Members of said Fire Department shall be construed as including all officers and firefighters
regularly employed in said department, and whose employment shall be regular and continuous
and not of a temporary character, provided, however, the secretaries, stenographers
and switchboard operators shall not be covered by the provisions of this Act. For
the purpose of this Act the term "widow" shall include widower; the term "wife" shall
include "husband"; the term "mother" shall include "father"; reference to the masculine
pronoun shall include the feminine and vice versa; the term "issue" shall include
a member's natural and adopted children as well as children in gestation; and the
terms "legal guardian" or "guardians of said issue" shall include a court-appointed
guardian of the property of said issue or a trustee of a trust of which said issue
is a beneficiary. Further provided that members who are DROP participants will no
longer be participants in this fund, nor eligible for any benefits hereunder.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 23444(1945), § 2; Laws of Fla. ch. 73-573, § 1; Laws of Fla. ch.
2000-448, § 1; Ord. of 6-18-2001, § 4, Doc. #33874; Laws of Fla. ch. 2008-295, § 2)
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