Bill Text: MN SF2923 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Centennial volunteer firefighters relief association continued retirement coverage upon city withdrawal authorization
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-28 - Referred to State and Local Government [SF2923 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2923-Introduced.html
1.2relating to retirement; Centennial Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association and
1.3the cities of Lino Lakes, Circle Pines, and Centerville; providing for continued
1.4retirement coverage by the current relief association upon the withdrawal of one
1.5city from the Centennial Fire Department joint powers agreement.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. CENTENNIAL VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF
1.8ASSOCIATION; COVERAGE FOR MULTIPLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
1.9(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 424A and 424B,
1.10to the contrary, if one of the cities covered by the Centennial Fire Department joint
1.11powers agreement withdraws from the agreement under the terms of the agreement, the
1.12Centennial Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association, by action of its board of trustees,
1.13may continue to provide service pension and ancillary retirement benefit coverage to the
1.14active firefighters of the fire department of the withdrawing city in the same manner as in
1.15effect before the withdrawal from the joint powers agreement.
1.16(b) If the Centennial Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association board of trustees
1.17approves the coverage continuation under paragraph (a), service credit, vesting eligibility,
1.18and pension or benefit computation after the joint powers agreement withdrawal must
1.19recognize the postwithdrawal period as a continuation of the prewithdrawal period.
1.20(c) If coverage continuation under paragraph (a) is implemented, the terms of the
1.21prewithdrawal municipal representatives on the board of trustees ends at the end of the
1.22month next following the month in which the paragraph (a) approval action occurred. New
1.23municipal representatives must be designated for the remainder of the one-year term. The
1.24fire chief position on the board of trustees must alternate annually between the fire chief of
1.25the joint powers fire department and the fire chief of the withdrawing city. If the fire chief
2.1board position is filled by the fire chief of the withdrawing city fire department, the other
2.2two municipal board representatives must be filled by the governing bodies of the cities
2.3remaining in the joint powers fire department agreement. If the fire chief board position is
2.4filled by the joint powers fire department fire chief, one of the other two municipal board
2.5representatives must be filled by the governing body of the withdrawing city and the other
2.6municipal board representative must be filled by the joint powers governing board.
2.7(d) If coverage continuation under paragraph (a) is implemented, all fire state aid
2.8and all police and fire supplemental retirement state aid received by the cities covered
2.9by the joint powers fire department agreement and by the city withdrawing from the
2.10joint powers fire department agreement must be deposited in the Centennial Volunteer
2.11Firefighters Relief Association.
2.12(e) If a minimum municipal obligation for the Centennial Volunteer Firefighters
2.13Relief Association is determined and certified by the relief association officers under
2.14Minnesota Statutes, section 424A.092, after the coverage continuation under paragraph (a)
2.15is implemented, the required municipal levy must be allocated between all cities served
2.16by fire departments covered by the relief association. The allocation must be made in
2.17proportion to the total fire state aid and police and fire supplemental retirement state aid
2.18received by each city to the sum of the total state aids of all cities.
2.19(f) If coverage continuation under paragraph (a) is implemented and bylaw
2.20amendment approval is required under Minnesota Statutes, sections 424A.02, subdivision
2.2110, and 424A.092, subdivision 6, that approval must be obtained by all cities with fire
2.22departments with Centennial Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association service pension
2.23coverage.
2.24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL REQUIREMENT.
2.25This section is effective the day after the latest date on which the governing bodies and
2.26the chief clerical officers of the cities of Centerville, Circle Pines, and Lino Lakes timely
2.27complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.
1.3the cities of Lino Lakes, Circle Pines, and Centerville; providing for continued
1.4retirement coverage by the current relief association upon the withdrawal of one
1.5city from the Centennial Fire Department joint powers agreement.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. CENTENNIAL VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF
1.8ASSOCIATION; COVERAGE FOR MULTIPLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
1.9(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 424A and 424B,
1.10to the contrary, if one of the cities covered by the Centennial Fire Department joint
1.11powers agreement withdraws from the agreement under the terms of the agreement, the
1.12Centennial Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association, by action of its board of trustees,
1.13may continue to provide service pension and ancillary retirement benefit coverage to the
1.14active firefighters of the fire department of the withdrawing city in the same manner as in
1.15effect before the withdrawal from the joint powers agreement.
1.16(b) If the Centennial Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association board of trustees
1.17approves the coverage continuation under paragraph (a), service credit, vesting eligibility,
1.18and pension or benefit computation after the joint powers agreement withdrawal must
1.19recognize the postwithdrawal period as a continuation of the prewithdrawal period.
1.20(c) If coverage continuation under paragraph (a) is implemented, the terms of the
1.21prewithdrawal municipal representatives on the board of trustees ends at the end of the
1.22month next following the month in which the paragraph (a) approval action occurred. New
1.23municipal representatives must be designated for the remainder of the one-year term. The
1.24fire chief position on the board of trustees must alternate annually between the fire chief of
1.25the joint powers fire department and the fire chief of the withdrawing city. If the fire chief
2.1board position is filled by the fire chief of the withdrawing city fire department, the other
2.2two municipal board representatives must be filled by the governing bodies of the cities
2.3remaining in the joint powers fire department agreement. If the fire chief board position is
2.4filled by the joint powers fire department fire chief, one of the other two municipal board
2.5representatives must be filled by the governing body of the withdrawing city and the other
2.6municipal board representative must be filled by the joint powers governing board.
2.7(d) If coverage continuation under paragraph (a) is implemented, all fire state aid
2.8and all police and fire supplemental retirement state aid received by the cities covered
2.9by the joint powers fire department agreement and by the city withdrawing from the
2.10joint powers fire department agreement must be deposited in the Centennial Volunteer
2.11Firefighters Relief Association.
2.12(e) If a minimum municipal obligation for the Centennial Volunteer Firefighters
2.13Relief Association is determined and certified by the relief association officers under
2.14Minnesota Statutes, section 424A.092, after the coverage continuation under paragraph (a)
2.15is implemented, the required municipal levy must be allocated between all cities served
2.16by fire departments covered by the relief association. The allocation must be made in
2.17proportion to the total fire state aid and police and fire supplemental retirement state aid
2.18received by each city to the sum of the total state aids of all cities.
2.19(f) If coverage continuation under paragraph (a) is implemented and bylaw
2.20amendment approval is required under Minnesota Statutes, sections 424A.02, subdivision
2.2110, and 424A.092, subdivision 6, that approval must be obtained by all cities with fire
2.22departments with Centennial Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association service pension
2.23coverage.
2.24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL REQUIREMENT.
2.25This section is effective the day after the latest date on which the governing bodies and
2.26the chief clerical officers of the cities of Centerville, Circle Pines, and Lino Lakes timely
2.27complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.
