§ 424A.094 — Nonprofit Firefighting Corporations
Plain-Language Summary
This section addresses ancillary benefits—benefits other than service pensions—that firefighters relief associations may pay from their special funds. Examples include survivor benefits paid to a deceased firefighter's spouse or children and death benefits. The section sets rules about who may receive these benefits, how much may be paid, and what conditions apply.
424A.094 NONPROFIT FIREFIGHTING CORPORATIONS.
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Subdivision 1.Authorized inclusion in fire state aid program; covered nonprofit corporations.
(a) This section applies to any independent nonprofit firefighting corporation incorporated or organized under chapter 317A that: (1) operates exclusively for firefighting purposes; (2) is composed of volunteer firefighters, paid on-call firefighters, or both volunteer firefighters and paid on-call firefighters; and (3) has a duly established separate subsidiary incorporated firefighters relief association that provides retirement coverage for or pays a service pension to a retired firefighter or a retirement benefit to a surviving dependent of either an active or a retired firefighter, and that is subject to the applicable provisions of chapter 424A.
(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipality contracting with an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation must be included in the distribution of fire state aid to the appropriate county auditor by the state auditor only if the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation complies with the provisions of this section. §
Subd. 2.Determination of actuarial condition and funding costs.
Each independent nonprofit firefighting corporation to which this section applies shall determine the actuarial condition and the funding costs of the subsidiary relief association using the following procedure:
(1) An independent nonprofit firefighting corporation which has a subsidiary relief association which pays a monthly benefit service pension shall procure an actuarial valuation of the special fund of the subsidiary relief association at the same times and in the same manner as specified in section 424A.093, subdivisions 2 and 3, and an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation which has a subsidiary relief association which pays a lump-sum service pension shall determine the accrued liability of the special fund of the relief association in accordance with section 424A.092, subdivision 2.
(2) The financial requirements of the special fund of the subsidiary relief association which pays a monthly benefit service pension shall be determined in the same manner as specified in section 424A.093, subdivision 4, and the financial requirements of the special fund of the subsidiary relief association shall be determined in the same manner as specified in section 424A.092, subdivision 3.
(3) The minimum obligation of the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation on behalf of the special fund of the subsidiary relief association shall be determined in the same manner as specified in section 424A.092, subdivision 4, or 424A.093, subdivision 5, as applicable.
(4) The independent nonprofit firefighting corporation shall appropriate annually from the income of the corporation an amount at least equal to the minimum obligation of the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation on behalf of the special fund of the subsidiary relief association. §
Subd. 3.Authorized pension disbursements.
Authorized disbursements of assets of the special fund of the subsidiary relief association of the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation shall be governed by the provisions of section 424A.05.
History:
1971 c 261 s 4; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1979 c 201 s 10; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1989 c 304 s 137; 1990 c 480 art 6 s 6; 2013 c 111 art 5 s 80; art 6 s 2; 2014 c 296 art 12 s 16; 2018 c 211 art 14 s 22; 2024 c 102 art 2 s 26
History: History: 1971 c 261 s 4; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1979 c 201 s 10; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1989 c 304 s 137; 1990 c 480 art 6 s 6; 2013 c 111 art 5 s 80; art 6 s 2; 2014 c 296 art 12 s 16; 2018 c 211 art 14 s 22; 2024 c 102 art 2 s 26