Senate Bill sb1994

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1994

    By Senator Lawson





    6-1594-04                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to upgrading service under the

  3         Florida Retirement System; amending s.

  4         121.0515, F.S.; deleting a requirement that

  5         interest be paid on certain amounts authorized

  6         to be paid by certain Special Risk Class

  7         members to upgrade service for retirement

  8         purposes; 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 (a) of subsection (9) of section

13  121.0515, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         121.0515  Special risk membership.--

15         (9)  CREDIT FOR UPGRADED SERVICE.--

16         (a)  Any member of the Special Risk Class who has

17  earned creditable service in another membership class of the

18  Florida Retirement System as an emergency medical technician

19  or paramedic, which service is within the purview of the

20  Special Risk Class, may purchase additional retirement credit

21  to upgrade such service to Special Risk Class service, to the

22  extent of the percentages of the member's average final

23  compensation provided in s. 121.091(1)(a)2. Contributions for

24  upgrading such service to Special Risk Class credit under this

25  subsection shall be equal to the difference in the

26  contributions paid and the Special Risk Class contribution

27  rate as a percentage of gross salary in effect for the period

28  being claimed, plus interest thereon at the rate of 6.5

29  percent a year, compounded annually until the date of payment.

30  This service credit may be purchased by the employer on behalf

31  of the member.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1994
    6-1594-04                                               See HB




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