Florida House Bill 87 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7012 (Ch. 2016-213)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes payment of death benefits to surviving spouse or children of Special Risk Class member killed in line of duty; specifies eligibility; authorizes payment of death benefits to surviving spouse or children of Special Risk Class member in investment plan; establishes qualifications & eligibility requirements; prescribes method of calculating benefit; specifies circumstances under which benefit payments are terminated; requires State Board of Administration or Division of Retirement to take certain action upon receipt of notification of disqualification from IRS; provides for allocations for death benefits authorized by act; requires State Board of Administration to transfer moneys to fund survivor benefit payments; adjusts employer contribution rates; declares that act fulfills an important state interest; provides appropriation.

Death Benefits Under the Florida Retirement System

Rep. Walter Hill [R]	Rep. Halsey Beshears [R]	Rep. Julian Fant [R]	Rep. Chris Latvala [R]
Rep. Marlene O'Toole [R]	Rep. Raymond Pilon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7012 (Ch. 2016-213)
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2015-09-10	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee
2015-08-20	House	Filed

S7012 (Similar To) 2016-04-08 - Chapter No. 2016-213
H0917 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7012 (Ch. 2016-213)
H7107 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7012 (Ch. 2016-213)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
121	091		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	571		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	591		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	5912		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	71		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	735		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	74		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	75		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/87
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0087/BillText/Filed/PDF