The following words and phrases as used in this article and ordinances enacted thereunder, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall mean:
"Board" shall mean the Administration, Investment and Fiscal Management Board as referred to in section 381 of this Charter.
"Charter" shall mean the Charter of the City of Sacramento.
"Commission" shall mean the Retirement Hearing Commission as referred to in section 388 of this Charter.
"Council" or "city council" shall mean the council of the City of Sacramento.
"Former (1976) Charter section" shall mean a section of this Charter as said section read on November 1, 1976 which was the date immediately preceding the date on which said section was repealed and shall further mean and refer to any section which was repealed at any earlier date, as such section read on the date immediately preceding its repeal.
"Former (1989) Charter section" shall mean a section of this Charter as said section read on June 5, 1989, which was the date immediately preceding the date on which said section was repealed.
"Member" shall mean any person who is a member of the retirement system.
"Miscellaneous member" or "miscellaneous officer or employee" shall mean any officer or employee who is a member of the retirement system and is not a safety member as defined in this section.
"Safety member" shall mean a member whose employment is, or was, as an officer or employee of the police or the fire departments of the city, whose principal duties consist of either active law enforcement or full-time firefighting and fire prevention, respectively. "Safety member" does not include those persons employed in duties of clerical, communication, identification, repair, or other nature even though such persons may be subject to occasional call, or are occasionally called upon to perform duties within the scope of active law enforcement or full-time firefighting and fire prevention.
"Surviving spouse" shall mean the widow of a male member or the widower of a female member.
Words used in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and the singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular. (Amended June 6, 1989)