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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 369
By Representative Garcia
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to judicial employees; amending
3 s. 121.055, F.S.; adding assistant state
4 attorneys, assistant statewide prosecutors, and
5 assistant public defenders to the Senior
6 Management Service Class of the Florida
7 Retirement System; authorizing the state courts
8 to pay Selected Exempt Service benefits to
9 judicial assistants; providing an effective
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section
15 121.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to 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 (h)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 3., effective
23 January 1, 1994, participation in the Senior Management
24 Service Class shall be compulsory for the State Courts
25 Administrator and the Deputy State Courts Administrators, the
26 Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Marshal of the Supreme Court,
27 the Executive Director of the Justice Administrative
28 Commission, the Capital Collateral Representative, the clerks
29 of the district courts of appeals, the marshals of the
30 district courts of appeals, and the trial court administrator
31 in each judicial circuit. Effective January 1, 1994,
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1 additional positions in the offices of the state attorney and
2 public defender in each judicial circuit may be designated for
3 inclusion in the Senior Management Service Class of the
4 Florida Retirement System, provided that:
5 a. Positions to be included in the class shall be
6 designated by the state attorney or public defender, as
7 appropriate. Notice of intent to designate positions for
8 inclusion in the class shall be published once a week for 2
9 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
10 published in the county or counties affected, as provided in
11 chapter 50.
12 b. One nonelective full-time position may be
13 designated for each state attorney and public defender
14 reporting to the Department of Management Services; for
15 agencies with 200 or more regularly established positions
16 under the state attorney or public defender, additional
17 nonelective full-time positions may be designated, not to
18 exceed 0.5 percent of the regularly established positions
19 within the agency.
20 c. Each position added to the class must be a
21 managerial or policymaking position filled by an employee who
22 serves at the pleasure of the state attorney or public
23 defender without civil service protection, and who:
24 (I) Heads an organizational unit; or
25 (II) Has responsibility to effect or recommend
26 personnel, budget, expenditure, or policy decisions in his or
27 her areas of responsibility.
28 2. Participation in this class shall be compulsory,
29 except as provided in subparagraph 3., for any judicial
30 employee who holds a position designated for coverage in the
31 Senior Management Service Class, and such participation shall
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1 continue until the employee terminates employment in a covered
2 position. Effective January 1, 2001, participation in this
3 class shall be compulsory for assistant state attorneys,
4 assistant statewide prosecutors, and assistant public
5 defenders.
6 3. In lieu of participation in the Senior Management
7 Service Class, such members may participate in the Senior
8 Management Service Optional Annuity Program as established in
9 subsection (6).
10 Section 2. The state courts are authorized to pay
11 Selected Exempt Service benefits to all judicial assistants
12 within the state courts system.
13 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.
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16 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Includes assistant state attorneys, assistant statewide
18 prosecutors, and assistant public defenders in the Senior
Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement
19 System. Authorizes the state courts to pay Selected
Exempt Service benefits to judicial assistants.
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