Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 458
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/01/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Ring) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (326778) 
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    3         Delete lines 237 - 289
    4  and insert:
    5         (18) “Minimum benefits” means the benefits set forth in ss.
    6  175.021-175.341 and ss. 175.361-175.401.
    7         (19) “Minimum standards” means the standards set forth in
    8  ss. 175.021-175.341 and ss. 175.361-175.401.
    9         (20)(13) “Property insurance” means property insurance as
   10  defined in s. 624.604 and covers real and personal property
   11  within the corporate limits of a any municipality, or within the
   12  boundaries of a any special fire control district, within the
   13  state. “Multiple peril” means a combination or package policy
   14  that includes both property and casualty coverage for a single
   15  premium.
   16         (21) “Required benefits” means the lesser of the minimum
   17  benefits set forth in this chapter and the base benefits of the
   18  plan. For local law plans created after March 1, 2013, the
   19  required benefits are the minimum benefits set forth in this
   20  chapter.
   21         (22)(14) “Retiree” or “retired firefighter” means a
   22  firefighter who has entered retirement status. For the purposes
   23  of a plan that includes a Deferred Retirement Option Plan
   24  (DROP), a firefighter who enters the DROP is shall be considered
   25  a retiree for all purposes of the plan. However, a firefighter
   26  who enters the DROP and who is otherwise eligible to participate
   27  may shall not thereby be precluded from participating, or
   28  continuing to participate, in a supplemental plan in existence
   29  on, or created after, March 12, 1999 the effective date of this
   30  act.
   31         (23)(15) “Retirement” means a firefighter’s separation from
   32  city or fire district employment as a firefighter with immediate
   33  eligibility for receipt of benefits under the plan. For purposes
   34  of a plan that includes a Deferred Retirement Option Plan
   35  (DROP), “retirement” means the date a firefighter enters the
   36  DROP.
   37         (24) “Special benefits” means benefits provided in a
   38  defined contribution plan for firefighters.
   39         (25)(16) “Special fire control district” means a special
   40  district, as defined in s. 189.403(1), established for the
   41  purposes of extinguishing fires, protecting life, and protecting
   42  property within the incorporated or unincorporated portions of a
   43  any county or combination of counties, or within any combination
   44  of incorporated and unincorporated portions of a any county or
   45  combination of counties. The term does not include any dependent
   46  or independent special district, as those terms are defined in
   47  s. 189.403(2) and (3), respectively, the employees of which are
   48  members of the Florida Retirement System pursuant to s.
   49  121.051(1) or (2).
   50         (26)(17) “Supplemental plan” means a plan to which deposits
   51  are made to provide extra benefits for firefighters, or for
   52  firefighters and police officers if both are where included
   53  under this chapter. Such a plan is an element of a local law
   54  plan and exists in conjunction with a defined benefit component
   55  plan that meets the required minimum benefits and minimum
   56  standards of this chapter. Any supplemental plan in existence on
   57  March 1, 2013, shall be deemed to be a defined contribution plan
   58  in compliance with s. 175.351(8).
   59         (27)(18) “Supplemental plan municipality” means a any local
   60  law municipality in which there existed a supplemental plan
   61  existed, of any type or nature, as of December 1, 2000.