§ 18-11-01 Alternate firefighters relief association plan
§ 18-11-02 Operation of association
§ 18-11-03 Firefighter defined
§ 18-11-04 Accrued rights not destroyed by plan – Transfer of funds – Records
§ 18-11-05 Application for membership
§ 18-11-06 Association may deny membership to mentally, physically unsound
§ 18-11-07 Officers
§ 18-11-09 Apportioning insurance tax
§ 18-11-10 Additional city firefighters relief fund contributions
§ 18-11-11 Levy proceeds
§ 18-11-12 Contribution by firefighters
§ 18-11-13 Association state fund – Expenditures – Investment
§ 18-11-14 Disbursement of moneys from association state fund
§ 18-11-15 Service pensions – Qualifications
§ 18-11-15.1 Purchase of legislative service credit
§ 18-11-16 Disability pensions – Qualifications
§ 18-11-17 Pensions to surviving spouses and children of deceased members
§ 18-11-18 Reduction in benefits if funds not sufficient
§ 18-11-19 Fund based upon actuarial tables – Treatment of forfeitures
§ 18-11-20 Members withdrawing from association – Members in military service
§ 18-11-21 Money received under pension not subject to legal process – Assignments
§ 18-11-22 Examination of relief association records – Report of unauthorized spending to governor – Duty of governor
§ 18-11-23 Funeral benefits
§ 18-11-24 Commencement of benefits
§ 18-11-25 Vesting on plan termination
§ 18-11-26 Service pensions – Formulation of optional plan
§ 18-11-27 Optional plan postretirement adjustments
§ 18-11-28 Service, disability, and survivor pensions – Formulation of optional plan

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 18-11 - Alternate Firefighters Relief Association Plan

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
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  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33