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Florida House of Representatives - 2001 HB 15
By Representative Detert
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to benefits for district school
3 instructional personnel; amending s. 121.021,
4 F.S.; providing for a separate normal
5 retirement date for personnel employed by
6 district school boards under the Florida
7 Retirement System; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Subsection (29) of section 121.021, Florida
12 Statutes, as amended by chapter 2000-169, Laws of Florida, is
13 amended to read:
14 (29) "Normal retirement date" means the first day of
15 any month following the date a member attains one of the
16 following statuses:
17 (a)1. If a Regular Class member, the member:
18 a.1. Completes 6 or more years of creditable service
19 and attains age 62; or
20 b.2. Completes 30 years of creditable service,
21 regardless of age, which may include a maximum of 4 years of
22 military service credit as long as such credit is not claimed
23 under any other system.
24 2. If a Regular Class member, and the member is
25 employed by a district school board, the member completes 25
26 years of creditable service regardless of age, which may
27 include a maximum of 4 years of military service credit as
28 long as such credit is not claimed under any other system.
29 (b) If a Special Risk Class member, the member:
30 1. Completes 6 or more years of creditable service in
31 the Special Risk Class and attains age 55;
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1 2. Completes 25 years of creditable service in the
2 Special Risk Class, regardless of age; or
3 3. Completes 25 years of creditable service and
4 attains age 52, which service may include a maximum of 4 years
5 of military service credit as long as such credit is not
6 claimed under any other system and the remaining years are in
7 the Special Risk Class.
8 (c) If a Senior Management Service Class member, the
9 member:
10 1. Completes 6 years of creditable service in the
11 Senior Management Service Class and attains age 62; or
12 2. Completes 30 years of any creditable service,
13 regardless of age, which may include a maximum of 4 years of
14 military service credit as long as such credit is not claimed
15 under any other system.
16 (d) If an Elected Officers' Class member, the member:
17 1. Completes 6 years of creditable service in the
18 Elected Officers' Class and attains age 62; or
19 2. Completes 30 years of any creditable service,
20 regardless of age, which may include a maximum of 4 years of
21 military service credit as long as such credit is not claimed
22 under any other system.
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24 "Normal retirement age" is attained on the "normal retirement
25 date."
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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2 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Revises the definition of the term "normal retirement
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to provide that a regular member of the system who is an
5 employee of a district school board reaches normal
retirement date after completing 25 years of creditable
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