2010 Legislative Update

The 2010 Omnibus Retirement Bill signed into law on May 15 contains a number of provisions that affect fire relief associations. The Working Group provisions are located in Article 13.

Most of the changes were based on suggestions made by the Fire Relief Association Working Group. The Working Group’s proposals included technical changes that corrected and clarified statutory references and updates to current drafting standards. The technical changes most likely will not result in required changes to your relief association’s bylaws unless your bylaws reference specific statutory citations or language. If your relief association bylaws do reference specific statutory citations or language, you should compare the bylaw language with the new statutory language. 

More information can be found in the 2010 Legislative Update.