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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 2393, 2nd Eng.

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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 91, between lines 20 and 21,

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17         Section 32.  Subsection (2) of section 121.0515,

18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         121.0515  Special risk membership; criteria;

20  designation and removal of classification; credits for past

21  service and prior service; retention of special risk normal

22  retirement date.--

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

24  risk member, must meet the following criteria:

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

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

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

28  police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification

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

30  duties and responsibilities must include the pursuit,

31  apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law

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

 2  disposal unit whose primary responsibility is the location,

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

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

 5  members who have such responsibilities; provided, however,

 6  administrative support personnel, including, but not limited

 7  to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in

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

 9  included;

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

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

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

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

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

15  fighting of fires or direct supervision of firefighting units,

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

17  member or members who have such responsibilities; provided,

18  however, administrative support personnel, including, but not

19  limited to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities

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

21  be included;

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

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

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

25  primary duties and responsibilities must be the custody, and

26  physical restraint when necessary, of prisoners or inmates

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

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

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

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

31  provided, however, administrative support personnel,

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

 2  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

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

 4  assistant superintendents shall participate in the Special

 5  Risk Class; or

 6         (d)  The member must be employed by a licensed Advance

 7  Life Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) employer as an

 8  emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified

 9  in compliance with s. 401.27.  In addition, the member's

10  primary duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene

11  emergency medical care or direct supervision of emergency

12  medical technicians and paramedics, or the member must be the

13  supervisor or command officer of one or more members who have

14  such responsibilities.  However, administrative support

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

16  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

17  personnel, shall not be included; or.

18         (e)  The member must be employed as a Federal Aviation

19  Administration-licensed helicopter pilot by a municipal,

20  county, or state agency authorized to provide law enforcement,

21  fire protection, or emergency medical services. In addition,

22  the member's duties must include piloting the aircraft for the

23  purpose of rescue, surveillance, or pursuit or the movement of

24  personnel of any such agency. However, administrative support

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

26  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

27  personnel, shall not be included.

28         Section 33.  The Legislature finds that a proper and

29  legitimate state purpose is served when employees and retirees

30  of the state and of its political subdivisions and the

31  dependents, survivors, and beneficiaries of such employees and

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 1  retirees, are extended the basic protections afforded by

 2  governmental retirement systems that are managed,

 3  administered, and funded in an actuarially sound manner, as

 4  required by s. 14, Article X of the State Constitution and

 5  part VII of chapter 112, Florida Statutes. Therefore, the

 6  Legislature hereby determines and declares that the provisions

 7  of this act fulfill an important state interest.

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 9  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

14         On page 3, line 28, after the semicolon

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17         amending s. 121.0515, F.S.; extending

18         membership in the special risk class to certain

19         helicopter pilots and supervisory personnel of

20         emergency medical technicians and paramedics;

21         providing a finding of important state

22         interest;

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