Idaho § 59-1391 - Definitions
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 59-1391 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 59-1391. Definitions
As used in sections 59-1391 through and including 59-1398 , Idaho Code, each of the terms defined shall have the meaning given in this section or in section 59-1302 , Idaho Code, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context.
(a) "Board" means the retirement board of the employee system.
(b) "Firefighter member" means a person or beneficiary who, prior to October 1, 1980, was receiving benefits or establishing the right to receive benefits from the firefighters’ retirement fund.
(c) "Firefighters’ retirement fund" means the retirement system created by and existing pursuant to chapter 14, title 72 , Idaho Code.
(d) "Employee system" means the retirement system created and existing pursuant to chapter 13, title 59 , Idaho Code.
(e) "Employer" means a city or fire district that employs paid firefighters who are participating in the firefighters’ retirement fund on October 1, 1980.
(f) "Paid firefighter" means any individual, male or female, excluding office secretaries on the payroll of any city or fire district in the state of Idaho who devotes his or her principal time of employment to the care, operation, maintenance or the requirements of a regularly constituted fire department of such city or fire district in the state of Idaho.
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Section 59-1391 ("Definitions") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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