As used in Sections 29-201 through 29-205 of this title: 1. 'Volunteer firefighter' means a person who is enrolled as a member of a fire department and who serves in such capacity without receiving a regular salary. A person who is a salaried public safety employee of a municipality shall not serve as a volunteer firefighter of a volunteer fire department unless the person is off duty and such service is not a condition of employment. A public safety employee is a person employed to serve as a salaried firefighter, police or other law enforcement officer or emergency medical technician;2. 'Volunteer fire department' means a fire department which has in its employ not more than two full-time salaried firefighters; and3. 'Municipality' means a municipality which has qualified to participate in the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 29-202, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2007, c. 356, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2007.
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