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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                            Bill No. CS/CS/HB 3491

    Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Boyd offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 30, between lines 8 and 9, of the bill

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17         (3)(a)  EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFIT.--Upon retirement on

18  his or her early retirement date, the member shall receive an

19  immediate monthly benefit which shall begin to accrue on the

20  first day of the month of the retirement date and be payable

21  on the last day of that month and each month thereafter during

22  his or her lifetime.  The amount of each monthly payment shall

23  be computed in the same manner as for a normal retirement

24  benefit, in accordance with subsection (1), but based on

25  average final monthly compensation and creditable service as

26  of the member's early retirement date.  The benefit so

27  computed shall be reduced by five-twelfths of 1 percent for

28  each complete month by which the early retirement date

29  precedes the normal retirement date of age 62 for a regular

30  member of the Regular Class, Senior Management Service Class,

31  or a member of the Elected State and County Officers' Class,

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 1  and age 55 for a member of the special risk class member or

 2  age 52 if a special risk member has completed 25 years of

 3  creditable service in accordance with s. 121.021(29)(c)3.

 4  However, if the employment of a member is terminated by reason

 5  of death subsequent to the completion of 20 years of

 6  creditable service, the monthly benefit payable to the

 7  member's beneficiary shall be calculated in accordance with

 8  subsection (1), but based on average monthly compensation and

 9  creditable service as of the date of death.  The benefit so

10  computed shall be reduced by five-twelfths of 1 percent for

11  each complete month by which death precedes the normal

12  retirement date specified above or the date on which the

13  member would have attained 30 years of creditable service had

14  he or she survived and continued his or her employment,

15  whichever provides a higher benefit.

16         (b)  Effective January 1, 1999, if a member of the

17  Regular Class, the Senior Management Service Class, or the

18  Elected State and County officers' Class retires after

19  reaching age 50 and after completing 25 years of creditable

20  service, but before reaching his or her normal retirement

21  date, the member's monthly retirement benefit shall be

22  calculated in accordance with subsection (1), but based on the

23  member's average final compensation and creditable service as

24  of the member's early retirement date.  The benefit so

25  computed shall be reduced by five-twelfths of 1 percent for

26  each complete month by which the member's termination of

27  employment precedes the normal retirement date of age 62, or

28  five-twelfths of 1 percent for each complete month by which

29  the member's actual creditable service earned as of his or her

30  early retirement date is less that the 30 years of creditable

31  service required for normal retirement, whichever provides a

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 5  And the title is amended as follows:

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 9         modifying the method used to calculate the

10         early retirement penalty for members of the

11         Regular Class, Senior Management Serivce Class,

12         and Elected State and County Officers' Class;

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