2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 109 - Pensions › Article 6243q. Retirement Health Trust for Firefighters and Police Officers › Article 1. General Provisions › Section 1.02. Definitions

Sec. 1.02. DEFINITIONS.  In this Act:
(1)  "Actuary" means an actuary selected by the board to conduct an actuarial study who is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, or a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
(1-a)  "Annual member payroll" means the amount computed on the first payroll date in June of the applicable fiscal year that equals the product of the base pay plus additional compensation for employment longevity paid to all members for services rendered multiplied by the total number of payroll dates in the fiscal year.
(1-b)  "Average member salary" means the amount computed on the first payroll date in June of the applicable fiscal year that equals the quotient of the annual member payroll for the fiscal year divided by the number of members.
(2) "Board" means the board of trustees of a fund established under Section 1.04 of this Act.
(3)  "Beneficiary" means a retiree, or the spouse or other eligible dependent of a retiree, who is entitled to receive retiree health benefits under Section 5.01(a) of this Act.
(4)  "Collective bargaining agreements" means the collectively bargained agreements in effect on January 1, 2004, between a municipality to which this Act applies and the exclusive bargaining agents of the firefighters and police officers of the municipality under Chapter 174, Local Government Code.
(5) "Firefighter" means an employee of the fire department who is classified as a firefighter by the personnel department of a municipality to which this Act applies.
(6) "Fund" means the firefighter's and police officer's retiree health care fund of a municipality to which this Act applies.
(6-a)  "Master contract document" means the master contract in effect on January 1, 2004, containing the terms and conditions of the health and medical benefits plan established under the collective bargaining agreements.
(6-b)  "Member" means a firefighter or police officer, except as provided by Section 4.011 of this Act.
(6-c)  "Payroll date" means the date every other week on which a municipality to which this Act applies pays regular compensation to members.
(6-d)  "Pension act" means Chapter 824, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993 (Article 6243o, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
(6-e)  "Pension fund" means the firefighters' and police officers' pension fund of a municipality to which the pension act applies.
(7) "Police officer" means an employee of the police department who is classified as a police officer by the personnel department of a municipality to which this Act applies.
(8)  "Retiree" means an individual who was a firefighter or police officer whose retirement date is after September 30, 1989.
(8-a)  "Retiree health plan" means the group family health plan for retirees and other beneficiaries established by the collective bargaining agreements and the master contract document.
(9) "Trustee" means a member of the board.
(10)  "Years of service" means the number of full years beginning on the date the firefighter or police officer becomes a member of the fund until the date the firefighter or police officer retires or otherwise terminates employment as a firefighter or police officer less any service credit for the amount of time the member is engaged in active service with any uniformed service of the United States that the member does not purchase in accordance with Section 4.023 of this Act.