracted by reason of that occupation, or shall die of natural causes while in service, and shall leave a spouse […]

§ 24-12-118. Funeral expenses

(a) Whenever an active or retired employee shall die or be killed, the board of trustees of the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees shall appropriate from the pension and relief fund for paid nonuniformed employees the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to pay the funeral expenses of the decedent. (b) However, […]

§ 24-12-121. City clerk — Clerk-treasurer

(a) (1) A city clerk or clerk-treasurer in a city of the first class may retire from office for the remainder of his or her life at the retirement pay provided in this section if the person has served as city clerk, clerk-treasurer, or city treasurer for: (A) Not less than ten (10) years, upon […]