Chapter 424A — Firefighters Relief Association Guidelines Act of 1971

424A.001 Definitions This section defines key terms used throughout Chapter 424A, which governs firefighters relief associations in … 424A.002 Authorization of New or Continuing Firefighters Relief Associations This section authorizes fire departments to create new firefighters relief associations or to keep existing ones going, … 424A.003 Certification of Service Credit This section requires fire chiefs to certify each year by March 31 how much service credit each volunteer firefighter … 424A.01 Membership in a Firefighters Relief Association This section sets out who is eligible to join a firefighters relief association in Minnesota. To be eligible, a … 424A.014 Financial Report; Bond; Examination This section sets financial reporting and oversight requirements for firefighters relief associations. Associations with … 424A.015 Generally Applicable Firefighters Relief Association Pension Plan Regulation This section sets general rules that apply to all firefighters relief associations, whether they are defined benefit or … 424A.016 Defined Contribution Firefighters Relief Association Specific Regulation This section governs defined contribution firefighters relief associations, where each member has their own individual … 424A.02 Defined Benefit Relief Associations; Service Pensions This section governs how defined benefit firefighters relief associations pay service pensions. A firefighter generally … 424A.021 Credit for Break in Service to Provide Uniformed Service This section gives volunteer firefighters and paid on-call firefighters the right to receive service credit for time … 424A.03 Volunteer Firefighter Service Pension and Retirement Benefits Based on Service This section requires that firefighter service pensions be calculated based on years of service, not on how much money a … 424A.04 Volunteer Relief Associations; Board of Trustees This section establishes how the board of trustees of a firefighters relief association is set up and how it operates. … 424A.05 Relief Association Special Fund This section requires every firefighters relief association to create and maintain a separate special fund, which is the … 424A.06 Relief Association General Fund This section requires firefighters relief associations to maintain a general fund in addition to the special fund. The … 424A.07 Nonprofit Firefighting Corporations; Establishment of Relief Associations This section sets rules about the investments that firefighters relief associations may make with their special fund … 424A.08 Municipality Without Relief Association; Authorized Disbursements This section addresses what happens to a firefighters relief association's assets and obligations when a fire department … 424A.09 This section sets out rules for disability benefits that firefighters relief associations may pay to members who become … 424A.091 Firefighters Relief Association Financing Guidelines Act; Application This section governs how municipalities calculate and make contributions to firefighters relief associations to keep the … 424A.092 Relief Associations Paying Lump-sum Service Pensions This section establishes the maximum benefit levels that a defined benefit firefighters relief association can pay from … 424A.093 Relief Associations Paying Monthly Service Pensions This section sets rules for monthly benefit service pensions paid by firefighters relief associations that choose to … 424A.094 Nonprofit Firefighting Corporations This section addresses ancillary benefits—benefits other than service pensions—that firefighters relief associations may … 424A.095 Investments This section governs relief association bylaws and what they must contain to comply with state law. Bylaws must address … 424A.096 Citation; Application of Other Laws This section sets rules for how a municipality must fund a firefighters relief association when the association's … 424A.10 State Supplemental Benefit; Firefighters This section addresses the dissolution or termination of a firefighters relief association and what happens to the …