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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2393
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Representative(s) Pruitt offered the following:
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17 Section 30. Effective July 1, 2001, paragraph (a) of
18 subsection (4) of section 121.091, Florida Statutes, is
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20 121.091 Benefits payable under the system.--Benefits
21 may not be paid under this section unless the member has
22 terminated employment as provided in s. 121.021(39)(a) or
23 begun participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program
24 as provided in subsection (13), and a proper application has
25 been filed in the manner prescribed by the department. The
26 department may cancel an application for retirement benefits
27 when the member or beneficiary fails to timely provide the
28 information and documents required by this chapter and the
29 department's rules. The department shall adopt rules
30 establishing procedures for application for retirement
31 benefits and for the cancellation of such application when the
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Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
1 required information or documents are not received.
2 (4) DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT.--
3 (a) Disability retirement; entitlement and effective
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5 1.a. A member who becomes totally and permanently
6 disabled, as defined in paragraph (b), after completing 5
7 years of creditable service, or a member who becomes totally
8 and permanently disabled in the line of duty regardless of
9 service, shall be entitled to a monthly disability benefit;
10 except that any member with less than 5 years of creditable
11 service on July 1, 1980, or any person who becomes a member of
12 the Florida Retirement System on or after such date must have
13 completed 10 years of creditable service prior to becoming
14 totally and permanently disabled in order to receive
15 disability retirement benefits for any disability which occurs
16 other than in the line of duty. However, if a member employed
17 on July 1, 1980, with less than 5 years of creditable service
18 as of that date, becomes totally and permanently disabled
19 after completing 5 years of creditable service and is found
20 not to have attained fully insured status for benefits under
21 the federal Social Security Act, such member shall be entitled
22 to a monthly disability benefit.
23 b. Effective July 1, 2001, a member of the defined
24 benefit retirement program who becomes totally and permanently
25 disabled, as defined in paragraph (b), after completing 8
26 years of creditable service, or a member who becomes totally
27 and permanently disabled in the line of duty regardless of
28 service, shall be entitled to a monthly disability benefit.
29 2. If the division has received from the employer the
30 required documentation of the member's termination of
31 employment, the effective retirement date for a member who
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1 applies and is approved for disability retirement shall be
2 established by rule of the division.
3 3. For a member who is receiving Workers' Compensation
4 payments, the effective disability retirement date may not
5 precede the date the member reaches Maximum Medical
6 Improvement (MMI), unless the member terminates employment
7 prior to reaching MMI.
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15 amending s. 121.091, F.S.; reducing the service
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17 benefits to 8 years;
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