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11 Senator Williams moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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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:
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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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