Before paying any service pensions or retirement benefits under section 424A.02 or before becoming entitled to receive any amounts of fire state aid upon transmittal from a contracting municipality under section 477B.04, subdivision 3, an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation shall establish a volunteer firefighters relief association governed by this chapter.
History: 1979 c 201 s 17; 1981 c 224 s 274; 2009 c 169 art 10 s 44; 2018 c 211 art 14 s 20; 1Sp2019 c 6 art 22 s 23
NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 6, article 22, section 23, is effective for aids payable in 2020 and thereafter. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 6, article 22, section 23, the effective date.