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11  Representative(s) Cantens offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (143317) (with title amendment) 
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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (39) of section
18  121.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         121.021  Definitions.--The following words and phrases
20  as used in this chapter have the respective meanings set forth
21  unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
22         (39)
23         (b)1.  Except as provided in subparagraph 2.,
24  "Termination" for a member electing to participate under the
25  Deferred Retirement Option Program occurs when the Deferred
26  Retirement Option Program participant ceases all employment
27  relationships with employers under this system in accordance
28  with s. 121.091(13), but in the event the Deferred Retirement
29  Option Program participant should be employed by any such
30  employer within the next calendar month, termination will be
31  deemed not to have occurred, except as provided in s.
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 1  121.091(13)(b)4.c. A leave of absence shall constitute a
 2  continuation of the employment relationship.
 3         2.  With respect to any elected officer, as defined in
 4  s. 121.052(2), who is serving a term of elective office while
 5  participating in the Deferred Retirement Option Program
 6  (DROP), if the term of such elected office extends beyond the
 7  DROP termination date as selected under s. 121.091(13)(b)2.,
 8  "termination" occurs when the DROP participant receives
 9  distribution of his or her DROP accumulations as provided
10  under s. 121.091(13)(c)5., but no later than the DROP
11  termination date established under s. 121.091(13)(b)2. No
12  monthly benefit shall be payable for the calendar month
13  following termination.
14         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) and
15  paragraph (c) of subsection (13) of section 121.091, Florida
16  Statutes, are amended to read:
17         121.091  Benefits payable under the system.--Benefits
18  may not be paid under this section unless the member has
19  terminated employment as provided in s. 121.021(39)(a) or
20  begun participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program
21  as provided in subsection (13), and a proper application has
22  been filed in the manner prescribed by the department. The
23  department may cancel an application for retirement benefits
24  when the member or beneficiary fails to timely provide the
25  information and documents required by this chapter and the
26  department's rules. The department shall adopt rules
27  establishing procedures for application for retirement
28  benefits and for the cancellation of such application when the
29  required information or documents are not received.
30         (9)  EMPLOYMENT AFTER RETIREMENT; LIMITATION.--
31         (b)1.  Any person who is retired under this chapter,
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 1  except under the disability retirement provisions of
 2  subsection (4), may be reemployed by any private or public
 3  employer after retirement and receive retirement benefits and
 4  compensation from his or her employer without any limitations,
 5  except that a person may not receive both a salary from
 6  reemployment with any agency participating in the Florida
 7  Retirement System and retirement benefits under this chapter
 8  for a period of 12 months immediately subsequent to the date
 9  of retirement. However, a DROP participant shall continue
10  employment and receive a salary during the period of
11  participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program, as
12  provided in subsection (13).
13         2.  Any person to whom the limitation in subparagraph
14  1. applies who violates such reemployment limitation and who
15  is reemployed with any agency participating in the Florida
16  Retirement System before completion of the 12-month limitation
17  period shall give timely notice of this fact in writing to the
18  employer and to the division and shall have his or her
19  retirement benefits suspended for the balance of the 12-month
20  limitation period.  Any person employed in violation of this
21  paragraph and any employing agency which knowingly employs or
22  appoints such person without notifying the Division of
23  Retirement to suspend retirement benefits shall be jointly and
24  severally liable for reimbursement to the retirement trust
25  fund of any benefits paid during the reemployment limitation
26  period.  To avoid liability, such employing agency shall have
27  a written statement from the retiree that he or she is not
28  retired from a state-administered retirement system.  Any
29  retirement benefits received while reemployed during this
30  reemployment limitation period shall be repaid to the
31  retirement trust fund, and retirement benefits shall remain
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 1  suspended until such repayment has been made.  Benefits
 2  suspended beyond the reemployment limitation shall apply
 3  toward repayment of benefits received in violation of the
 4  reemployment limitation.
