Bill Text: FL H0529 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lee County Sheriff's Office

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Ordered enrolled -HJ 1002 [H0529 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0529-Introduced.html

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HB 529

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Lee County Sheriff's Office;
3	amending chapter 74-522, Laws of Florida, as amended;
4	providing that certain retirement health insurance
5	benefits shall not be available to specified employees;
6	providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 15 of chapter 74-522,
11	Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 2010-260, Laws of
12	Florida, is amended to read:
13	Section 15.  Funding of civil service board and retirement
14	health insurance benefits.-
15	(6)  Benefits payable under subsection (5).-Benefits
16	payable under subsection (5) are only available to employees
17	commencing employment on or after October 1, 1986, and prior to
18	October 1, 2010, who retire from the Florida Retirement System
19	and terminate employment after 15 or more years of service with
20	the Lee County Sheriff's Office. A member of the Florida
21	Retirement System employed prior to October 1, 2009, who has
22	been a full-time member of the Lee County Sheriff's Office for
23	the 10 years immediately preceding his or her retirement may
24	claim up to 5 years of previous service with another Florida
25	Retirement System employer subject to verification by the
26	Division of Retirement of the Department of Management Services
27	to meet the 15-year requirement as provided for in subsection
28	(5). Persons hired by the Lee County Sheriff's Office on or
29	after October 1, 2009, are not eligible to claim additional
30	years of service from previous Florida Retirement System
31	employers to qualify for employer-paid health and
32	hospitalization insurance benefits as provided for in subsection
33	(5).
34	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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