1. (1) Non-vested forfeiture. The account of a VFF-EMT who has performed less than 10 years of service under a program shall be closed if the VFF-EMT ceases to perform creditable service for a period of 12 months or more and fails to meet any other program requirement established by the municipality, unless a supervisor has granted the VFF-EMT a leave of absence for that period.
2. (2) Leaves of absence. A participating municipality may determine the conditions under which a leave of absence shall be granted. A participating municipality shall grant a leave of absence in writing on or before December 31 of the calendar year in which it is to take effect.
3. (3) Closed account distribution. A forfeited account shall be equally distributed among all other open VFF-EMT accounts sponsored by a participating municipality at the time of the forfeiture. Forfeitures may not be distributed to an account frozen under s. Adm 95.09 (1).
4. (4) Notice upon transfer of service. For vesting purposes under s. Adm 95.07, upon joining or exiting a program, a VFF-EMT shall notify the new program administrator and any previous program administrator before forfeiture is to occur in order to qualify for transfer of their service years.

History

History: CR 01-123: cr. Register May 2002 No. 557, eff. 6-1-02; CR 08-033: am. (title), (1) and (3) (title) Register June 2009 No. 642, eff. 7-1-09; corrections in (3), (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2015 No. 720; CR 18-011: am. (1) Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 7-1-18.