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Section 2. Membership Status a. "Active Service" Member is a member of the Association who is serving on "active duty" as a paid on-call firefighter as defined in the Fire Department Personnel Policy, has been approved by the City Council, and has had their application approved by the Board of Trustees. Members not on active duty are not eligible to accrue City and State pension benefits; however, their whole balance will share in market gains and losses of the Special Fund as it relates to any vested and unvested allocations. b. "Deferred Member" is a member who has separated from "active duty" with the Fire Department after having served at least ten (10) years of active service as a firefighter with the Fire Department, and who has been a member in good standing of the Association for at least ten (10) years prior to separation. A "Deferred" member type is also assigned to a person named in a domestic relations order (DRO), decree, or judgement (including approval of a property settlement agreement) that complies with the provisions of Minnesota Statute 518.58, 518.581, or 518.611. These members shall be subject to the same considerations as "Deferred Members". C. "Retired Member" is a former member of the Association who has received a service pension from the Association. d. "Disabled Member" is a member of the Association who is permanently disabled from active service in the Fire Department because of a service-related disability and is eligible to receive a disability benefit in lieu of retirement. Ie. "Leave of Absence (LOA) Member" is a member-of the Association on a Break in Service pursuant to a temporary leave of absence granted by the Fire Chief in accordance with Fire Department Personnel Policy. LOA members are not on "active duty," but they will continue as active members of the Relief Association and continue to pay dues. LOA members are ineligible to receive City and State pension benefits unless the Break in Service is a result of "active duty" with the Fire Department, or until such time as they return to active duty, as determined by the Fire Chief. f. "Inactive Member" is a member of the Association who has terminated employment in the Fire Department; and who has an account balance that is 0%vested but which has not yet been forfeited pursuant to Article IX, Section 4, Subsection C. g. "Military Leave Member". Subject to limitations stated in Section 16 in this article, a member on a Break in Service due to service in the uniformed services, as defined in 38 USC § 4303 (13), may receive an allocation as though the person was an active member for the period of the uniformed service, not to exceed five years, unless a longer period is required under the United States Code, 38 U.S.0 § 4312. To be eligible for an investment return allocation under this section, the volunteer firefighter must return to firefighting service with coverage by this Association or its successor upon discharge from service in the uniformed service within the time frame required 38 U.S.C. § 4312(e). An allocation of any fire state aid, any municipal contributions and any investment return is not authorized if the firefighter separates from uniformed service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge, or under other than honorable conditions. Any investment allocation is not authorized if the firefighter fails to provide notice to the fire department that the individual is leaving to provide service in the uniformed services, unless it is not feasible to provide that notice due to the emergency nature of the situation. 3 Effective Date:{DATE}