(5) (b) A VFF-EMT may have only one account for each volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, first emergency medical responder service, or entity authorized to provide volunteer emergency medical services to which the VFF-EMT provides service.
Section 11: Adm 95.05 (2) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
Adm 95.05 (2) (a) On a calendar year basis, the department shall match a participating municipality's annual contributions made on behalf of its VFF-EMT participants during that calendar year up to a maximum of $250 per VFF-EMT, subject to any annual adjustment under sub. (3). The department shall pay all amounts matched under this section s. 16.25 (3) (d) 1., Stats., directly to the program administrator, up to the maximum appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (er), Stats., and subject to any proration required under s. 16.25 (3) (d) 2., Stats. (2) (b) Subject to the time period for a protest or appeal under s. Adm 95.16, a participating municipality shall pay all contributions for a calendar year to the program administrator on or before January 31 February 15 of the following year in order to receive a matching contribution from the department. Section 12: Adm 95.07 (1) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
Adm 95.07 (1) (a) A VFF-EMT that who has provided 20 15 years of service for credit to a participating municipality shall be fully vested and paid a length of service award upon reaching age 60.
(1) (b) A fully vested VFF-EMT age 60 or older shall notify notifying the program administrator and the participating municipality of the VFF-EMT's request may elect to receive their length of service award under this subsection by notifying the program administrator and the participating municipality within the time period required by the program administrator or the applicable program. A VFF-EMT receiving an award under this subsection shall receive the full net asset value of their account.
Section 13: Adm 95.07 (2) (a) is repealed and recreated to read:
Adm 95.07 (2) (a) A VFF-EMT who has discontinued providing eligible service after performing a minimum of 10 years of service for credit shall be partially vested and may elect to receive a partial length of service award under this subsection at any time after reaching age 53, by notifying the program administrator and the participating municipality within the time period required by the program administrator or the applicable program.
Section 14: Adm 95.07 (2) (b) and (c) are amended to read:
Adm 95.07 (2) (b) Upon reaching the age of 60, a A VFF-EMT requesting electing to receive their a partial length of service award after performing 10 years, but less than 20, of service for credit under this subsection shall be entitled to receive the award in the next calendar year following the date of the election. The VFF-EMT shall receive 50% of the net asset value of their account at as of the time date of the request election for the first 10 years of service for credit is provided performed. For each year of service for credit more than 10, but less than 20 15, performed by the VFF-EMT, five ten percent of the net asset value of the account at as of the date of the request election shall be added. A VFF-EMT who has reached the age of 53 but has not reached the age of 60 and who has 15 or more years of service shall receive 95% of the net asset value of the account as of the date of the election. The amounts not paid to a VFF-EMT under this subsection shall be forfeited and equally distributed among all other open VFF-EMT accounts sponsored by that municipality at the time of the forfeiture.
(2) (c) A VFF-EMT who has reached age 60 53 but is not fully vested may continue to perform service for credit toward a length of service award.
Section 15: Adm 95.07 (2) (d) is created to read:
Adm 95.07 (2) (d) A VFF-EMT who has discontinued providing eligible service after performing a minimum of 15 years of service for credit and who has not elected to receive a partial length of service award under this subsection may instead elect to receive their length of service award under sub. (1) upon reaching age 60.
Section 16: Adm 95.08 (1) is amended to read:
Adm 95.08 (1) Non-vested forfeiture. The account of a VFF-EMT that who 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 a period of 12 months or more and 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.
Section 17: Adm 95.09 (2) (b) is amended to read:
Adm 95.09 (2) (b) The VFF-EMT begins performing creditable service for a subsequent participating municipality within 6 12 months of ceasing to perform creditable service for the VFF-EMT's former participating municipality.
Section 18: Adm 95.09 (3) (c) is amended to read:
Adm 95.09 (3) (c) Payment of a length of service award may only occur upon reaching after a VFF-EMT has reached age 60 53, and must be made under the provisions of either s. Adm 95.07 (1) or (2), as the individual circumstances require permit. In order to receive payment of a length of service award from a frozen account, a VFF-EMT shall notify their former program administrator of any service credited by a subsequent program administrator. Section 19: Adm 95.10 (2) is amended to read:
Adm 95.10 (2) Death. If a VFF-EMT dies while actively on the rolls of a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire company, first emergency medical responder service in any municipality that authorizes first emergency medical responders to provide first emergency medical responder services, or an emergency medical service that provides services to a participating municipality under a program, the VFF-EMT's designated beneficiary shall be paid an amount equal to the net asset value of each account held by the VFF-EMT designating that beneficiary. Upon request, the program administrator shall make payment as soon as administratively possible.
Section 21: Effective Date. This rule shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro), Stats.
