C.R.S. Section 31-30.5-602
Firefighters’ old hire pension plans

  • municipalities and districts under one hundred thousand in population
In municipalities, fire protection districts, and county improvement districts having a population of less than one hundred thousand, any old hire member who has reached the age of fifty years and who has served for a period of twenty years of active service in any such department in this state is entitled to a monthly pension equal to one-half the amount of the member’s monthly salary as of the date of the member’s retirement plus, if the governing body of the municipality, the board of directors of the fire protection district, or the board of the county improvement district authorizes such additional benefits, one-half of any increase in salary and longevity or additional pay based on length of service granted during the period of the member’s retirement to the rank occupied by the member in said department. Any old hire member of a paid fire department of a municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district, who has served prior time in a volunteer fire department in any municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district in this state, in the event the member becomes a paid member, may be credited service time at their discretion, at the rate of one year of paid service for each four complete years of volunteer time; except that they shall not receive both a pension under part 11 of article 30 of this title and a service credit under this section.

Source: Section 31-30.5-602 — Firefighters’ old hire pension plans - municipalities and districts under one hundred thousand in population, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-31.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

31–30.5–101
Legislative declaration 31–30.5–102
Definitions 31–30.5–103
Applicability 31–30.5–201
Funds created 31–30.5–202
Board of trustees - firefighters’ old hire pension fund 31–30.5–203
Board of trustees - police officers’ old hire pension fund 31–30.5–204
Powers and duties of the board 31–30.5–205
Attorneys to advise 31–30.5–206
Warrants drawn 31–30.5–207
Method of payment 31–30.5–208
Fund not subject to levy 31–30.5–209
Idle funds 31–30.5–210
Plan amendment 31–30.5–211
Affiliation with the fire and police pension association 31–30.5–212
Qualification requirements - internal revenue code - definitions 31–30.5–213
Dissolution of fire departments 31–30.5–301
Legislative declaration 31–30.5–302
Definitions 31–30.5–304
Limitation on existing funds - procedures 31–30.5–305
No change in employer obligation 31–30.5–306
Actuarial studies 31–30.5–307
State contribution 31–30.5–401
Sources of revenue for fund 31–30.5–402
Municipalities under fifty thousand - limit of contributions to old hire police officers’ pension plans 31–30.5–403
Employers under one hundred thousand - limit of contributions to old hire firefighter pension plans 31–30.5–404
Plans affiliated with the fire and police pension association 31–30.5–501
Old hire pension fund - investments 31–30.5–502
Insurance - investment by banks and trust companies 31–30.5–503
Alternative investment authority 31–30.5–601
Police officers’ old hire pension plans - municipalities under one hundred thousand in population 31–30.5–602
Firefighters’ old hire pension plans - municipalities and districts under one hundred thousand in population 31–30.5–603
Police officers’ old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population 31–30.5–604
Firefighters’ old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population 31–30.5–701
Coverage 31–30.5–702
Police officers’ old hire pension plans - municipalities under one hundred thousand in population 31–30.5–703
Firefighters’ old hire pension plans - municipalities and districts under one hundred thousand in population 31–30.5–704
Police officers’ old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population 31–30.5–705
Firefighters’ old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population 31–30.5–801
Exempt alternative programs authorized 31–30.5–802
Exempt money purchase plan option 31–30.5–803
Investment authority

Current through Fall 2025

§ 31-30.5-602. Firefighters’ old hire pension plans's source at colorado​.gov