Senate Bill 0234
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Florida Senate - 1999 SB 234
By Senators Forman and Latvala
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to legislative employees;
3 amending s. 121.055, F.S.; authorizing the
4 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
5 House of Representatives to designate
6 additional employees of their respective house
7 who may be required to participate in the
8 Senior Management Service Class of the Florida
9 Retirement System; providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
14 121.055, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to
15 read:
16 121.055 Senior Management Service Class.--There is
17 hereby established a separate class of membership within the
18 Florida Retirement System to be known as the "Senior
19 Management Service Class," which shall become effective
20 February 1, 1987.
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22 (c)1.a. Effective January 1, 1990, participation in
23 the Senior Management Service Class shall be compulsory for up
24 to 75 nonelective positions at the level of committee staff
25 director or higher or equivalent managerial or policymaking
26 positions within the House of Representatives, as selected by
27 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, up to 50
28 nonelective positions at the level of committee staff director
29 or higher or equivalent managerial or policymaking positions
30 within the Senate, as selected by the President of the Senate,
31 all staff directors of joint committees and service offices of
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1 the Legislature, the Auditor General and up to 9 managerial or
2 policymaking positions within his or her office as selected by
3 the Auditor General, and the executive director of the
4 Commission on Ethics.
5 b. Effective January 1, 2000, participation in the
6 Senior Management Service Class shall be compulsory for up to
7 175 nonelective positions within the Senate which are selected
8 by the President of the Senate and for which participation is
9 not compulsory pursuant to sub-subparagraph a. and up to 275
10 nonelective positions within the House of Representatives
11 which are selected by the Speaker of the House of
12 Representatives and for which participation is not compulsory
13 pursuant to sub-subparagraph a.
14 2. Participation in this class shall be compulsory,
15 except as provided in subparagraph 3., for any legislative
16 employee who holds a position designated for coverage in the
17 Senior Management Service Class, and such participation shall
18 continue until the employee terminates employment in a covered
19 position.
20 3. In lieu of participation in the Senior Management
21 Service Class, at the discretion of the President of the
22 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, such
23 members may participate in the Senior Management Service
24 Optional Annuity Program as established in subsection (6).
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2000.
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28 SENATE SUMMARY
29 Authorizes the President of the Senate to designate
additional employees of the Senate, and the Speaker of
30 the House of Representatives to designate additional
employees of the House of Representatives, for whom
31 membership in the Senior Management Service Class of the
Florida Retirement System will become compulsory.
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