411.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings: 1. “Actuarial equivalent” means a benefit of equal value, when computed upon the basis of mortality tables adopted by the system, and interest computed at the rate established […]
411.10 Purchase of service credit for military service. 1. An active member of the system who has been a member of the retirement system five or more years may elect to purchase up to five years of service credit for military service, other than military service required to be recognized under Internal Revenue Code §414(u) […]
411.10A Purchase of service credit for prior service. 1. An active member of the system who has been a member of the retirement system five or more years and who received a refund of the member’s contributions for a prior period of service under the system may elect to purchase up to five years of […]
411.11 Contributions by the city. 1. On or before January 1 of each year the system shall certify to the superintendent of public safety of each participating city the amounts which will become due and payable during the year next following to the fire and police retirement fund. The amounts so certified shall be included […]
411.12 City obligations. The creation and maintenance of moneys in the fire and police retirement fund as provided for the payment of all pensions and other benefits granted under the provisions of this chapter and all expenses in connection with the administration and operation of the retirement system are hereby made direct liability obligations of […]
411.13 Exemption from execution and other process or assignment — exceptions. The right of any person to a pension, annuity, or retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or death benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this chapter, and the […]
411.14 Fraudulent practice — correction of errors. A person who knowingly makes a false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record or records of the retirement system in an attempt to defraud the system as a result of such act, is guilty of a fraudulent practice. If any change or error in […]
411.15 Hospitalization and medical attention. Cities shall provide hospital, nursing, and medical attention for the members of the police and fire departments of the cities, when injured while in the performance of their duties as members of such department, and shall continue to provide hospital, nursing, and medical attention for injuries or diseases incurred while […]
411.16 Hours of service. Fire fighters employed in the fire department of cities of ten thousand population or more, or under civil service, shall not be required to remain on duty for periods of time which will aggregate in each month more than an average of fifty-six hours per week and no single period of […]
411.17 Provisions not applicable. The provisions of section 411.16 shall not apply to the chief, or other persons when in command of a fire department, nor to fire fighters who are employed subject to call only. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §411.17]
411.1A Purpose of chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to promote economy and efficiency in the municipal public safety service by doing the following: 1. Provide an orderly means for police officers and fire fighters to have a retirement system which will provide for the payment of pensions to retired members and members incurring […]
411.2 Participation in retirement system. 1. Except as provided in subsections 2 through 5, each city in which the fire fighters or police officers are appointed under the civil service law of this state, shall participate in the retirement system established by this chapter for the purpose of providing retirement allowances only for fire fighters […]
411.20 State appropriation. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1167, §53.
411.21 Vested and retired members before July 1, 1979 — annuity or withdrawal of contributions. 1. Members who became vested and terminated service prior to July 1, 1979, and members receiving an annuity from accumulated contributions made prior to July 1, 1979, shall continue to receive the benefits the member was entitled to under the […]
411.22 Liability of third parties — subrogation. 1. If a member receives an injury or dies for which benefits are payable under section 411.6, subsection 3, 5, 8, or 9, or section 411.15, and if the injury or death is caused under circumstances creating a legal liability for damages against a third party other than […]
411.23 Withdrawal of contributions — repayment — automatic refund. 1. Commencing July 1, 1990, if an active member, in service on or after that date, terminates service, other than by death or disability, the member may elect to withdraw the member’s contributions under section 411.8, subsection 1, paragraphs “f” and “h”, together with interest thereon […]
411.24 Payment to representative payee. 1. Adults. When it appears to the system that the interest of an applicant entitled to a payment would be served, certification of payment may be made, regardless of the legal competence or incompetence of the individual entitled to the payment, either for direct payment to the applicant, or for […]
411.3 Membership — reemployment. 1. All persons who become police officers or fire fighters after the date the city is required to come under the retirement system, shall become members of the retirement system as a condition of their employment, except that a police chief or a fire chief who would not complete twenty-two years […]
411.30 Transfer of membership. 1. Upon the written approval of the applicable county board of supervisors and city council, to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, a vested member of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system on June 30, 1986, who meets all of the following requirements shall become a member of a retirement system […]
411.31 Optional transfers with chapter 97A. 1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Average accrued benefit” means the average of the amounts representing the present value of the accrued benefit earned by the member determined by the former system and the present value of the accrued benefit earned by the […]
