SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 922
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCOTT.
Read 1st time January 27, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
4240S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal sections 87.230 and 87.237, RSMo 1994, relating to retirement benefits, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject.
Section A. Sections 87.230 and 87.237, RSMo 1994, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 87.230 and 87.237, to read as follows:
87.230. 1. Any widow who is receiving retirement benefits, upon application to the board of trustees of the retirement system, shall be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the board as a special consultant on the problems of retirement, aging, and other state matters, [or] for the remainder of her life, and upon request of the board, give opinions, and be available to give opinions in writing, or orally, in response to such request, as may be required, and for such services shall be compensated monthly, in an amount, which, when added to any monthly retirement benefits being received, shall not exceed fifty percent of the deceased member's average final compensation or [two hundred dollars] seventy-five percent of the federal poverty level for a single person as set and updated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or its successor agency, whichever is greater.
2. This compensation shall be consolidated with any other retirement benefits payable to such widow, and shall be paid in the manner and from the same fund as her other retirement benefits under this chapter, and shall be treated in all aspects under the laws of this state as retirement benefits paid pursuant to this chapter.
3. The employment provided for by this section shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for retirement benefits under this chapter, or in any way have the effect of reducing retirement benefits, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.
87.237. 1. Any person who served as a fireman and who is retired and receiving a retirement allowance of less than [three hundred and fifty dollars per month] one hundred percent of the federal poverty level for a single person as set and updated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or its successor agency may act as a special advisor to the retirement system.
2. For the additional service as a special advisor, each retired person shall receive, in addition to the retirement allowance provided under this chapter, an additional amount, which amount, together with the retirement allowance he is receiving under other provisions of this chapter, shall equal, but not exceed, [three hundred fifty dollars per month] one hundred percent of the federal poverty level for a single person as set and updated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or its successor agency. Any retirement allowance paid to a retiree under this subsection shall be withdrawn from the firemen's retirement and relief system fund and no moneys shall be withdrawn from the general revenue fund of any city not within a county.