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Attachment A ROSEVILLE FIREFIGHTERS’ RELIEF ASSOCIATION’S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS Section 32 Benefits to be Prorated All monies of this Association shall be disbursed only as provided herein, and/or as required by Minnesota Statutes. All benefits provided hereunder are maximums, and if the condition of the treasury does not permit the payment of all benefits in full, the available funds shall be prorated among the several beneficiaries, except that vested service pension amounts shall first be fully paid. Section 42 Pension – 10 Years in Association – 20 Years Roseville Fire Department Anyone who has been a member of this Association for at least ten (10) years and who has served twenty (20) years in the Roseville Fire Department and who has reached the age of fifty (50) years, may make application to the Board of Trustees for a service pension and receive the service pension hereafter set out, providing the application therefor is received by the Board of Trustees not later than sixty (60) days after the applicant retired from service. This service pension may be increased or decreased by the Board of Trustees from time to time within the limits set herein and in accordance with Minnesota law and the provisions of these Bylaws. The applicant for such service pension shall release this Association from any and all claims and payment of benefits except the sum established for such pension. Neither said years of service nor said years of membership need be consecutive; however, time while on leave of absence and time under suspension shall not be included in determining total time preconditions for pension benefits. Upon the death of such Pensioner, the Surviving Spouse shall continue to receive the service pension so long as the spouse does not remarry. In the event that such Pensioner does not leave a surviving spouse, then the balance of the service pension benefits to which such Pensioner was entitled shall be payable as limited herein to the surviving minor child or pro rata to the surviving minor children. The Pension benefits payable to such surviving minor child or minor children in the event that there was no Surviving Spouse of the deceased shall continue during said child or children’s minority. A survivor benefit shall be disbursed to the member’s surviving spouse upon the death of a member of the Association. If there is no surviving spouse, the benefit shall be disbursed to the member’s surviving children.