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Article I -Name, Location and Purpose • Section 1.1. Name. The Name of this Association shall be Falcon Heights Fire Department Relief Association. Section 1.2. Location. The registered office of this Association shall be located at 2077 West Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights, MN 55113. Section. 1.3. Purpose. This instrument constitutes the Bylaws of the Falcon Heights Fire Department, adopted for the purpose of regulating and managing the internal affairs of the corporation and shall serve as the written pension plan for the relief association. The Association is a governmental entity that receives and manages public money to provide retirement benefits for individuals providing the governmental services of firefighting. The objectives of the plan shall be to provide service pensions and ancillary benefits to members and dependants of the Falcon Heights Fire Department, hereinafter "Fire Department". All benefits issued by this association shall be governed by these bylaws and federal and state laws. Article II -Definitions and Active Services Provisions • In these Bylaws, unless otherwise provided, the following terms shall have the following meanings, for purpose of active service provisions, the provision shall be interpreted as a definition and as a plan operational requirement. Section 2.1. Active Service. The active performance of fire suppression duties or the supervision of fire suppression duties. The performance of suppression or supervision of fire suppression duties includes meeting the requirements of Fire Department Standard Operating Procedures and call attendance requirements contained therein. Annually, the fire chief shall submit a written certification to the board of trustees that shall certify members' active service. Such certification shall be required to be submitted for approval by the board of trustees, by January 30 of each year. Section 2.2. Beneficiary. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. §424A.05, the beneficiary under this plan, that is entitled to receive a benefit following the death of an active, disabled, deferred or early vested member. The benefit shall be paid to the following persons, in the following succession: 1. The surviving spouse, if no surviving spouse, 2. The surviving child or children in equal shares, and if no surviving child or children, 3. Any ancillary survivor's benefit shall be paid to the beneficiary identified in writing, on forms supplied by the Secretary, and if no beneficiary is identified, 3l,