Arizona Laws 38-847.02. Voluntary local board consolidation; membership; duties
A. A local board may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with other local boards to consolidate the boards for the respective employers.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 38-847.02
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Board: means the board of trustees of the system, who are the persons appointed to invest and operate the fund. See Arizona Laws 38-842
- Employee: means any person who is employed by a participating employer and who is a member of an eligible group but does not include any persons compensated on a contractual or fee basis. See Arizona Laws 38-842
- Employers: means :
(a) Cities contributing to the fire fighters' relief and pension fund as provided in sections 9-951 through 9-973 or statutes amended thereby and antecedent thereto, as of June 30, 1968 on behalf of their full-time paid firefighters. See Arizona Laws 38-842
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Local board: means the retirement board of the employer, who are the persons appointed to administer the system as it applies to their members in the system. See Arizona Laws 38-842
B. The consolidated local board shall work with the board of trustees to ensure that the new board is duly empaneled consistent with the representation outlined in section 38-847, subsection A and that all appointments or elections for local board members are completed in a timely manner. The consolidated local board shall submit to the board of trustees the names of the members of the consolidated local board and the consolidated local board’s secretary and independent legal counsel and shall submit any changes to those positions within ten days after the change.
C. The consolidated local board shall decide eligibility for membership and disability and in the line of duty death benefits and have all of the duties and responsibilities of a local board pursuant to this article.
D. Within one hundred eighty days after appointment or election, all consolidated local board members and the local board’s secretary shall complete local board training as prescribed by the board of trustees, including open meeting laws, ethics, legal review and fiduciary responsibilities and duties. The local board’s independent legal counsel shall review the model uniform rules for local board procedure that are issued by the board of trustees.
E. The local board’s independent legal counsel may not be employed by or contracted with the employer or any employee organizations. The independent legal counsel may not represent a member of the plan before any local board or any judicial appeal of a local board decision.