19-18-101. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in this chapter: (1) ”Association” means the fire department relief association provided for in 19-18-102. (2) ”Disability and pension fund” or “fund” means the fund provided for in 19-18-105. (3) ”Fire department” includes all fire departments, consisting of paid, part-paid, or volunteer firefighters or any combination thereof, recognized […]
19-18-102. Formation of fire department relief association — membership. (1) The confirmed members of a fire department, as defined in 19-18-101, may form a local association to be known as the fire department relief association of the city or town of …. (naming the city or town). When an association is formed, it shall be incorporated […]
19-18-103. Officers of association. When an association is formed, the members shall elect officers by a majority vote. The officers shall be a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and five members to serve on the board of trustees. After the incorporation of an association, the officers shall be elected annually on or before April 15. The […]
19-18-104. Board of trustees of association. A board of trustees of such fire department relief association shall be created to consist of seven members: (1) the president of the fire department relief association and the chief of the fire department, if an active member of the association, shall be ex officio members; and (2) five members to be […]
19-18-105. Establishment of disability and pension fund. A fund to be known as the “disability and pension fund” of the fire department relief association of the city or town shall be established and maintained in every city or town where the fire department has formed or hereafter forms an association under 19-18-102. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. […]
19-18-106. Transfer of money into fund by city treasurer. Whenever a fire department relief association has been formed and the treasurer of the association has furnished the bond required by 19-18-202, the city treasurer shall pay to the treasurer of the association all money held by the city treasurer to the credit of the disability and […]
19-18-107. Retention of firefighters’ rights when local government consolidated. A firefighter who has vested rights in a disability and pension fund maintains prior vested rights in the fund upon its transfer to a consolidated county municipality. A disability and pension fund established as required by law in a city or town of the county prior to […]
