Section 13-652. Definitions  


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  • As used in this article:
        a.  The  term  "city  retired  employee"  shall  mean  a  male  who is
      sixty-five years of age or older or a female  person  who  is  sixty-two
      years  of age or older, who was retired prior to January first, nineteen
      hundred fifty-seven and receives, as a  result  of  such  retirement,  a
      retirement allowance or pension system or plan of the city, other than a
      pension  or  retirement system for members of the uniformed force of the
      police department or the fire department.
        b. The term "police or fire retired employee" shall  mean  any  person
      who  was  retired  before January first, nineteen hundred fifty-five and
      receives, on or after the effective date of this subdivision  as  hereby
      amended,  as  a  result  of  such  retirement, a retirement allowance or
      pension from a retirement or pension system or  plan  of  the  city  for
      members  of  the  uniformed  force  of  the  police  department  or fire
      department.
        c. The term "police or fire surviving spouse or dependent" shall  mean
      any person, other than a police or fire line-of-duty surviving spouse or
      dependent,  who is a surviving spouse or dependent or a minor child of a
      deceased member or deceased retired member of a  retirement  or  pension
      system  or  plan  of  the city for members of the uniformed force of the
      police department  or  fire  department  other  than  the  pension  fund
      provided in subchapter two of chapter two of this title or in subchapter
      two  of chapter three of this title, and who is receiving a pension from
      such system or plan on or after the effective date of  this  subdivision
      as  hereby amended as a result of being a surviving spouse, dependent or
      a minor child of such deceased member or  deceased  retired  member.  If
      more  than one person are receiving pensions from such system or plan on
      or after such date as a result of being surviving spouses, dependents or
      minor children of the same deceased member or deceased  retired  member,
      they  shall  collectively  be deemed to be one "police or fire surviving
      spouse or  dependent"  within  the  meaning  of  this  article  and  any
      supplemental retirement allowance granted to a "police or fire surviving
      spouse  or  dependent"  under  this  article shall be divided among such
      persons in the same proportion as the  pensions  received  by  them  and
      shall  be  subject  to termination upon the same terms and conditions as
      govern the termination of such pensions.
        d.  The  term  "police  or  fire  line-of-duty  surviving  spouse   or
      dependent"  shall  mean  any  person  who  (1)  is a surviving spouse, a
      dependent, or a minor child of a member of a retirement system  or  plan
      of  the  city  for  members of the uniformed force of the police or fire
      department who died prior to January first, nineteen hundred fifty-five,
      and (2) on or after the effective date of  this  subdivision  as  hereby
      amended, is receiving a pension from such system or plan pursuant to the
      provisions of section 13-209, 13-244, 13-309 or 13-347 of this title. If
      more  than  one such person are or shall be receiving pensions from such
      system or plan on or after such date pursuant to any such section  as  a
      result  of  being  a surviving spouse or dependents or minor children of
      the same deceased member, they shall collectively be deemed  to  be  one
      police  or  fire  line-of-duty  surviving spouse or dependent within the
      meaning of  this  article  and  any  supplemental  retirement  allowance
      granted  to  a police or fire line-of-duty surviving spouse or dependent
      under this article shall be divided  among  such  persons  in  the  same
      proportion  as  the  pensions  received  by them and shall be subject to
      termination upon the same terms and conditions as govern the termination
      of such pensions.
        e. The term "street cleaning surviving spouse or dependent" shall mean
      any person (1) who is a surviving spouse, a minor child or  a  dependent
      parent of a deceased member or deceased retired member of the relief and
    
      pension  fund  of  the  department of street cleaning of the city of New
      York, and (2) who is receiving a pension  on  or  after  January  first,
      nineteen hundred sixty-six from such relief and pension fund as a result
      of being a surviving spouse, a minor child or a dependent parent of such
      deceased  member or deceased retired member. If more than one person are
      receiving pensions from such fund on or after such date as a  result  of
      being surviving spouses, minor children or dependent parents of the same
      deceased  member  or  deceased retired member they shall collectively be
      deemed to be one "street cleaning surviving spouse or dependent"  within
      the  meaning  of  this  article  and a supplemental retirement allowance
      granted to such a "street cleaning surviving spouse or dependent"  under
      this  article shall be divided among such persons in the same proportion
      as the pensions received by them and shall  be  subject  to  termination
      upon  the  same  terms  and conditions as govern the termination of such
      pensions.