As used in the Volunteer Firefighters Retirement Act:
A. "association" means the public employees retirement association;
B. "board" means the retirement board of the association;
C. "fire department" means a fire department with volunteer members that is certified by the state fire marshal's office;
D. "fund" means the volunteer firefighters retirement fund; and
E. "member" means a volunteer nonsalaried firefighter who is listed as an active member on the rolls of a fire department and whose first year of service credit was accumulated during or after the year the member attained the age of sixteen. A volunteer firefighter who receives reimbursement for personal out-of-pocket costs shall not be considered a salaried firefighter.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 263, § 2; 2003, ch. 370, § 2; 2009, ch. 262, § 1; 2020, ch. 9, § 25.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, revised the definition of "fire department" as used in the Volunteer Firefighters Act; and in Subsection C, after "certified by the", deleted "fire marshal division of the public regulation commission" and added "state fire marshal's office".