Title 49, Title 49: Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act

49-16-201. System membership -- Eligibility. (1) A firefighter service employee who performs firefighter service for an employer participating in this system is eligible for service credit in this system upon the earliest of: July 1, 1971, if the firefighter service employee was …

49-16-202. Participation of employers -- Full participation in system -- Supplemental programs authorized. (1) An employer that employs firefighter service employees and is required by Sectionorto be a participating employer in the Public Employees' Contributory Retirement System…

49-16-203. Exemption of certain employees from coverage -- Exception. (1) A firefighter service employee serving as the chief of any fire department or district is excluded from coverage under this system if that firefighter service employee files a formal written request seeking…

49-16-301. Contributions -- Two divisions -- Election by employer to pay employee contributions -- Accounting for and vesting of worker contributions -- Deductions. (1) In addition to the money paid to this system under Section, participating employers and firefighter service emp…

49-16-401. Eligibility for service retirement -- Date of retirement -- Qualifications. (1) A member is qualified to receive an allowance from this system when: except as provided under Subsection, the member has a bona fide termination of employment before the member's retirement…

49-16-402. Calculation of retirement allowance. (1) A retiree under this system shall receive an allowance equal to: 2.5% of final average monthly salary multiplied by the number of years of service credit, limited to 20 years; plus 2% of final average monthly salary, multiplied …

49-16-403. Annual cost-of-living adjustment. (1) The office shall make an annual cost-of-living adjustment to: an original allowance paid under Section,, and, of this chapter if the allowance has been paid for at least one year; and 49-16-402 Part 5, Death Benefit Part 6, Disabil…

49-16-501. Death of active member in Division A -- Payment of benefits. (1) If an active member of this system enrolled in Division A under Sectiondies, benefits are payable as follows: 49-16-301 If the death is classified by the office as a line-of-duty death, benefits are payab…

49-16-502. Death of active member in Division B -- Payment of benefits. (1) If an active member of this system enrolled in Division B under Sectiondies, benefits are payable as follows: 49-16-301 If the death is classified by the office as a line-of-duty death, benefits are payab…

49-16-503. Benefits payable upon death of inactive member. (1) If an inactive member who has less than 20 years of firefighter service credit dies, the surviving spouse, or, if there is no surviving spouse, the member's minor children shall receive a refund of the member's member…

49-16-504. Benefits payable upon death of retired member. (1) If a retiree who retired under either Division A or Division B dies, the retiree's surviving spouse shall receive an allowance equal to 75% of the allowance that was being paid to the retiree at the time of death. (2) …

49-16-505. Benefits for surviving spouse under Division A or Division B. The surviving spouse, if eligible, shall receive a benefit computed under either Division A or Division B, whichever provides the larger benefit, but may not receive a benefit under both divisions if it woul…

49-16-506. Minimum allowance for surviving spouse. The minimum allowance payable to the surviving spouse who qualifies for an allowance under Section,,or, shall be $350 per month.

49-16-507. Benefits payable upon death of active or inactive member without a surviving spouse or minor children. If an active or inactive member dies and at the time of death the member does not have a surviving spouse or minor children, the benefit payable to a designated benef…

49-16-508. Surviving spouse includes certain former spouses -- Benefit calculation for former spouse. (1) The benefit calculation for a surviving spouse with a valid domestic relations order benefits on file with the office before the member's death date in accordance with Sectio…

49-16-601. Disability benefit -- Nonline-of-duty disability -- Benefits -- Monthly allowance. (1) An active member of this system with a disability that was not incurred in the line-of-duty may apply to the office for a disability retirement benefit subject to the following provi…

49-16-601.5. Line-of-duty disability benefit -- Benefits -- Monthly allowance. (1) An active member of this system with a disability incurred in the line-of-duty may apply to the office for a disability retirement benefit under this section. (2) If the condition is classified by …

49-16-602. Disability retirement -- Disability allowance eligibility -- Conversion to service retirement -- Examinations -- Reemployment. (1) A member of this system who applies and is qualified for disability retirement shall receive a disability retirement benefit until the ear…

49-16-603. Suspension of benefit upon settlement of workers' compensation claim. (1) Settlement of a claim for workers' compensation for injury or disability shall suspend disability retirement benefits granted under this part, except for the initial three months, to a member gra…

49-16-701. Volunteer firefighters eligible for line-of-duty death and disability benefits in Division A -- Computation of benefit. (1) A volunteer firefighter is only eligible for line-of-duty death and line-of-duty disability benefits provided for firefighters enrolled in Divisi…