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11  Senator Williams moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 40, between lines 22 and 23,

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18         Section 20.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (15) of

19  section 121.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         121.021  Definitions.--The following words and phrases

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

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

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24         (b)  Effective October 1, 1978, "special risk member"

25  means a member of the Florida Retirement System who is

26  designated as a special risk member by the division in

27  accordance with s. 121.0515.  Such member must be employed as

28  a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or a correctional

29  officer and must meet certain other special criteria as set

30  forth in s. 121.0515. Effective January 1, 1999, the term

31  "special risk member" also includes any member who is employed

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 1  as a correctional probation officer and meets the special

 2  criteria set forth in s. 121.0515(2)(d).

 3         Section 21.  Subsection (2) of section 121.0515,

 4  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 5         121.0515  Special risk membership; criteria;

 6  designation and removal of classification; credits for past

 7  service and prior service; retention of special risk normal

 8  retirement date.--

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

10  risk member, must meet the following criteria:

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

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

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

14  police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification

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

16  duties and responsibilities must include the pursuit,

17  apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law

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

19  disposal unit whose primary responsibility is the location,

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

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

22  members who have such responsibilities; provided, however,

23  administrative support personnel, including, but not limited

24  to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in

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

26  included;

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

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

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

30  the employer or agency of state government.  In addition, the

31  member's duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene

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 1  fighting of fires or direct supervision of firefighting units,

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

 3  member or members who have such responsibilities; provided,

 4  however, administrative support personnel, including, but not

 5  limited to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities

 6  are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not

 7  be included; or

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

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

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

11  primary duties and responsibilities must be the custody, and

12  physical restraint when necessary, of prisoners or inmates

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

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

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

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

17  provided, however, administrative support personnel,

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

19  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

20  personnel, shall not be included; however, superintendents and

21  assistant superintendents shall participate in the Special

22  Risk Class, or.

23         (d)  The member must be employed as a correctional

24  probation officer and be certified, or must be required to be

25  certified, in compliance with s. 943.1395. In addition, the

26  member's primary duties and responsibilities must be the

27  supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and

28  counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or

29  community controllees within institutions or the community; or

30  the member must be the supervisor of a member or members who

31  have such responsibilities; however, administrative support

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

 2  duties and responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing,

 3  legal services, and personnel are not included; however,

 4  probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit administrators

 5  are included in the Special Risk Class.

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 43, line 6, after the semicolon,

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15         amending s. 121.021, F.S.; including certain

16         correctional probation officers within the

17         Special Risk Class; amending s. 121.0515, F.S.;

18         specifying criteria for inclusion of

19         correctional probation officers in the Special

20         Risk Class; providing for inclusion of

21         probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit

22         administrators in the Special Risk Class;

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