SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS/HB 347, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 035054
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11  Senator Webster moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, line 11,
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17         Section 1.  Subsection (9) is added to section
18  121.0515, Florida Statutes, to read:
19         121.0515  Special risk membership.--
20         (9)  CREDIT FOR UPGRADED SERVICE.--Any member of the
21  Special Risk Class who has earned creditable service in
22  another membership class of the Florida Retirement System as
23  an emergency medical technician or paramedic, which service is
24  within the purview of the Special Risk Class, may purchase
25  additional retirement credit to upgrade such service to
26  Special Risk Class service, to the extent of the percentages
27  of the member's average final compensation provided in s.
28  121.091(1)(a)2. Contributions for upgrading such service to
29  Special Risk Class credit under this subsection shall be equal
30  to the difference in the contributions paid and the Special
31  Risk Class contribution rate as a percentage of gross salary
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS/HB 347, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 035054
 1  in effect for the period being claimed, plus interest thereon
 2  at the rate of 6.5 percent a year, compounded annually until
 3  the date of payment. This service credit may be purchased by
 4  the employer on behalf of the member.
 5         Section 2.  It is the intent of the Legislature that
 6  any additional cost attributable to the upgrade in the
 7  retirement benefits for emergency medical technicians and
 8  paramedics above the contributions paid in accordance with
 9  section 1 shall be funded by recognition of the necessary
10  amount from the excess actuarial assets of the Florida
11  Retirement System Trust Fund.
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13  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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17  And the title is amended as follows:
18         On page 1, lines 2 and 3, delete those lines
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21         An act relating to public employee retirement;
22         amending s. 121.091, F.S.; allowing certain
23         Special Risk Class members of the Florida
24         Retirement System to purchase additional
25         retirement credit; providing for funding;
26         creating the "Officer
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