Effective 28 Aug 1995

87.175. Retirement for service — amount, how computed — refund of member's contribution. — 1. Upon retirement for service, a member shall receive a service retirement allowance which shall be equal to fifty percent of the average final compensation, plus an amount equal to five percent of the average final compensation for each additional year of service after twenty-five years, but no service retirement allowance shall exceed an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the average final compensation.

2. In addition to any other annuity or retirement allowance payable under this section and sections 87.195 and 87.205, any member upon retirement application approval shall be repaid the total amount of the member's contribution to the retirement system, without interest. Any beneficiary, upon the receipt of evidence and proof of the death of an active member, shall be repaid the total amount of the member's contribution to the firemen's retirement system, without interest. The board shall pay the beneficiary such total amount of the member's contribution to the retirement system within sixty days after the date of the death of the member.

3. Any annuity or retirement allowance repaid to a member under subsection 2 of this section shall be withdrawn from the members' contribution fund of the firemen's retirement system and no moneys shall be withdrawn from the general revenue fund of the city .

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(L. 1943 p. 708 § 6, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.517, A.L. 1963 p. 142, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 876, A.L. 1969 pp. 161, 162, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1378, A.L. 1973 H.B. 591, A.L. 1977 H.B. 308, A.L. 1982 S.B. 508, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1575, A.L. 1995 H.B. 260, et al. merged with S.B. 404)