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House Bill 1807




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1807

        By Representative Ogles






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to disability retirement for

  3         deputy sheriffs; providing that specified

  4         disabilities suffered by deputy sheriffs are

  5         presumed to have been incurred in the line of

  6         duty; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Deputy sheriffs; retirement; disability in

11  the line of duty.--Any condition or impairment of health of

12  any deputy sheriff employed in the state which is caused by

13  tuberculosis, hypertension, heart disease, or hardening of the

14  arteries and which results in total or partial disability or

15  death shall be presumed to be accidental and suffered in the

16  line of duty unless the contrary is shown by competent

17  evidence. Any condition or impairment of health caused

18  directly or proximately by exposure, which exposure occurred

19  in the active performance of duty at some definite time or

20  place without willful negligence on the part of the deputy

21  sheriff and resulted in total or partial disability, shall be

22  presumed to be accidental and suffered in the line of duty,

23  provided that such deputy sheriff has successfully passed a

24  physical examination upon entering such service, which

25  physical examination including electrocardiogram failed to

26  reveal any evidence of such condition. Such presumption does

27  not apply to benefits payable under or granted in a policy of

28  life insurance or disability insurance. This section applies

29  to all deputy sheriffs employed in the state with reference to

30  pension and retirement benefits under any retirement system of

31  which deputy sheriffs are members.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1807

    520-173-97






  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Provides that health impairments suffered by deputy
      sheriffs which are caused by tuberculosis, hypertension,
  7    heart disease, or hardening of the arteries and which
      result in disability or death will be considered as
  8    occurring in the line of duty so long as the deputy
      sheriff had a physical examination that failed to
  9    disclose any such malady before entering service.

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