 5         3.  A district school board may reemploy a retired
 6  member as a substitute or hourly teacher, education
 7  paraprofessional, transportation assistant, bus driver, or
 8  food service worker on a noncontractual basis after he or she
 9  has been retired for 1 calendar month, in accordance with s.
10  121.021(39).  Any retired member who is reemployed within 1
11  calendar month after retirement shall void his or her
12  application for retirement benefits. District school boards
13  reemploying such teachers, education paraprofessionals,
14  transportation assistants, bus drivers, or food service
15  workers are subject to the retirement contribution required by
16  subparagraph 7.  Reemployment of a retired member as a
17  substitute or hourly teacher, education paraprofessional,
18  transportation assistant, bus driver, or food service worker
19  is limited to 780 hours during the first 12 months of his or
20  her retirement.  Any retired member reemployed for more than
21  780 hours during his or her first 12 months of retirement
22  shall give timely notice in writing to the employer and to the
23  division of the date he or she will exceed the limitation.
24  The division shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for
25  the remainder of the first 12 months of retirement.  Any
26  person employed in violation of this subparagraph and any
27  employing agency which knowingly employs or appoints such
28  person without notifying the Division of Retirement to suspend
29  retirement benefits shall be jointly and severally liable for
30  reimbursement to the retirement trust fund of any benefits
31  paid during the reemployment limitation period.  To avoid
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 1  liability, such employing agency shall have a written
 2  statement from the retiree that he or she is not retired from
 3  a state-administered retirement system.  Any retirement
 4  benefits received by a retired member while reemployed in
 5  excess of 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
 6  shall be repaid to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and his
 7  or her retirement benefits shall remain suspended until
 8  repayment is made.  Benefits suspended beyond the end of the
 9  retired member's first 12 months of retirement shall apply
10  toward repayment of benefits received in violation of the
11  780-hour reemployment limitation.
12         4.  A community college board of trustees may reemploy
13  a retired member as an adjunct instructor, that is, an
14  instructor who is noncontractual and part-time, or as a
15  participant in a phased retirement program within the Florida
16  Community College System, after he or she has been retired for
17  1 calendar month, in accordance with s. 121.021(39).  Any
18  retired member who is reemployed within 1 calendar month after
19  retirement shall void his or her application for retirement
20  benefits.  Boards of trustees reemploying such instructors are
21  subject to the retirement contribution required in
22  subparagraph 7.  A retired member may be reemployed as an
23  adjunct instructor for no more than 780 hours during the first
24  12 months of retirement.  Any retired member reemployed for
25  more than 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
26  shall give timely notice in writing to the employer and to the
27  division of the date he or she will exceed the limitation.
28  The division shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for
29  the remainder of the first 12 months of retirement.  Any
30  person employed in violation of this subparagraph and any
31  employing agency which knowingly employs or appoints such
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 1  person without notifying the Division of Retirement to suspend
 2  retirement benefits shall be jointly and severally liable for
 3  reimbursement to the retirement trust fund of any benefits
 4  paid during the reemployment limitation period.  To avoid
 5  liability, such employing agency shall have a written
 6  statement from the retiree that he or she is not retired from
 7  a state-administered retirement system.  Any retirement
 8  benefits received by a retired member while reemployed in
 9  excess of 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
10  shall be repaid to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and
11  retirement benefits shall remain suspended until repayment is
12  made.  Benefits suspended beyond the end of the retired
13  member's first 12 months of retirement shall apply toward
14  repayment of benefits received in violation of the 780-hour
15  reemployment limitation.
16         5.  The State University System may reemploy a retired
17  member as an adjunct faculty member or as a participant in a
18  phased retirement program within the State University System
19  after the retired member has been retired for 1 calendar
20  month, in accordance with s. 121.021(39).  Any retired member
21  who is reemployed within 1 calendar month after retirement
22  shall void his or her application for retirement benefits.
