Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 16 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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 49-16-102
• 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
• Disability: means the complete inability, due to objective medical impairment, whether physical or mental, to perform firefighter service. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• Emergency medical service personnel: means an individual who:
       (3)(a) is:

            (3)(a)(i) a paramedic;

            (3)(a)(ii) an advanced emergency medical services technician; or

            (3)(a)(iii) an emergency medical services technician;
       (3)(b) is required to be licensed or certified under Section 53-2d-402; and
       (3)(c) has a primary job duty to provide emergency medical services as a first responder. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• 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
• Final average salary: means the amount calculated by averaging the highest three years of annual compensation preceding retirement subject to Subsections (4)(b), (c), and (d). See Utah Code 49-16-102
• Firefighter service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
            (5)(a)(i) a firefighter service employee trained in firefighter techniques and assigned to a position of hazardous duty with a regularly constituted fire department;
            (5)(a)(ii) the state fire marshal appointed under Section 53-7-103 or a deputy state fire marshal; or
            (5)(a)(iii) an emergency medical service personnel. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• Firefighter service employee: means an employee of a participating employer who provides firefighter service under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• Fund: means any fund created under this title for the purpose of paying benefits or costs of administering a system, plan, or program. 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
• Objective medical impairment: means an impairment resulting from an injury or illness that is diagnosed by a physician or physician assistant and that is based on accepted objective medical tests or findings rather than subjective complaints. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• 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
• Participating employer: means an employer that meets the participation requirements of Section 49-16-201. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• 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
• Regularly constituted fire department: means a fire department that employs a fire chief who performs firefighter service for at least 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled paid employment per year. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• 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
• Strenuous activity: includes participating in a participating employer sanctioned and funded training exercise that involves difficult, stressful, or vigorous physical activity. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• System: means the Firefighters' Retirement System created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-16-102
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5