A. A member may claim one year of service credit for each year in which a fire department certifies that the member:
(1) attended fifty percent of all scheduled fire drills for which the fire department held the member responsible to attend;
(2) attended fifty percent of all scheduled business meetings for which the fire department held the member responsible to attend; and
(3) participated in at least fifty percent of all emergency response calls for which the fire department held the member responsible to attend.
B. The chief of each fire department shall submit to the association by March 31 of each year documentation of the qualifications of each member for the preceding calendar year; provided that the chief shall:
(1) submit the documentation on forms provided by the association;
(2) acknowledge the truth of the records under oath before a notary public; and
(3) have the notarized forms signed by the mayor, if distributions from the fire protection fund for the fire department are made to an incorporated municipality, or the chair of the county commission, if distributions from the fire protection fund for the fire department are made to a county fire district.
C. For service credit that has been earned, but not credited pursuant to Subsection B of this section, a member may post or adjust service credit earned for not more than the two preceding calendar years; provided that the member shall:
(1) file with the association a completed "Corrected Qualification Record" or "Adjusted Qualification Record" as prescribed by the association;
(2) acknowledge the truth of the records under oath before a notary public; and
(3) have the notarized forms signed by the mayor, if distributions from the fire protection fund for the fire department are made to an incorporated municipality, or the chair of the county commission, if distributions from the fire protection fund for the fire department are made to a county fire district.
D. Prior to April 1, 2020, for service credit that has been earned, but not credited pursuant to Subsection B of this section, a member may post or adjust service credit earned for one or more years beginning on or after January 1, 1984; provided that the member shall:
(1) file with the association a completed "Corrected Qualification Record" or "Adjusted Qualification Record" as prescribed by the association;
(2) acknowledge the truth of the records under oath before a notary public; and
(3) have the notarized forms signed by the mayor or city manager, if distributions from the fire protection fund for the fire department are made to an incorporated municipality, or the chair of the board of county commissioners, if distributions from the fire protection fund for the fire department are made to a county fire district.
E. The association may request the state fire marshal's office to verify member qualifications submitted to the association.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 263, § 6; 1997, ch. 150, § 2; 2005, ch. 119, § 1; 2009, ch. 262, § 4; 2015, ch. 67, § 1; 2019, ch. 240, § 1; 2020, ch. 9, § 26.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted the fire marshal division of the public regulation commission with the state fire marshal's office; and in Subsection E, after "request the", deleted "fire marshal division of the public regulation commission" and added "state fire marshal's office".