Terms Used In Utah Code 49-15-103

• 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
• 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:

  (i)	a law enforcement officer in accordance with Section 53-13-103;

  (ii)	a correctional officer in accordance with Section 53-13-104;

  (iii)

  a special function officer approved in accordance with Sections 49-15-201 and 53-13-105;

  (iv)	a dispatcher who is certified in accordance with Section 53-6-303;

  (v)	a full-time member of the Board of Pardons and Parole created under Section 77-27-2;

  (vi)	the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety; or

  (vii)

  the executive director of the Department of Corrections. 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 System: means the Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-15-102      There is created for members performing public safety service and who are employed by a participating employer the “Public Safety Noncontributory Retirement System.” Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 250, 2002 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 1 Contents