Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 15 > Part 2 - Membership Eligibility

• Agency: means :
            (4)(a)(i) a department, division, agency, office, authority, commission, board, institution, or hospital of the state;
            (4)(a)(ii) a county, municipality, school district, special district, or special service district;
            (4)(a)(iii) a state college or university; or
            (4)(a)(iv) any other participating employer. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Board: means the Utah State Retirement Board established under Section 49-11-202. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• 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
• Dispatcher: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-6-102. See Utah Code 49-15-102
• 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
• Initially entering: includes an employee of a participating employer, except for an employee that is not eligible under a system or plan under this title, who:
            (29)(c)(i) does not have any prior service credit on file with the office;
            (29)(c)(ii) is covered by a retirement plan other than a retirement plan created under this title; and
            (29)(c)(iii) moves to a position with a participating employer that is covered by this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• 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
• Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Participating employer: means an employer that meets the participation requirements of Section 49-15-201. See Utah Code 49-15-102
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• 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 49-15-201 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 49-15-102
• Public safety service employee: means an employee of a participating employer who performs public safety service under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-15-102
• 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
• 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 Safety Noncontributory Retirement System created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-15-102
• Tier I: means a system or plan under this title for which:
       (54)(a) an employee is eligible to participate if the employee initially enters regular full-time employment before July 1, 2011; or
       (54)(b) a governor or legislator who initially enters office before July 1, 2011. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Tier II: includes :
            (55)(b)(i) the Tier II hybrid system established under:

                 (55)(b)(i)(A) Chapter 22, Part 3, Tier II Hybrid Retirement System; or

                 (55)(b)(i)(B) Chapter 23, Part 3, Tier II Hybrid Retirement System; and
            (55)(b)(ii) the Tier II Defined Contribution Plan (Tier II DC Plan) established under:

                 (55)(b)(ii)(A) Chapter 22, Part 4, Tier II Defined Contribution Plan; or

                 (55)(b)(ii)(B) Chapter 23, Part 4, Tier II Defined Contribution Plan. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Years of service credit: means the number of periods, each to consist of 12 full months as determined by the board, whether consecutive or not, during which a public safety service employee was employed by a participating employer, including time the public safety service employee was absent in the service of the United States government on military duty. See Utah Code 49-15-102