Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-08-11 regular — reading text

Page 36 of53 Pages  SECTION 210. DOMES'T' IC RELATIONS ORDERS; RETIREE DIRECTED PAYMENTS; EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION, NON -ASSIGNABILITY. 1. Domestic relations orders. A. Prior to the entry of anv domestic relations order which affects or to affect the system's responsibility in connection with the pay benefits of a retiree, the Member or retiree shall submit the propo; to the board for review to determine whether the system may lega the order. B. If a domestic relations order is not submitted to the board for review prior to entry of the order, and the system is ordered to take action that it may not legally take, and the system expends administrative or legal fees in resolving the matter, the Member or retiree who submits such an order will be required to reimburse the system for its expenses in connection with the order. 2. Retiree; directed payments. The board may, upon written request by a retiree or by a dependent, when authorized by a retiree or the retiree's beneficiary, authorize the system to withhold from the monthly retirement payment those funds that are necessary to pay for the benefits being received through the city, to pay the certified bargaining agent of the city, to make payment to insurance companies for insurance premiums as permitted by Chapter 175, Florida Statutes, and to make any payments for child support or alimony. 3. Exemt tion from execution, non -assignability. Except as otherwise provided by law, the pensions, annuities, or any other benefits accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this ordinance and the accumulated contributions and the cash securities in the Fund created under this ordinance are hereby exempted from any state, county or municipal tax and shall not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment or any legal process whatsoever and shall be unassignable. SECTION 2: 21. PENSION VALIDITY. The Board of Trustees shall have the power to examine into the facts upon which any pension shall heretofore have been granted under any prior or existing law, or shall hereafter be granted or obtained erroneously, fraudulently or illegally for any reason. Said Board is empowered to purge the pension rolls of any person heretofore granted a pension under prior or existing law or under this ordinance if the same is found to be erroneous, fraudulent or illegal for any reason; and to reclassify any pensioner who has heretofore under any prior or existing law or who shall hereafter under this ordinance be erroneously, improperly or illegally classified. AMW • W 161# 101 M NIP , IMMUM'MAIVIN 10 I-WiMVIVIVIN I If Ira I IL011 amm In 11% 1 W f • • k4ei WIMP 1••••• 40M M PagePage 3737 ofof 5353 PagesPages  77 me 2 - .-. I 914n IfILRIMMA-110aw BONN twig III&VI tbjw 8 1 W56: 411ft-woltv I o wi will I III Realm 11101" I I I 10i LNAAvvtwj 011411117 Writ" I 91011" mij graVIIII1,1111415 MNIL" K'Awr-Ift- MittgUl 0024 SIDI 11%, 11I MIA LVIWM t*JM'A'Bl 89915 Wi.-ILUIWIPI I I IN Ifa ROLVIOULMIVJ Bill Etflf III LVIJ NKVJVRM s i ; i 11 1 twig ! ! ! a.a. a. R'R'ssmm R' sm V V V CC C CC C 22.22. MILITARY SECTIONSECTION 22. SECTION MILITARYMILITARY SERVICE SERVICESERVICE PRIOR PRIORPRIOR TO TOTO EMPLOYMENT. EMPLOYMENT.EMPLOYMENT. aL a a LL AU TheThe time The timetime that thatthat aaa Firefighter FirefighterFirefighter serves servesserves or oror has hashas served servedserved on onon active activeactive duty dutyduty in inin the thethe military militarymilitary service serviceservice ofof the of thethe Armed ArmedArmed Forces ForcesForces of ofof the thethe United UnitedUnited States, States,States, the thethe United UnitedUnited States StatesStates Merchant MerchantMerchant Marine MarineMarine or oror the thethe United UnitedUnited States StatesStates If— If— If— Coast Coast Coast Guard, Guard,Guard, voluntarily voluntarilyvoluntarily or oror