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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 380

    Amendment No. 5

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11  The Committee on Ways and Means recommended the following

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 25, between lines 7 and 8,

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18         Section 12.  Section 121.121, Florida Statutes, is

19  amended to read:

20         121.121  Future service to include Authorized leaves of

21  absence.--

22         (1)  A member may purchase creditable service for

23  Future service of any member as defined in s. 121.021(21)

24  shall also include up to 2 work years of creditable service

25  for authorized leaves of absence if:

26         (a)(1)  The member has completed a minimum of 10 years

27  of creditable service, excluding periods of leave of absence;

28         (b)(2)  The leave of absence is authorized in writing

29  by the employer of the member and approved by the

30  administrator;

31         (c)(3)  The member returns to active employment

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 1  performing service with a Florida Retirement System employer

 2  in a regularly established position immediately upon

 3  termination of the leave of absence and remains on the

 4  employer's payroll for 1 calendar month, except that a member

 5  who retires on disability while on a medical leave of absence

 6  shall not be required to return to employment; and

 7         (d)(4)  The member makes the required contributions for

 8  service credit during the leave of absence, which shall be 8

 9  percent until January 1, 1975, and 9 percent thereafter of his

10  or her rate of monthly compensation in effect immediately

11  prior to the commencement of such leave for each month of such

12  period, plus 4 percent interest until July 1, 1975, and 6.5

13  percent interest thereafter on such contributions, compounded

14  annually each June 30 from the due date of the contribution to

15  date of payment. Effective July 1, 1980, any leave of absence

16  purchased pursuant to this section shall be at the

17  contribution rates specified in s. 121.071 in effect at the

18  time the leave is granted for the class of membership from

19  which the leave of absence was granted; however, any member

20  who purchased leave-of-absence credit prior to July 1, 1980,

21  for a leave of absence from a position in a class other than

22  the regular membership class, may pay the appropriate

23  additional contributions plus compound interest thereon and

24  receive creditable service for such leave of absence in the

25  membership class from which the member was granted the leave

26  of absence.

27         (2)  A member who is required to resign his office as a

28  subordinate officer, deputy sheriff, or police officer because

29  he is a candidate for a public office which is currently held

30  by his superior officer who is also a candidate for reelection

31  to the same office, in accordance with s. 99.012(5), shall,

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 1  upon return to covered employment, be eligible to purchase

 2  retirement credit for the period between his date of

 3  resignation and the beginning of the term of office for which

 4  he was a candidate as a leave of absence without pay, as

 5  provided in subsection (1).

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

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15         amending s. 121.121, F.S.; providing for

16         purchase of retirement credit;

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