Section 95.08. Non-vested account closure and leaves of absence.

 

(1)   Non-vested forfeiture. The account of a VFF-EMT that has performed less than 10 years of service under a program shall be closed if the VFF-EMT ceases to perform creditable service for more than 6 months in any calendar year, or fails to meet any other program requirement established by the municipality, unless a supervisor has granted the VFF-EMT a leave of absence for that period.

(2)   Leaves of absence. A participating municipality may determine the conditions under which a leave of absence shall be granted. A participating municipality shall grant a leave of absence in writing on or before December 31 of the calendar year in which it is to take effect.

(3)   Closed account distribution. A forfeited account shall be equally distributed among all other open VFF-EMT accounts sponsored by a participating municipality at the time of the forfeiture. Forfeitures may not be distributed to an account frozen under s. Adm 95.09 (1) .

(4)   Notice upon transfer of service. For vesting purposes under s. Adm 95.07 , upon joining or exiting a program, a VFF-EMT shall notify the new program administrator and any previous program administrator before forfeiture is to occur in order to qualify for transfer of their service years.

History: CR 01-123 : cr. Register May 2002 No. 557 , eff. 6-1-02; CR 08-033 : am. (title), (1) and (3) (title) Register June 2009 No. 642 , eff. 7-1-09; corrections in (3), (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register December 2015 No. 720 .