§ 23-61. Definitions.  


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  • (a)

    County employee shall mean an officer or other employee occupying a position and who is paid a salary or wage for services rendered, and shall include members of the Board of County Commissioners of Dade County, Florida.

    (b)

    Average weekly wage is the total gross salary or wage paid divided by the number of weeks employed limited to no more than two hundred sixty (260) weeks immediately preceding the death of said County employee.

    (c)

    Dependent is any person more than one-half of whose total support, as defined by the United States Internal Revenue Service, was furnished by the decedent.

(Ord. No. 65-46, § 3, 6-17-65)