19-9-104. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in this chapter:
     (1) "Compensation" means the remuneration, excluding overtime, holiday payments, shift differential payments, compensation time payments, and payments in lieu of sick leave and annual leave, that a member receives as an active police officer.
     (2) "Dependent child" means a child of a deceased member:
     (a) who is unmarried and under 18 years of age; or
     (b) who is unmarried, under 24 years of age, and attending an accredited postsecondary educational institution as a full-time student in anticipation of receiving a certificate or degree.
     (3) "Employer" means any city that participated in a prior plan or that elects to join this retirement system under 19-9-207.
     (4) "Final average compensation" means the monthly compensation of a member, averaged over the last 36 months of the member's service or, in the event a member has not been a member that long, over the period of membership.
     (5) "Minimum retirement date" means the first day of the month coinciding with or, if none coincides, the date on which a member both becomes age 50 and completes 5 years of membership service.
     (6) Any reference to "municipality", "city", or "town" includes those jurisdictions that, prior to the effective date of a county-municipal consolidation, were incorporated municipalities, subsequent districts created for urban law enforcement services, or the entire county included in the county-municipal consolidation.
     (7) "Prior plan" means the local police reserve or pension trust fund of a city that elects to join the retirement system under 19-9-207.
     (8) "Retirement date" means the date on which the first payment of the retirement, disability, or survivorship benefits of a member or a survivor is payable.
     (9) "Surviving spouse" means the spouse married to a member at the time of the member's death.
     (10) "Survivor" means a surviving spouse or dependent child of the member.

     History: (1), (3) thru (15), (17) thru (23)En. 11-1861 by Sec. 2, Ch. 456, L. 1977; Sec. 11-1861, R.C.M. 1947; (16)En. 11-1839.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 489, L. 1977; Sec. 11-1839.1, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1839.1, 11-1861; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 457, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 186, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 282, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 86, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 350, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 178, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 631, L. 1991; amd. Secs. 1, 9, Ch. 822, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 181, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 250, L. 1997.