Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 13 > Part 3 - Contributions

• Board: means the Utah State Retirement Board established under Section 49-11-202. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Compensation: means the total amount of payments made by a participating employer to a member of this system for services rendered to the participating employer, including:
            (2)(a)(i) bonuses;
            (2)(a)(ii) cost-of-living adjustments;
            (2)(a)(iii) other payments currently includable in gross income and that are subject to social security deductions, including any payments in excess of the maximum amount subject to deduction under social security law; and
            (2)(a)(iv) amounts that the member authorizes to be deducted or reduced for salary deferral or other benefits authorized by federal law. See Utah Code 49-13-102
• Contributions: means the total amount paid by the participating employer and the member into a system or to the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan under Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• defined contribution plan: means any defined contribution plan or deferred compensation plan authorized under the Internal Revenue Code and administered by the board. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Employer: means any department, educational institution, or political subdivision of the state eligible to participate in a government-sponsored retirement system under federal law. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Member: means a person, except a retiree, with contributions on deposit with a system, the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan under Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act, or with a terminated system. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Nonelective contribution: means an amount contributed by a participating employer into a participant's defined contribution account. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Participating employer: means an employer that meets the participation requirements of Sections 49-13-201 and 49-13-202. See Utah Code 49-13-102
• Plan: means the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan created by Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act, the New Public Employees' Tier II Defined Contribution Plan created by Chapter 22, Part 4, Tier II Defined Contribution Plan, the New Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II Defined Contribution Plan created by Chapter 23, Part 4, Tier II Defined Contribution Plan, or the defined contribution plans created under Section 49-11-801. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Regular full-time employee: includes :
            (5)(b)(i) a teacher whose term of employment for a participating employer contemplates continued employment during a school year and who teaches half time or more;
            (5)(b)(ii) a classified school employee:

                 (5)(b)(ii)(A) who is hired before July 1, 2013; and

                 (5)(b)(ii)(B) whose employment normally requires an average of 20 hours per week or more for a participating employer, regardless of benefits provided;
            (5)(b)(iii) an officer, elective or appointive, who earns $500 or more per month, indexed as of January 1, 1990, as provided in Section 49-13-407;
            (5)(b)(iv) a faculty member or employee of an institution of higher education who is considered full time by that institution of higher education; and
            (5)(b)(v) an individual who otherwise meets the definition of this Subsection (5) who performs services for a participating employer through a professional employer organization or similar arrangement. See Utah Code 49-13-102
• Service credit: means :
       (50)(a) the period during which an employee is employed and compensated by a participating employer and meets the eligibility requirements for membership in a system or the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan, provided that any required contributions are paid to the office; and
       (50)(b) periods of time otherwise purchasable under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• System: means the Public Employees' Noncontributory Retirement System. See Utah Code 49-13-102
• Voluntary deferrals: means an amount contributed by a participant into that participant's defined contribution account. See Utah Code 49-11-102