Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 15 > Part 5 - Death Benefit

• Active member: means a member who:
            (1)(a)(i) is employed by a participating employer and accruing service credit; or
            (1)(a)(ii) within the previous 120 days:

                 (1)(a)(ii)(A) has been employed by a participating employer; and

                 (1)(a)(ii)(B) accrued service credit. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Actuarial equivalent: means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of mortality tables as recommended by the actuary and adopted by the executive director, including regular interest. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Beneficiary: means any person entitled to receive a payment under this title through a relationship with or designated by a member, participant, covered individual, or alternate payee of a defined contribution plan. 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
• Compensation: includes performance-based bonuses and cost-of-living adjustments. See Utah Code 49-15-102
• 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
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Final average monthly salary: means the amount computed by dividing the compensation received during the final average salary period under each system by the number of months in the final average salary period. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Final average salary: means the amount calculated by averaging the highest three years of annual compensation preceding retirement subject to Subsections (3)(b), (c), and (d). See Utah Code 49-15-102
• Inactive member: means a member who has not been employed by a participating employer for a period of at least 120 days. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Line-of-duty death: means a death resulting from:
            (4)(a)(i) external force, violence, or disease occasioned by an act of duty as a public safety service employee; or
            (4)(a)(ii) strenuous activity, including a heart attack or stroke, that occurs during strenuous training or another strenuous activity required as an act of duty as a public safety service employee. See Utah Code 49-15-102
• 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
• Member contributions: means the sum of the contributions paid to a system or the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan, including refund interest if allowed by a system, and which are made by:
       (32)(a) the member; and
       (32)(b) the participating employer on the member's behalf under Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• Participant: means an individual with voluntary deferrals or nonelective contributions on deposit with the defined contribution plans administered under this title. 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
• Retiree: means an individual who has qualified for an allowance under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• 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
• Retirement date: means the date selected by the member on which the member's retirement becomes effective with the office. 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
• Surviving spouse: means :
       (51)(a) the lawful spouse who has been married to a member for at least six months immediately before the death date of the member; or
       (51)(b) a former lawful spouse of a member with a valid domestic relations order benefits on file with the office before the member's death date in accordance with Section 49-11-612. See Utah Code 49-11-102
• System: means the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-15-102
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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