“Member” for purposes of Section 21624 also includes those local miscellaneous members and local safety members who on March 31, 1973 were subject to former Sections 21264, as amended by Chapter 249 of the Statutes of 1971 and 21264.1, as added by Chapter 150 of the Statutes of 1971, as those sections read prior to their repeal on April 1, 1973. “Member” shall not include any other local miscellaneous or local safety member or apply to any contracting agency employing the member until the agency elects to be subject to Section 21624 by amendment to its contract made in the manner prescribed for approval of contracts, except that an election among employees shall not be required or, in the case of contracts made on or after April 1, 1973, by express provision of the contract. The election may be exercised separately with respect to local safety members who are firefighters, local safety members who are police officers, local safety members other than police officers or firefighters, and local miscellaneous members. The operative date of Section 21624 for purposes of application to that section to those local members shall be the effective date of the contract or contract amendment.
“Surviving spouse” shall mean, for a member subject to Section 21624, who retires for disability retirement on or after January 1, 1995, a husband or wife who was married to the member on the date of his or her retirement and continuously to the date of his or her death.