Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1568
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11  The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity
12  (Margolis) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 2, between lines 22 and 23,
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18         Section 2.  It is declared by the Legislature that
19  firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, law
20  enforcement officers, correctional officers, and correctional
21  probation officers perform state and municipal functions; that
22  it is their duty to protect life and property at their own
23  risk and peril; that it is their duty to continuously instruct
24  school personnel, public officials, and private citizens about
25  safety; and that their activities are vital to the public
26  safety. Therefore, the Legislature declares that it is a
27  proper and legitimate state purpose to provide a uniform
28  retirement system for the benefit of firefighters, emergency
29  medical technicians, paramedics, law enforcement officers,
30  correctional officers, and correctional probation officers and
31  intends, in implementing the provisions of Section 14, Article
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1568
                        Barcode 741676
 1  X of the State Constitution as they relate to municipal and
 2  special district pension trust fund systems and plans, that
 3  such retirement systems or plans be managed, administered,
 4  operated, and funded in such manner as to maximize the
 5  protection of pension trust funds. Pursuant to Section 18,
 6  Article VII of the State Constitution, the Legislature
 7  determines and declares that the provisions of this act
 8  fulfill an important state interest.
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10  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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14  And the title is amended as follows:
15         On page 1, line 8, after the semicolon,
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18         providing legislative intent;
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