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Terms Used In Utah Code 49-14-103

  • 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
  • Public safety service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
              (6)(a)(i) a law enforcement officer in accordance with Section 53-13-103;
              (6)(a)(ii) a correctional officer in accordance with Section 53-13-104;
              (6)(a)(iii) a special function officer approved in accordance with Sections 49-14-201 and 53-13-105;
              (6)(a)(iv) a dispatcher who is certified in accordance with Section 53-6-303;
              (6)(a)(v) a full-time member of the Board of Pardons and Parole created under Section 77-27-2;
              (6)(a)(vi) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety; or
              (6)(a)(vii) the executive director of the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 49-14-102
  • Retirement: means the status of an individual who has become eligible, applies for, and is entitled to receive an allowance under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • System: means the Public Safety Contributory Retirement System created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-14-102

     There is created for members performing public safety service and who are employed by a participating employer the “Public Safety Contributory Retirement System.”