Section 75.100 - Definitions for KRS 75.100 to 75.260As used in KRS 75.100 to 75.260, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Chairman" means the chairman of the board of trustees of a fire protection district organized under the provisions of KRS 75.010 to 75.080, or the chairman of the governing board of a volunteer fire department.(2) "Fire protection district" means fire districts organized under KRS 75.010 to 75.080.(3) "Board" means the board of trustees of a fire protection district organized under KRS 75.010 to 75.080 and the governing board of a volunteer fire department.(4) "Fire department" means the officers, firefighters, and clerical or maintenance employees, including the chief and assistant chief of the department.(5) "Chief" means the chief of the fire department of a fire protection department organized under KRS 75.010 to 75.080 and of a volunteer fire department.(6) "Employees" means all persons employed, and paid wages, salary, or other compensation for services performed, by the board of trustees of a fire protection district organized under KRS 75.010 to 75.080 and of a volunteer fire department. The term "employees" does not include any individual who is a volunteer as defined in subsection (14) of this section.(7) "Member" shall include the chief and all officers; all firefighters, including volunteer, paid, regular, and special firefighters; and all employees of a fire department, a fire protection district, or of a volunteer fire department.(8) "Salary" and "wages" mean any compensation received by an employee by reason of his employment for services performed for a fire protection district or volunteer fire department.(9) "Suspension" means the separation of an employee from the service for a temporary or fixed period of time, by his appointing authority, as a disciplinary measure.(10) "Dismissal" means the discharge of an employee by lawful authority.(11) "Trustees" means the board of trustees of a fire protection district and of a volunteer fire department.(12) "Regular firefighters" means all firefighters who are members of a fire protection district, except for special firefighters appointed by the chairman of the board of trustees pursuant to KRS 75.110.(13) "Paid firefighters" means all firefighters who are employees of the fire protection district or volunteer fire department district.(14) "Volunteer" means any person who is a member of a fire protection district or volunteer fire department who volunteers to provide services for the fire protection district or volunteer fire department, if the individual receives no salary, wages, or other compensation for services performed, or if the individual is paid expenses, reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee to perform the services for which the individual volunteered, and the services are not the same type of services which the individual is employed to perform for the fire protection district or volunteer fire department.Effective:7/15/1996
Amended 1996, Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 4, effective7/15/1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 43, sec. 10, effective 7/15/1994. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 12, effective 6/17/1978. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 8. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 1.