§ 2.02. Definitions.

When used in Article 2, and in Article 1, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning indicated unless otherwise defined or required by the context:

(a)

Prior service shall mean all service, whether continuous or not, prior to the effective date; provided, however, that any person who becomes an employee after the effective date shall not be allowed credit for prior service.

(b)

Current service shall mean all continuous, uninterrupted service after the effective date and prior to the date as of which current service is being determined; provided, however, current service shall not include the service of an employee after he has reached his seventieth birthday. Current Service shall not be deemed to be interrupted, but shall not include extended sick leave or leave of absence granted by the appointing officer of the employee and approved by the pension commission, or any service, voluntary or involuntary, in the Armed Forces of the United States, provided the employee is entitled to re-employment under the provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act and amendments thereto, or any law applicable to such re-employment, and provided further that the employee shall apply for re-employment with the employer within the time specified by law and in the manner and under the conditions prescribed by law.

(c)

Credited service shall mean the sum of prior service, if any, and current service. Credited service shall be expressed in years and a decimal fraction of a year based on completed calendar months.

(d)

Base earnings shall mean that part of earnings in any calendar year which is subject to Social Security tax.

(e)

Excess earnings shall mean that part of earnings in any calendar year which is not subject to Social Security tax.

(f)

Average shall mean an arithmetic average determined for the full calendar years of credited service of a member of Division A commencing with the calendar year 1956 and ending with the calendar year preceding the date as of which such average is being determined, or based on such lesser number of full calendar years of credited service actually completed by a member of Division A; provided, however, that in no case shall such average be based on more than ten (10) full calendar years preceding the date as of which such average is being determined.

(g)

Average base earnings shall mean the average of base earnings; provided, however, that in the case of delayed retirement, such average shall not be less than the average of base earnings determined as of the normal retirement date.

(h)

Average excess earnings shall mean the average of excess earnings; provided, however, that in the case of delayed retirement, such average shall not be less than the average of excess earnings determined as of the normal retirement date.

(i)

Normal retirement date shall mean the first day of the month next following the sixty-fifth birthday of a member of Division A.

(j)

Beneficiary shall mean the person last designated in writing by a member of Division A in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06 to receive benefits payable on the death of a member of Division A.

(k)

Contingent annuitant shall mean the person last designated in writing by a member of Division A to receive benefits payable under option A or option B as provided in Section 2.27.