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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) As used in this article:
(i) “Account” means the firemen's pension account established by W.S. 15-5-202;
(ii) “Board” means the retirement board established by W.S. 9-3-404 and includes all the powers and duties enumerated in W.S. 9-3-401 through 9-3-429;
(iii) “Compensation” means all salary or wages payable to a member for service including contributions required by W.S. 15-5-420. For purposes of computing benefits under this article, compensation shall include only compensation on which contributions have been paid pursuant to W.S. 15-5-420 and 15-5-421;
(iv) “Credited service” means for any member, service as an employee;
(v) “Dependent” means a dependent child or dependent parent;
(vi) “Dependent child” means a person who is unmarried and either:
(A) Has not attained age eighteen (18); or
(B) Has attained age eighteen (18) but not age twenty-three (23) and is attending school on a full-time basis; or
(C) Has attained age eighteen (18) and is permanently disabled as the result of a disability which began before he attained age eighteen (18).
(vii) “Disability” means a medically determined physical or mental impairment which renders the member unable to function as a paid firefighter and which is reasonably expected to last at least twelve (12) months;
(viii) “Employee” means any individual regularly employed and paid by any city, town, county or fire protection district for devoting his entire time of employment to the care, operation and requirements of a regularly constituted fire department;
(ix) “Employer” means any incorporated municipality, county or fire protection district offering fire protection or public safety services employing one (1) or more members;
(x) “Final average compensation” means one thirty-sixth (1/36) of the compensation paid to an employee during any period of thirty-six (36) consecutive months in his years of credited service in which his compensation was highest;
(xi) “Inactive member” means a member who:
(A) Has terminated service;
(B) Is not eligible to begin receiving a service or disability pension; and
(C) Has neither applied for nor received a refund of his contributions.
(xii) “Member” means an employee whose compensation is not subject to the federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance tax and who either is first hired on or after July 1, 1981 or who elects coverage under the provisions of W.S. 15-5-418;
(xiii) “Pension system” means the retirement and disability plans for employees covered under the provisions of this article or W.S. 15-5-201 through 15-5-209;
(xiv) “Primary survivor” means any person in the following order of priority, unless the priority is changed by the member on a form prescribed by the board and filed with the board at the time of the member's death:
(A) The surviving spouse; or
(B) If there is no eligible surviving spouse, a dependent child, or with the survivor's pension divided among them in equal shares, all such children, including any resulting from a pregnancy prior to the member's death.
(xv) “Retired member” means any member who has terminated service, other than an inactive member, who is eligible to receive a service or disability pension under this article;
(xvi) “Accumulated contributions” means:
(A) For a member who has a vested right to a service pension or a member initially employed before July 1, 2018, the member's contributions paid from any source;
(B) For a member who is neither eligible for a service nor disability pension nor has a vested right to a service pension and who is initially employed on or after July 1, 2018, only the member's contributions paid by a reduction in cash salary of the member.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 15. Cities and Towns § 15-5-402. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-15-cities-and-towns/wy-st-sect-15-5-402/
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