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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 9-911 (2026)

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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Board" means the police pension board.

2. "Department" means the police department.

3. "Departmental member" means a member of the police pension board chosen from among the members of the department other than the chief of police.

4. "Fund" means the police pension fund.

5. "Governing body" means the city commission, city or town council or other governing body of the municipality.

6. "Member" or "member of the department" means a member of the police department, duly commissioned and sworn as a peace officer with all the powers and duties thereof, and includes all ranks and both sexes. Any person employed in the police department who has actually contributed to the police pension fund before the first day of January, 1964, and who is not included within this definition, shall be allowed to continue to contribute to the police pension fund and to receive the benefits conferred by this article but all other persons are excluded.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1965–1986 · leading case: Police Pension Bd. of City of Phoenix v. Warren, 398 P.2d 892 (Ariz. 1965).
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Police Pension Bd. of City of Phoenix v. Warren, 398 P.2d 892 (Ariz. 1965). · cites it 18× “A.R.S. § 9-911, in its pertinent part, provides: "* * * unless the context otherwise requires: * * * * * * "6.”
Haines v. Police Pension Bd. of Phoenix, 733 P.2d 1129 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “§ 16-1802 (1939) (current version at A.R.S. § 9-911(6)). As noted above, Mr. Haines retired in 1947 and was therefore not a member of the police department in 1952.”
Kelley v. Tims, 440 P.2d 39 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 2× “In 1937 the State of Arizona adopted the Police Pension Act, A.R.S. §§ 9-911 thru 9-934. The two important sections as far as this case is concerned are §§ 9-912 and 9-934.”
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 9-911(6): 1 case
Haines v. Police Pension Bd. of Phoenix, 733 P.2d 1129 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1986). “§ 16-1802 (1939) (current version at A.R.S. § 9-911(6)). As noted above, Mr. Haines retired in 1947 and was therefore not a member of the police department in 1952.”
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