15-5-313. Pension application; when payments made and benefits suspended; pension protections.
(a) Application for pension may be made prior to actual retirement upon statement of the intention to retire, but payment shall not begin until the applicant has actually retired and his name is stricken from the payrolls of the city or town. Payments under this article shall be made to the pensioner or to his beneficiaries on or before the fifth day of each month by voucher drawn against the policemen pension fund as provided in W.S. 15-5-305.
(b) No policeman or any of his survivors is entitled to any benefits of this article while the policeman or his survivors are receiving payments under the Worker's Compensation Act, but when payments under the Worker's Compensation Act terminate, the pensions of this article attach.
(c) The cash and securities while in the account created by this article are exempt from any state, county or municipal tax of this state, and are not subject to execution or attachment by trustee process or otherwise, in law or equity, or under any other process whatsoever, and are not assignable.