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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Retirement

  3         System; amending ss. 121.021, 121.0515, F.S.;

  4         including certain members employed as Federal

  5         Aviation Administration-licensed pilots

  6         authorized to provide mosquito control services

  7         in the special risk class; providing

  8         exceptions; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (15)

13  of section 121.021, Florida Statutes, to read:

14         121.021  Definitions.--The following words and phrases

15  as used in this chapter have the respective meanings set forth

16  unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

17         (15)

18         (f)  Effective October 1, 2002, the term "special risk

19  member" includes any member employed as a Federal Aviation

20  Administration-licensed pilot by a municipality, county,

21  special district, or state agency authorized to provide

22  mosquito control services whose duties include piloting for

23  the purpose of mosquito control treatment as set forth in s.

24  121.0515(2)(h).

25         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 121.0515, Florida

26  Statutes, is amended to read:

27         121.0515  Special risk membership.--

28         (2)  CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special

29  risk member, must meet the following criteria:

30         (a)  The member must be employed as a law enforcement

31  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in


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  1  compliance with s. 943.1395; however, sheriffs and elected

  2  police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification

  3  requirements of this paragraph.  In addition, the member's

  4  duties and responsibilities must include the pursuit,

  5  apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law

  6  violators; or the member must be an active member of a bomb

  7  disposal unit whose primary responsibility is the location,

  8  handling, and disposal of explosive devices; or the member

  9  must be the supervisor or command officer of a member or

10  members who have such responsibilities; provided, however,

11  administrative support personnel, including, but not limited

12  to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in

13  accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be

14  included;

15         (b)  The member must be employed as a firefighter and

16  be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance with

17  s. 633.35 and be employed solely within the fire department of

18  a local government employer or an agency of state government

19  with firefighting responsibilities. In addition, the member's

20  duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene fighting

21  of fires, fire prevention, or firefighter training; direct

22  supervision of firefighting units, fire prevention, or

23  firefighter training; or aerial firefighting surveillance

24  performed by fixed-wing aircraft pilots employed by the

25  Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and

26  Consumer Services; or the member must be the supervisor or

27  command officer of a member or members who have such

28  responsibilities; provided, however, administrative support

29  personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose primary

30  duties and responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing,

31  legal, and personnel, shall not be included;


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  1         (c)  The member must be employed as a correctional

  2  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in

  3  compliance with s. 943.1395.  In addition, the member's

  4  primary duties and responsibilities must be the custody, and

  5  physical restraint when necessary, of prisoners or inmates

  6  within a prison, jail, or other criminal detention facility,

  7  or while on work detail outside the facility, or while being

  8  transported; or the member must be the supervisor or command

  9  officer of a member or members who have such responsibilities;

10  provided, however, administrative support personnel,

11  including, but not limited to, those whose primary duties and

12  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

13  personnel, shall not be included; however, wardens and

14  assistant wardens, as defined by rule, shall participate in

15  the Special Risk Class;

16         (d)  The member must be employed by a licensed Advance

17  Life Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) employer as an

18  emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified

19  in compliance with s. 401.27.  In addition, the member's

20  primary duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene

21  emergency medical care or direct supervision of emergency

22  medical technicians or paramedics, or the member must be the

23  supervisor or command officer of one or more members who have

24  such responsibility.  However, administrative support

25  personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose primary

26  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

27  personnel, shall not be included;

28         (e)  The member must be employed as a community-based

29  correctional probation officer and be certified, or required

30  to be certified, in compliance with s. 943.1395.  In addition,

31  the member's primary duties and responsibilities must be the


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  1  supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and

  2  counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or

  3  community controllees within the community; or the member must

  4  be the supervisor of a member or members who have such

  5  responsibilities. Administrative support personnel, including,

  6  but not limited to, those whose primary duties and

  7  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal

  8  services, and personnel management, shall not be included;

  9  however, probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit

10  administrators shall participate in the Special Risk Class; or

11         (f)  The member must be employed in one of the

12  following classes and must spend at least 75 percent of his or

13  her time performing duties which involve contact with patients

14  or inmates in a correctional or forensic facility or

15  institution:

16         1.  Dietitian (class codes 5203 and 5204).

17         2.  Public health nutrition consultant (class code

18  5224).

19         3.  Psychological specialist (class codes 5230 and

20  5231).

21         4.  Psychologist (class code 5234).

22         5.  Senior psychologist (class codes 5237 and 5238).

23         6.  Regional mental health consultant (class code

24  5240).

25         7.  Psychological Services Director--DCF (class code

26  5242).

27         8.  Pharmacist (class codes 5245 and 5246).

28         9.  Senior pharmacist (class codes 5248 and 5249).

29         10.  Dentist (class code 5266).

30         11.  Senior dentist (class code 5269).

31         12.  Registered nurse (class codes 5290 and 5291).


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  1         13.  Senior registered nurse (class codes 5292 and

  2  5293).

  3         14.  Registered nurse specialist (class codes 5294 and

  4  5295).

  5         15.  Clinical associate (class codes 5298 and 5299).

  6         16.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner (class

  7  codes 5297 and 5300).

  8         17.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner specialist

  9  (class codes 5304 and 5305).

10         18.  Registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5306 and

11  5307).

12         19.  Senior registered nurse supervisor (class codes

13  5308 and 5309).

14         20.  Registered nursing consultant (class codes 5312

15  and 5313).

16         21.  Quality management program supervisor (class code

17  5314).

18         22.  Executive nursing director (class codes 5320 and

19  5321).

20         23.  Speech and hearing therapist (class code 5406); or

21         24.  Pharmacy manager (class code 5251);.

22         (g)  The member must be employed as a youth custody

23  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in

24  compliance with s. 943.1395. In addition, the member's primary

25  duties and responsibilities must be the supervised custody,

26  surveillance, control, investigation, apprehension, arrest,

27  and counseling of assigned juveniles within the community; or.

28         (h)  The member must be employed as a Federal Aviation

29  Administration-licensed pilot by a municipal, county,

30  special-district, or state agency authorized to provide

31  mosquito control services. The member's duties must include


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  1  piloting aircraft for the purpose of mosquito control

  2  treatment. However, administrative support personnel,

  3  including, but not limited to, those whose primary

  4  responsibilities are in accounting, legal, and personnel,

  5  shall not be included.

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