Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 49 > Chapter 16 > Part 5 - Death Benefit

• Active member: means a member who:

  (i)	is employed by a participating employer and accruing service credit; or

  (ii)

  within the previous 120 days: (A)  has been employed by a participating employer; and (B)  accrued service credit. See Utah Code 49-11-102 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 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 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 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Disability: means the complete inability, due to objective medical impairment, whether physical or mental, to perform firefighter service. See Utah Code 49-16-102 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 49-16-102 Firefighter service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is: (i)  a firefighter service employee trained in firefighter techniques and assigned to a position of hazardous duty with a regularly constituted fire department; or (ii)  the state fire marshal appointed under Section 53-7-103 or a deputy state fire marshal. See Utah Code 49-16-102 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 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: (a)  the member; and (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 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 Service credit: means : (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 (b)  periods of time otherwise purchasable under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102 Surviving spouse: means : (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 (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 Firefighters' Retirement System created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-16-102 Writing: includes :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 firefighter service employee was employed by a participating employer or received full-time pay while on sick leave, including any time the firefighter service employee was absent in the service of the United States on military duty. See Utah Code 49-16-102