A. "Aggregate service" means the total length of time that any person has been a duly appointed member of the Fire Department, including leave of absence with or without pay, and without regard to the continuity of such employment; and such aggregate service shall include any period of time during which a member shall receive benefits under Section 4.20.140, but shall not include any period of time during which a member shall receive benefits under other provisions of this chapter, and shall not include any period of time from and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter during which a member does not contribute to the fund except during such period as they may be receiving benefits under Section 4.20.140 hereof and except as provided in Section 4.20.330 hereof; and further provided, that during service performed prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, no portion of a leave of absence in excess of two months shall be included in aggregate service unless such leave was for service in the armed forces of the United States in time of great national emergency, or unless such leave was an assignment to represent the City, or to assist another City in making surveys or reorganizations, or to act in some other official capacity; or unless it was because of sickness or injury.

B. Whereas the word "board" has heretofore meant the Fire Pension Board, it shall henceforth mean the Safety Members Pension Board, and whenever the word "board" appears it shall hereinafter refer to the Safety Members Pension Board.

C. Whereas the word "fund" has heretofore meant the fire pension fund, it shall henceforth mean the safety members pension fund, and whenever the word "fund" appears in Ordinance 2188-NS, as codified in this chapter, it shall hereinafter refer to the safety members pension fund.

D. "Member," or "member of the Fire Department" means any person regularly appointed to service in the Fire Department of the City prior to and including March 1, 1973, and who, in an election held for that purpose, elects not to transfer to the California Public Employees Retirement System. The term shall not include clerks, stenographers, typists, fire lookouts, civilian fire alarm operators, or other civilian or temporary employees.

E. "Pensioner" means any person who shall be receiving a pension under the terms and provisions of this chapter.

F. Wherever the language "the average monthly rate of salary which such member shall have received during the three years immediately preceding the date of retirement" appears in this chapter, it shall be interpreted to mean one thirty-sixth of the aggregate salary which attached to the rank or ranks while held by such member for the three-year period immediately preceding the date of retirement, without any deductions for leaves of absence without pay or credits for overtime. (Ord. 4845-NS § 3 (part), 1976: Ord. 3373-NS (part), 1954: Ord. 3177-NS (part), 1951: Ord. 3075-NS (part), 1949: Ord. 2625-NS (part), 1944: Ord. 2254-NS (part), 1939: Ord. 2188-NS § 1, 1938)