HOUSE AMENDMENT
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11  Representative(s) Lacasa offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, line 20, through page 7, line 11,
15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines
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17  and insert in lieu thereof:  
18         Section 1.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (8) of
19  section 112.363, Florida Statutes, to read:
20         112.363  Retiree health insurance subsidy.--
21         (8)  CONTRIBUTIONS.--For purposes of funding the
22  insurance subsidy provided by this section:
23         (f)  Beginning July 1, 2001, the employer of each
24  member of a state-administered plan shall contribute 1.11
25  percent of gross compensation each pay period.
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27  Such contributions shall be submitted to the Department of
28  Management Services and deposited in the Retiree Health
29  Insurance Subsidy Trust Fund.
30         Section 2.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
31  121.052, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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 1         121.052  Membership class of elected officers.--
 2         (7)  CONTRIBUTIONS.--
 3         (c)  The following table states the required employer
 4  contribution on behalf of each member of the Elected Officers'
 5  Class in terms of a percentage of the member's gross
 6  compensation. Such contribution constitutes the entire health
 7  insurance subsidy contribution with respect to the member. A
 8  change in the contribution rate is effective with the first
 9  salary paid on or after the beginning date of the change. The
10  retiree health insurance subsidy contribution rate is as
11  follows:
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13  Dates of Contribution                             Contribution
14    Rate Changes                                        Rate
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16  October 1, 1987, through December 31, 1988             0.24%
17  January 1, 1989, through December 31, 1993             0.48%
18  January 1, 1994, through December 31, 1994             0.56%
19  January 1, 1995, through June 30, 1998                 0.66%
20  Effective July 1, 1998, through June 30,               0.94%
21  2001
22  Effective July 1, 2001                                 1.11%
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24  Such contributions shall be deposited by the administrator in
25  the Retiree Health Insurance Subsidy Trust Fund.
26         Section 3.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
27  121.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
28         121.055  Senior Management Service Class.--There is
29  hereby established a separate class of membership within the
30  Florida Retirement System to be known as the "Senior
31  Management Service Class," which shall become effective
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 1  February 1, 1987.
 2         (3)
 3         (c)  The following table states the required employer
 4  contribution on behalf of each member of the Senior Management
 5  Service Class in terms of a percentage of the member's gross
 6  compensation.  Such contribution constitutes the entire health
 7  insurance subsidy contribution with respect to the member. A
 8  change in the contribution rate is effective with the first
 9  salary paid on or after the beginning date of the change.  The
10  retiree health insurance subsidy contribution rate is as
11  follows:
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13  Dates of Contribution                             Contribution
14    Rate Changes                                        Rate
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16  October 1, 1987, through December 31, 1988             0.24%
17  January 1, 1989, through December 31, 1993             0.48%
18  January 1, 1994, through December 31, 1994             0.56%
19  January 1, 1995, through June 30, 1998                 0.66%
20  Effective July 1, 1998, through June 30,               0.94%
21  2001
22  Effective July 1, 2001                                 1.11%
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24  Such contributions shall be deposited by the administrator in
25  the Retiree Health Insurance Subsidy Trust Fund.
26         Section 4.  Subsection (4) of section 121.071, Florida
27  Statutes, is amended to read:
28         121.071  Contributions.--Contributions to the system
29  shall be made as follows:
30         (4)  The following table states the required employer
31  contribution on behalf of each member of the Regular Class,
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 1  Special Risk Class, or Special Risk Administrative Support
 2  Class in terms of a percentage of the member's gross
 3  compensation.  Such contribution constitutes the entire health
 4  insurance subsidy contribution with respect to the member.  A
 5  change in the contribution rate is effective with the first
 6  salary paid on or after the beginning date of the change. The
 7  retiree health insurance subsidy contribution rate is as
 8  follows:
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10  Dates of Contribution                             Contribution
11    Rate Changes                                        Rate
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13  October 1, 1987, through December 31, 1988             0.24%
14  January 1, 1989, through December 31, 1993             0.48%
15  January 1, 1994, through December 31, 1994             0.56%
16  January 1, 1995, through June 30, 1998                 0.66%
17  Effective July 1, 1998, through June 30,               0.94%
18  2001
19  Effective July 1, 2001                                 1.11%
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21  Such contributions shall be deposited by the administrator in
22  the Retiree Health Insurance Subsidy Trust Fund.
23         Section 5.  Subsection (4) of section 121.571, Florida
24  Statutes, is amended to read:
25         121.571  Contributions.--Contributions to the Public
26  Employee Optional Retirement Program shall be made as follows:
27         (4)  CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGE AND FOR
28  RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY.--Contributions required
29  under this section shall be in addition to employer and member
30  contributions required for social security and the Retiree
31  Health Insurance Subsidy Trust Fund as provided in ss.
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 1  112.363, 121.052, 121.055, and s. 121.071, as appropriate.
 2         Section 6.  The Legislature finds that a proper and
 3  legitimate state purpose is served when employees, officers,
 4  and retirees of the state and of its political subdivisions,
 5  and the dependents, survivors, and beneficiaries of such
 6  employees, officers, and retirees, are extended the basic
 7  protections afforded governmental retirement systems that
 8  provide fair and adequate benefits, including health insurance
 9  subsidies, and that are managed, administered, and funded in a
10  reasonable manner.  Therefore, the Legislature hereby
11  determines and declares that the provisions of this act
12  fulfill an important state interest.
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16  And the title is amended as follows:
17         On page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, through page 1,
18  line 15,
19  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines
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21  and insert in lieu thereof:
22         amending ss. 112.363, 121.052, 121.055, and
23         121.071, F.S.; changing the employer
24         contribution for the retiree health insurance
25         subsidy; amending s. 121.571, F.S.; adding
26         cross references; providing a finding of
27         important state interest; providing an
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