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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this part:
(1)(a) “Affiliated emergency services worker” means a person who:
(i) is employed by a participating employer;
(ii) performs emergency services for another participating employer that is a different agency;
(iii) is trained in techniques and skills required for the emergency service;
(iv) continues to receive regular training required for the service;
(v) is on the rolls as a trained affiliated emergency services worker of the participating employer; and
(vi) provides ongoing service for a participating employer, which service may include service as a volunteer firefighter, reserve law enforcement officer, search and rescue worker, emergency medical technician, ambulance worker, park ranger, or public utilities worker.
(b) “Affiliated emergency services worker” does not include a person who performs work or service but does not meet the requirements of Subsection (1)(a).
(2) “Amortization rate” means the amortization rate, as defined in Section 49-11-102, to be applied to the system that would have covered the retiree if the retiree's reemployed position were deemed to be an eligible, full-time position within that system.
(3) “Part-time appointed or elected board member” means an individual who:
(a) serves in a position:
(i) as a member of a board, commission, council, committee, panel, or other body of a participating employer; and
(ii) that is designated in the participating employer's governing statute, charter, creation document, or similar document;
(b) is appointed or elected to the position for a definite and fixed term of office by official and duly recorded action of the participating employer;
(c) except for the service in the position, does not perform other work or service for compensation for the participating employer, whether as an employee or under a contract; and
(d) retires from a participating employer that is different than the participating employer with the position in which the person serves.
(4)(a) “Reemployed,” “reemploy,” or “reemployment” means work or service performed for a participating employer after retirement, in exchange for compensation.
(b) Reemployment includes work or service performed on a contract for a participating employer if the retiree is:
(i) listed as the contractor; or
(ii) an owner, partner, or principal of the contractor.
(5) “Retiree”:
(a) means a person who:
(i) retired from a participating employer; and
(ii) begins reemployment on or after July 1, 2010, with a participating employer; and
(b) does not include a person:
(i)(A) who was reemployed by a participating employer before July 1, 2010; and
(B) whose participating employer that reemployed the person under Subsection (5)(b)(i)(A) was dissolved, consolidated, merged, or structurally changed in accordance with Section 49-11-621 on or after July 1, 2010; or
(ii) who is working under a phased retirement agreement in accordance with Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 13, Phased Retirement.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 49. Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act § 49-11-1202. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-49-utah-state-retirement-and-insurance-benefit-act/ut-code-sect-49-11-1202/
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