§ 9-3-602 — Definitions

(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Accumulated contribution" means the sum of all
the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member
subsequent to the effective date of the Wyoming Retirement Act
and credited to his individual account;
(ii) "Board" or "retirement board" means the
retirement board of the Wyoming retirement system established by
the Wyoming Retirement Act;
(iii) "Credited service" means service for which
contributions were made and not refunded;
(iv) "Criminal investigator" means any full-time
special agent employed by the division of criminal investigation
of the attorney general's office who is a sworn peace officer;
(v) "Employee" means:
(A) Any person who is employed by the Wyoming
state highway patrol division as a sworn law enforcement
officer;
(B) Any person who is commissioned as a full
time law enforcement officer of the Wyoming state game and fish
department;
(C) Any criminal investigator as defined in
paragraph (iv) of this subsection; or
(D) Any person designated and appointed as
capitol police under W.S. 9-1-612 and qualified pursuant to W.S.
9-1-701 through 9-1-707.
(vi) "Final actual salary" means the gross salary
paid to the employee during the last full month of credited
service;
(vii) Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 32, § 2.
(viii) "Fund" or "retirement fund" means the Wyoming
retirement account established in the Wyoming Retirement Act;
(ix) "Partial disability" means a medically
determined physical or mental impairment which renders the
employee unable to function as an employee and which is
reasonably expected to last at least twelve (12) months;
(x) "Interest" means interest compounded annually at
such rate or rates as shall be determined by the board, not
exceeding the average amount of interest actually earned per
annum by the fund;
(xi) "Retirement program" means the Wyoming state
highway patrol, game and fish warden and criminal investigator
retirement program created by this article;
(xii) "Salary" for W.S. 9-3-604 and 9-3-605 means the
cash remuneration paid, including contributions required by W.S.
9-3-604, to an employee for his services;
(xiii) "Total disability" means a medically
determined physical or mental impairment which renders the
employee totally unable to work in any occupation for which he
is reasonably suited by training or experience and which is
reasonably expected to last at least twelve (12) months;
(xiv) "Service credit" means the credit earned by an
employee for benefits and benefits payable under the retirement
program. Service credit is earned on the basis of actual years
of employment for an employer subject to this article under
rules adopted by the board under W.S. 9-3-609;
(xv) "Public law enforcement agency" means a public
agency having police power, charged with enforcing state
criminal statutes or municipal ordinances and employing law
enforcement personnel qualified pursuant to W.S. 9-1-701 through
9-1-707;
(xvi) "Highest average salary" means the employee's
average annual salary for the highest paid three (3) continuous
years of service;
(xvii) "This act" means W.S. 9-3-601 through 9-3-620;
(xviii) "Duty connected disability" means a
disability from an illness, injury or disease which results
primarily from a specific act or occurrence determinable by a
definite time and place, from a physical or mental trauma which
arises from the nature and in the course of a person's law
enforcement employment;
(xix) "Eligible retirement plan" means as defined in
W.S. 9-3-402(a)(xxvii);
(xx) "Rollover contribution" means as defined in W.S.
9-3-402(a)(xxviii);
(xxi) "Member account" means:
(A) For an employee who has six (6) or more
years of service to his credit or an employee initially employed
before July 1, 2018, the employee's contributions paid from any
source;
(B) For an employee who has fewer than six (6)
years of service to his credit and who is initially employed on
or after July 1, 2018, only the employee's contributions paid by
a reduction in cash salary of the employee.