Utah Code § 49-11-1301

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As used in this part:
(1) "Amortization rate" means the amortization rate, as defined in Section 49-11-102, to be applied
to the system that would have covered the retiree if the retiree's part-time position were
considered to be an eligible, full-time position within that system.
(2) "Full-time" means a:
(a) regular full-time employee whose term of employment for a participating employer
contemplates continued employment during a fiscal or calendar year and whose employment
normally requires an average of 40 hours or more per week and who receives benefits
normally provided by the participating employer;
(b) teacher whose term of employment for a participating employer contemplates continued
employment during a school year and who teaches full time;

(c) firefighter service employee whose employment normally requires an average of 2,080 hours
of regularly scheduled firefighter service per year; and
(d) public safety service employee whose employment normally requires an average of 2,080
hours of regularly scheduled public safety service per year.
(3) "Half-time" means:
(a) a regular employee whose term of employment for a participating employer contemplates
continued employment during a fiscal or calendar year and whose employment normally
requires an average of 20 hours per week and who receives benefits normally provided by the
participating employer;
(b) a teacher whose term of employment for a participating employer contemplates continued
employment during a school year and who teaches half time;
(c) a firefighter service employee whose employment normally requires an average of 1,040
hours of regularly scheduled firefighter service per year;
(d) a public safety service employee whose employment normally requires an average of 1,040
hours of regularly scheduled public safety service per year; and
(e) for a retiree employed before retirement as a public safety service employee or a firefighter
service employee in a position for which the participating employer established a regularly
scheduled work period in excess of 2,080 hours per year, one-half of that regularly scheduled
work period as long as the retiree has continuing employment in that same position.
(4) "Phased retirement" means continuing employment:
(a) on a half-time basis of a retiree with the same participating employer following the retiree's
retirement date while the retiree receives a reduced retirement allowance; or
(b) on a three-quarter time basis of a retiree with the same participating employer following the
retiree's retirement date while the retiree receives a reduced retirement allowance if the
retiree is employed as a public safety service employee or a firefighter service employee.
(5) "Three-quarter time" means:
(a) a firefighter service employee whose employment normally requires an average of 1,560
hours of regularly scheduled firefighter service per year;
(b) a public safety service employee whose employment normally requires an average of 1,560
hours of regularly scheduled public safety service per year; and
(c) for a retiree who was employed before retirement as a public safety service employee or a
firefighter service employee in a position for which the participating employer established
a regularly scheduled work period in excess of 2,080 hours per year, three quarters of that
regularly scheduled work period as long as the retiree has continuing employment in that
same position.

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