Section 50800.

50800. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Section 50801.

50801. “Board” means Board of Firemen’s Pension Fund Commissioners or Board of Police Pension Fund Commissioners. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Section 50802.

50802. “Fund” means the Police Relief and Pension Fund or the Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Section 50803.

50803. “Department” means regularly constituted fire department or regularly constituted police department. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Section 50804.

50804. “Member” means a person duly appointed or selected and sworn as a member of the regularly constituted police department if the local agency has established a police relief and pension fund pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Section 50805.

50805. “Member” also means any person duly appointed or selected and sworn as a member of the regularly constituted fire department if the local agency has established a firemen’s relief and pension fund pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Section 50806.

50806. Every local agency in which there is a police department or a fire department may establish a relief and pension fund for either department or for both departments. If a fund is established for both departments, there shall be two separate funds, one for each department. The fund established for the police department shall […]

Section 50807.

50807. Any fund, for the relief or pensioning of police officers or firemen, their life or health insurance, or the payment of a sum of money on their death, is merged with and constitutes a part of the fund created for that purpose pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)