23  The State University System is subject to the retired
24  contribution required in subparagraph 7., as appropriate. A
25  retired member may be reemployed as an adjunct faculty member
26  or a participant in a phased retirement program for no more
27  than 780 hours during the first 12 months of his or her
28  retirement.  Any retired member reemployed for more than 780
29  hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall give
30  timely notice in writing to the employer and to the division
31  of the date he or she will exceed the limitation.  The
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 1  division shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for the
 2  remainder of the first 12 months of retirement.  Any person
 3  employed in violation of this subparagraph and any employing
 4  agency which knowingly employs or appoints such person without
 5  notifying the Division of Retirement to suspend retirement
 6  benefits shall be jointly and severally liable for
 7  reimbursement to the retirement trust fund of any benefits
 8  paid during the reemployment limitation period.  To avoid
 9  liability, such employing agency shall have a written
10  statement from the retiree that he or she is not retired from
11  a state-administered retirement system.  Any retirement
12  benefits received by a retired member while reemployed in
13  excess of 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
14  shall be repaid to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and
15  retirement benefits shall remain suspended until repayment is
16  made.  Benefits suspended beyond the end of the retired
17  member's first 12 months of retirement shall apply toward
18  repayment of benefits received in violation of the 780-hour
19  reemployment limitation.
20         6.  The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the
21  Deaf and the Blind may reemploy a retired member as a
22  substitute teacher, substitute residential instructor, or
23  substitute nurse on a noncontractual basis after he or she has
24  been retired for 1 calendar month, in accordance with s.
25  121.021(39).  Any retired member who is reemployed within 1
26  calendar month after retirement shall void his or her
27  application for retirement benefits. The Board of Trustees of
28  the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind reemploying such
29  teachers, residential instructors, or nurses is subject to the
30  retirement contribution required by subparagraph 7.
31  Reemployment of a retired member as a substitute teacher,
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 1  substitute residential instructor, or substitute nurse is
 2  limited to 780 hours during the first 12 months of his or her
 3  retirement.  Any retired member reemployed for more than 780
 4  hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall give
 5  timely notice in writing to the employer and to the division
 6  of the date he or she will exceed the limitation. The division
 7  shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for the remainder
 8  of the first 12 months of retirement.  Any person employed in
 9  violation of this subparagraph and any employing agency which
10  knowingly employs or appoints such person without notifying
11  the Division of Retirement to suspend retirement benefits
12  shall be jointly and severally liable for reimbursement to the
13  retirement trust fund of any benefits paid during the
14  reemployment limitation period.  To avoid liability, such
15  employing agency shall have a written statement from the
16  retiree that he or she is not retired from a
17  state-administered retirement system.  Any retirement benefits
18  received by a retired member while reemployed in excess of 780
19  hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall be repaid
20  to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and his or her retirement
21  benefits shall remain suspended until payment is made.
22  Benefits suspended beyond the end of the retired member's
23  first 12 months of retirement shall apply toward repayment of
24  benefits received in violation of the 780-hour reemployment
25  limitation.
26         7.  The employment by an employer of any retiree or
27  DROP participant of any state-administered retirement system
28  shall have no effect on the average final compensation or
29  years of creditable service of the retiree or DROP
30  participant.  Prior to July 1, 1991, upon employment of any
31  person, other than an elected officer as provided in s.
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 1  121.053, who has been retired under any state-administered
 2  retirement program, the employer shall pay retirement
 3  contributions in an amount equal to the unfunded actuarial
 4  liability portion of the employer contribution which would be
 5  required for regular members of the Florida Retirement System.
 6  Effective July 1, 1991, contributions shall be made as
 7  provided in s. 121.122 for retirees with renewed membership or
 8  subsection (13) with respect to DROP participants.
 9         8.a.  Any person who has previously retired and who is
10  holding an elective public office or an appointment to an
11  elective public office eligible for the Elected Officers'
12  Class on or after July 1, 1990, shall be enrolled in the
13  Florida Retirement System as provided in s. 121.053(1)(b) or,
14  if holding an elective public office that does not qualify for
15  the Elected Officers' