- 1. In addition to any other annuity or retirement allowance paid or payable under sections 87.120 to 87.370, any retirant who is receiving benefits as a result of retirement prior to October 1, 1982, and any member of the system who ceased to be a member prior to October 1, 1982, and has vested retirement benefits may, upon application to the firemen's retirement system, be made a special advisor to the retirement system. Upon the acceptance of such application, the retirant shall be repaid the total amount of the member's contribution to the system without interest. Upon the approval of this statute, the board of trustees of the system may establish a staggered system of processing qualified applicants, which staggered system of accepting and processing of applications shall not exceed three years to complete, and which staggered system shall be structured to address all classes of entitlement as set forth in this section. The staggered system of processing shall consider first those applicants having been retired from the system the longest period of time, and chronologically thereafter the next longest until the most recent retirants shall be considered, which most recent retirees within said staggered system shall be last entitled to have their applications for* benefits considered.
- 2. Any refund of contributions paid under subsection 1 of this section shall be withdrawn from the general fund of the firemen's retirement system and no moneys shall be withdrawn from the general revenue fund of the city.
(L. 1983 H.B. 370)
*Word "of" appears in original rolls.