{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-53-17-102","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 53-17-102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) \"Board\" means Local Public Safety and Firefighter Surviving Spouse Trust Fund Board of Trustees created in Section 53-17-402.\n(2) \"Child\" or \"children\" means a child of a member, including a stepchild and a legally adopted child who is under the age of 26.\n(3) \"Employer\" means a law enforcement agency or other state or local government agency that:\n(a) is a participating employer; and\n(b) employs one or more public safety service employees or firefighter service employees who are eligible to earn service credit in a Utah Retirement System under Title 49, Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act.\n(4) \"Firefighter service employee\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 49-16-102 or 49-23-102.\n(5) \"Member\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 49-11-102.\n(6) \"Participating employer\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 49-11-102.\n(7) \"Public safety service employee\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 49-14-102, 49-15-102, or 49-23-102.\n(8) \"Trust Fund\" means the Local Public Safety and Firefighter Surviving Spouse Trust Fund created in Section 53-17-301.","path":["Title 53 Public Safety Code","Chapter 53-17 Public Safety Officer and Firefighter Line-of-duty Death Act","Part 53-17-1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53/Chapter17/53-17-S102.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"4cc22d45d99109a7bf15404ef7be8f5ee77725b1a065e849211919bae210bf05","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-53-17-101","next":"us-ut/utah-code-53-17-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}