97A.1 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall,
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the
context clearly indicates a different meaning:
1. "Actuarial equivalent" shall mean a benefit of equal
value, when computed upon the basis of mortality tables adopted by
the board of trustees, and interest computed at a rate adopted by the
board upon the recommendation of the actuary.
2. "Amount earned" shall mean the amount of money actually
earned by a beneficiary in some definite period of time.
3. "Average final compensation" shall mean the average
earnable compensation of the member during the member's highest three
years of service as a member of the state department of public
safety, or if the member has had less than three years of service,
then the average earnable compensation of the member's entire period
of service.
4. "Beneficiary" shall mean any person receiving a retirement
allowance or other benefit as provided by this chapter.
5. "Board of trustees" means the board created in section
97A.5 to direct the administration of the Iowa department of public
safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability system.
6. "Child" means only the surviving issue of a deceased
active or retired member, or a child legally adopted by a deceased
member prior to the member's retirement. "Child" includes only
an individual who is under the age of eighteen years, an individual
who is under the age of twenty-two and is a full-time student, or an
individual who is disabled under the definitions used in section 402
of the Social Security Act as amended if the disability occurred to
the individual during the time the individual was under the age of
eighteen years and the parent of the individual was an active member
of the system.
7. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety of
this state.
8. "Department" means the department of public safety of this
state.
9. "Earnable compensation" or "compensation earnable"
shall mean the regular compensation which a member would earn during
one year on the basis of the stated compensation for the member's
rank or position including compensation for longevity and the daily
amount received for meals under section 80.8 and excluding any amount
received for overtime compensation or other special additional
compensation, other payments for meal expenses, uniform cleaning
allowances, travel expenses, and uniform allowances and excluding any
amount received upon termination or retirement in payment for
accumulated sick leave or vacation.
10. "Medical board" shall mean the board of physicians
provided for in section 97A.5.
11. "Member" or "member of system" shall mean a member of
the Iowa department of public safety peace officers' retirement,
accident, and disability system as defined by section 97A.3.
12. "Membership service" shall mean service as a peace
officer in the division of state patrol, the division of criminal
investigation, or division of narcotics enforcement in the department
of public safety and arson investigators rendered since last becoming
a member, or, where membership is regained as provided in this
chapter, all of such service.
13. "Peace officer" means a member, except a non-peace
officer member, of the division of state patrol, narcotics
enforcement, state fire marshal, or criminal investigation, including
but not limited to a gaming enforcement officer, who has passed a
satisfactory physical and mental examination and has been duly
appointed by the department of public safety in accordance with
section 80.15.
14. "Pensions" shall mean annual payments for life derived
from the appropriations provided by the state of Iowa and from
contributions of the members which are deposited in the retirement
fund. All pensions shall be paid in equal monthly installments.
15. "Retirement allowance" shall mean the pension, or any
benefits in lieu thereof, granted to a member upon retirement.
16. "Surviving spouse" shall mean the surviving spouse or
former spouse of a marriage solemnized prior to retirement of a
deceased member from active service. Surviving spouse shall include
a former spouse only if the division of assets in the dissolution of
marriage decree pursuant to section 598.17 grants the former spouse
rights of a spouse under this chapter. If there is no surviving
spouse of a marriage solemnized prior to retirement of a deceased
member, surviving spouse includes a surviving spouse of a marriage of
two years or more duration solemnized subsequent to retirement of the
member.
17. "System" shall mean the Iowa department of public safety
peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability system as
defined in section 97A.2.
97A.1 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall,
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the
context clearly indicates a different meaning:
1. "Actuarial equivalent" shall mean a benefit of equal
value, when computed upon the basis of mortality tables adopted by
the board of trustees, and interest computed at a rate adopted by the
board upon the recommendation of the actuary.
2. "Amount earned" shall mean the amount of money actually
earned by a beneficiary in some definite period of time.
3. "Average final compensation" shall mean the average
earnable compensation of the member during the member's highest three
years of service as a member of the state department of public
safety, or if the member has had less than three years of service,
then the average earnable compensation of the member's entire period
of service.
4. "Beneficiary" shall mean any person receiving a retirement
allowance or other benefit as provided by this chapter.
5. "Board of trustees" means the board created in section
97A.5 to direct the administration of the Iowa department of public
safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability system.
6. "Child" means only the surviving issue of a deceased
active or retired member, or a child legally adopted by a deceased
member prior to the member's retirement. "Child" includes only
an individual who is under the age of eighteen years, an individual
who is under the age of twenty-two and is a full-time student, or an
individual who is disabled under the definitions used in section 402
of the Social Security Act as amended if the disability occurred to
the individual during the time the individual was under the age of
eighteen years and the parent of the individual was an active member
of the system.
7. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety of
this state.
8. "Department" means the department of public safety of this
state.
9. "Earnable compensation" or "compensation earnable"
shall mean the regular compensation which a member would earn during
one year on the basis of the stated compensation for the member's
rank or position including compensation for longevity and the daily
amount received for meals under section 80.8 and excluding any amount
received for overtime compensation or other special additional
compensation, other payments for meal expenses, uniform cleaning
allowances, travel expenses, and uniform allowances and excluding any
amount received upon termination or retirement in payment for
accumulated sick leave or vacation.
