16-102. City of the second class; attainment of required population; incorporation as city of the first class. Whenever any city of the second class attains a population of more than five thousand inhabitants as provided by section 16-101, the mayor of such city shall certify such fact to the Secretary of State who upon the […]
16-1020. Applicability of sections. Except as provided in section 16-1039, sections 16-1020 to 16-1038 shall apply to all firefighters of a city of the first class. Source Laws 1983, LB 531, § 1.
16-1021. Terms, defined. For the purposes of sections 16-1020 to 16-1042, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Actuarial equivalent means equality in value of the aggregate amount of benefit expected to be received under different forms or at different times determined as of a given date as adopted by the city or the retirement committee […]
16-1022. Firefighter; prior service; how treated. A firefighter shall be credited with all years of his or her service after August 7, 1965, for the purpose of determining vested retirement benefits under sections 16-1020 to 16-1038. Source Laws 1983, LB 531, § 3.
16-1023. Firefighters Retirement System Fund; city maintain; transfer of contributions; funding of system. (1) Commencing on January 1, 1984, each city of the first class having a paid fire department shall keep and maintain a Firefighters Retirement System Fund for the purpose of investing payroll deductions and city contributions to the retirement system. The fund […]
16-1024. Contribution by firefighter; amount; interest; city; pick up firefighters’ contributions; voluntary contribution. (1) Each firefighter participating in the retirement system shall contribute to the retirement system a sum equal to six and one-half percent of his or her salary. Such payment shall be made by regular payroll deductions from his or her periodic salary […]
16-1025. Contributions by city; amount; how credited; interest. (1) Beginning January 1, 1984, each city of the first class with firefighters participating in a retirement system shall contribute to the retirement system a sum equal to thirteen percent of each such participating firefighter’s periodic salary. Such payment shall be credited to his or her employer […]
16-1027. Retiring firefighter; annuity options; how determined; lump-sum payment. (1) At any time before the retirement date, the retiring firefighter may elect to receive his or her pension benefit at retirement either in the form of a straight life annuity or any optional form of annuity benefit established by the retirement committee and provided under […]
16-1028. Retirement options; retirement date. (1) A firefighter of a city of the first class may: (a) Retire or be retired and receive the applicable retirement pension benefit upon the attainment of age fifty-five while employed by the city as a firefighter; (b) Elect to retire after he or she has attained the age of […]
16-1029. Firefighter; death other than in the line of duty; pension benefit payable. (1) When prior to the commencement of retirement benefits any firefighter participating in the retirement system dies other than in the line of duty, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the entire retirement value shall be payable to […]
16-103. Reorganization as city of the first class; transitional provisions. (1) After the proclamation under section 16-102, the city shall be governed by the laws of this state applicable to cities of the first class, except that the government of such city shall continue as organized at the date of such proclamation until the reorganization […]
16-1030. Firefighter; death in the line of duty; retirement benefits. When prior to commencement of retirement benefits any firefighter participating in the retirement system dies in the line of duty or in case death is caused by or is the result of injuries received while in the line of duty and such firefighter is not […]
16-1031. Firefighter; disability in the line of duty; disability benefit; return to duty; conditions. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section for temporary disability, if any firefighter becomes disabled, such firefighter shall be placed upon the roll of pensioned firefighters at the regular retirement pension of fifty percent of regular pay for […]
16-1032. Firefighter; temporary disability; workers’ compensation benefits; how treated. No firefighter shall be entitled during any period of temporary disability to receive in full both his or her salary and his or her benefits under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act. All Nebraska workers’ compensation benefits shall be payable in full to such firefighter as provided […]
16-1033. Firefighter; termination of employment; benefits; how treated; vesting schedule. In the event a firefighter quits or is discharged before his or her retirement date as defined in subsection (3) of section 16-1028, the firefighter may request and receive, as a lump-sum payment, an amount equal to the value of his or her employee account […]
16-1034. Retirement committee; established; city council; responsibilities; powers and duties; allocation. A retirement committee shall be established to supervise the general operation of the retirement system. The city council shall be responsible for the general administration of such retirement system unless specific functions or all functions with regard to the administration of the retirement system […]
16-1035. Retirement committee; members; terms; vacancy; expenses. Each retirement committee established pursuant to section 16-1034 shall consist of six members of which four members shall be selected by the active paid firefighters excluding firefighters identified in section 16-1039. Two members shall be designated by the city council. The members who are not participants in such […]
16-1036. Firefighters Retirement System Fund; authorized investments; retirement committee; powers and duties. (1) The funds in the Firefighters Retirement System Fund shall be invested by the retirement committee. The city, subject to the approval of the retirement committee, shall contract with a funding agent or agents to hold or invest the assets of the retirement […]
16-1036.01. Firefighters Retirement System Fund; schedule of investment costs; allocation. The city and the retirement committee shall develop a schedule of investment costs relating to the investment of the funds in each of the accounts in the Firefighters Retirement System Fund, which costs shall be paid out of the funds in such accounts or assessed […]
16-1037. Retirement committee; officers; duties. (1) It shall be the duty of the retirement committee to: (a) Elect a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and such other officers as the committee deems appropriate; (b) Hold regular quarterly meetings and special meetings upon the call of the chairperson; (c) Conduct meetings pursuant to the Open Meetings Act; (d) […]
