Section 36-30-20

Definitions.

When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) CITY. Any municipality of the state, regardless of its population; provided, however, that such term shall not include any municipality in any county having a population in excess of 600,000 according to the last federal decennial census.

(2) POLICEMAN. A person employed as a policeman or other law enforcement officer by a city.

(3) STATE TROOPER. State trooper, highway patrolman, crime investigation officer, driver's license examiner or other police officer personnel of the Alabama Department of Public Safety or law enforcement officer employed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, those officers of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources designated as conservation enforcement officers.

(4) POLICEMAN'S OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE. Any condition or impairment of health caused by hypertension, heart disease or respiratory disease.

(5) DISABILITY. Disability to perform duties as a policeman or state trooper.

(6) BENEFIT. Any monetary allowance payable by a city or from a pension system established for the policemen of a city or, in the case of a state trooper, from the state Employees' Retirement System to a policeman or state trooper on account of his disability or to his dependents on account of his death, irrespective of whether the same is payable under a pension law of the state or under some other law of the state.

(Acts 1971, No. 1213, p. 2115, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-661, p. 1077, § 1.)