10. "Medical board" shall mean the board of physicians
provided for in section 97A.5.
11. "Member" or "member of system" shall mean a member of
the Iowa department of public safety peace officers' retirement,
accident, and disability system as defined by section 97A.3.
12. "Membership service" shall mean service as a peace
officer in the division of state patrol, the division of criminal
investigation, or division of narcotics enforcement in the department
of public safety and arson investigators rendered since last becoming
a member, or, where membership is regained as provided in this
chapter, all of such service.
13. "Peace officer" means a member, except a non-peace
officer member, of the division of state patrol, narcotics
enforcement, state fire marshal, or criminal investigation, including
but not limited to a gaming enforcement officer, who has passed a
satisfactory physical and mental examination and has been duly
appointed by the department of public safety in accordance with
section 80.15.
14. "Pensions" shall mean annual payments for life derived
from the appropriations provided by the state of Iowa and from
contributions of the members which are deposited in the retirement
fund. All pensions shall be paid in equal monthly installments.
15. "Retirement allowance" shall mean the pension, or any
benefits in lieu thereof, granted to a member upon retirement.
16. "Surviving spouse" shall mean the surviving spouse or
former spouse of a marriage solemnized prior to retirement of a
deceased member from active service. Surviving spouse shall include
a former spouse only if the division of assets in the dissolution of
marriage decree pursuant to section 598.17 grants the former spouse
rights of a spouse under this chapter. If there is no surviving
spouse of a marriage solemnized prior to retirement of a deceased
member, surviving spouse includes a surviving spouse of a marriage of
two years or more duration solemnized subsequent to retirement of the
member.
17. "System" shall mean the Iowa department of public safety
peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability system as
defined in section 97A.2.
97A.1 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall,
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the
context clearly indicates a different meaning:
1. "Actuarial equivalent" shall mean a benefit of equal
value, when computed upon the basis of mortality tables adopted by
the board of trustees, and interest computed at a rate adopted by the
board upon the recommendation of the actuary.
2. "Amount earned" shall mean the amount of money actually
earned by a beneficiary in some definite period of time.
3. "Average final compensation" shall mean the average
earnable compensation of the member during the member's highest three
years of service as a member of the state department of public
safety, or if the member has had less than three years of service,
then the average earnable compensation of the member's entire period
of service.
4. "Beneficiary" shall mean any person receiving a retirement
allowance or other benefit as provided by this chapter.
5. "Board of trustees" means the board created in section
97A.5 to direct the administration of the Iowa department of public
safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability system.
6. "Child" means only the surviving issue of a deceased
active or retired member, or a child legally adopted by a deceased
member prior to the member's retirement. "Child" includes only
an individual who is under the age of eighteen years, an individual
who is under the age of twenty-two and is a full-time student, or an
individual who is disabled under the definitions used in section 402
of the Social Security Act as amended if the disability occurred to
the individual during the time the individual was under the age of
eighteen years and the parent of the individual was an active member
of the system.
7. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety of
this state.
8. "Department" means the department of public safety of this
state.
9. "Earnable compensation" or "compensation earnable"
shall mean the regular compensation which a member would earn during
one year on the basis of the stated compensation for the member's
rank or position including compensation for longevity and the daily
amount received for meals under section 80.8 and excluding any amount
received for overtime compensation or other special additional
compensation, other payments for meal expenses, uniform cleaning
allowances, travel expenses, and uniform allowances and excluding any
amount received upon termination or retirement in payment for
accumulated sick leave or vacation.
10. "Medical board" shall mean the board of physicians
provided for in section 97A.5.
11. "Member" or "member of system" shall mean a member of
the Iowa department of public safety peace officers' retirement,
accident, and disability system as defined by section 97A.3.
12. "Membership service" shall mean service as a peace
officer in the division of state patrol, the division of criminal
investigation, or division of narcotics enforcement in the department
of public safety and arson investigators rendered since last becoming
a member, or, where membership is regained as provided in this
chapter, all of such service.
13. "Peace officer" means a member, except a non-peace
officer member, of the division of state patrol, narcotics
enforcement, state fire marshal, or criminal investigation, including
but not limited to a gaming enforcement officer, who has passed a
satisfactory physical and mental examination and has been duly
appointed by the department of public safety in accordance with
section 80.15.
14. "Pensions" shall mean annual payments for life derived
from the appropriations provided by the state of Iowa and from
contributions of the members which are deposited in the retirement
fund. All pensions shall be paid in equal monthly installments.
15. "Retirement allowance" shall mean the pension, or any
benefits in lieu thereof, granted to a member upon retirement.
16. "Surviving spouse" shall mean the surviving spouse or
former spouse of a marriage solemnized prior to retirement of a
deceased member from active service. Surviving spouse shall include
a former spouse only if the division of assets in the dissolution of
marriage decree pursuant to section 598.17 grants the former spouse
rights of a spouse under this chapter. If there is no surviving
spouse of a marriage solemnized prior to retirement of a deceased
member, surviving spouse includes a surviving spouse of a marriage of
two years or more duration solemnized subsequent to retirement of the
member.
17. "System" shall mean the Iowa department of public safety
peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability system as
defined in section 97A.2.
