2018 Legislative Update

The 2018 Omnibus Retirement Bill signed into law on May 31, 2018, contains a number of provisions that affect fire relief associations. The relief association provisions are located in Article 14. 

This was the first time in three years that a pension bill was signed into law, so the 2018 bill includes recommendations compiled over several years. Many of the changes were recommended by the Fire Relief Association Working Group, which is annually convened by the Office of the State Auditor (OSA). The Working Group proposals included changes to law that impact relief associations, as well as technical corrections to the statutes and recommendations to update the statutes to recognize joint powers fire departments.

More information can be found in the 2018 Legislative Update.