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Section 738.01 | Sanitary police pension fund.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
In any municipal corporation having a sanitary police force supported in whole or in part at public expense, the legislative authority thereof, by ordinance, may declare it necessary to establish and maintain a sanitary police pension fund. Thereupon a board of trustees, who shall be known as "trustees of the sanitary police pension fund," shall be created, consisting of the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation and five members of the sanitary police force; provided, that upon petition of a majority of the members of the sanitary police force, such board or officer, may designate a lesser number than five to be elected as trustees.
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Section 738.02 | Election of members - notice.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
On the second Monday of the month following the determination of the board or officer having control of the health department of the municipal corporation to create a sanitary police pension fund, an election shall be held to choose five trustees from the sanitary police force. Such board or officer shall give notice thereof by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of such force. Between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of the day designated, each person in the sanitary police force who, by its rules, is designated a member thereof, shall send by mail or otherwise, in writing, the names of five members of the force who are his choice for trustees. All votes so cast shall be counted and canvassed by such board or officer, who shall announce the result, and the five members receiving the highest number of votes shall be members of the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund for the ensuing year. If any two persons receive a tie vote for such office, it shall be decided by lot or in any other way agreed upon by the persons for whom such tie vote was cast. The members so elected shall serve for one year. Elections for successors shall be held each year upon the second Monday of the same month in which the first election is held. In case of vacancy by death, resignation, or otherwise among such members, the remaining members of the board of trustees shall choose a successor who shall serve until the next election. Such board shall administer and distribute the sanitary police pension fund.
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Section 738.03 | Organization of board - secretary.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The presiding officer of the board, or the officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation, shall be president of the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund, and the secretary or corresponding officer of the health department shall be secretary of the fund. In case there is no such officer, the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall appoint the secretary. The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the board of trustees, and such board may fix his compensation therefor, to be paid from such fund.
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Section 738.04 | Tax to maintain fund.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
In each municipal corporation maintaining a sanitary police pension fund, the legislative authority thereof each year, in the manner provided for other municipal levies and in addition to all other levies authorized by law, may levy a tax, not to exceed one-thirtieth of a mill on each dollar, upon all the real and personal property listed for taxation in such municipal corporation. In the matter of such levy, the board of trustees of the fund shall be subject to the law controlling the heads of departments in such municipal corporation and shall discharge all the duties required of such heads of departments. A failure of such board to act in the manner required of the heads of departments of such municipal corporation, in the making of such levy, shall not limit the power of the legislative authority thereof to make such levy.
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Section 738.05 | Fines, penalties, and license fees belonging to fund.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
All fines imposed upon any member of the sanitary police force of a municipal corporation, by way of discipline or punishment, by the authority having charge or control thereof, and the proceeds of all suits for penalties for the violation of the laws of this state or the ordinances of the municipal corporation, with the execution of which the health department of the municipal corporation is charged, and the license fees or other fees payable thereunder, shall be credited to the sanitary police pension fund.
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Section 738.06 | Trustees of fund may receive donations.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund may take by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, moneys or personal property, upon such terms as to the investment or expenditure thereof as are fixed by the grantor or determined by the board.
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Section 738.07 | Contributions from members of force.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund may receive such uniform amounts from each person designated by the rules of the sanitary police force as a member thereof as he voluntarily agrees to pay to the fund. The amount shall be deducted from his monthly pay and used as a fund to increase the pension which may be granted to such person or his beneficiaries.
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Section 738.08 | Custodian of fund.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The treasurer of the municipal corporation shall be the custodian of the sanitary police pension fund and shall pay it out upon the proper order of the board of trustees thereof. The treasurer shall execute a bond in such sum and form as is satisfactory to the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties with respect to the fund.
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Section 738.09 | Investments.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of a sanitary police pension fund may invest moneys received by it, other than those raised by taxation, in interest-bearing bonds of the United States or of this state, or of any county, township, school district, or municipal corporation in the state.
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Section 738.10 | Board of trustees to make rules for distribution of fund.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make all rules for the distribution of the fund, including the qualifications of those to whom any portion of the fund shall be paid and the amount thereof, but no rules shall be in force until approved by the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation.
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Section 738.11 | Annual report.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make a report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation of the condition of such fund on the first day of January of each year.
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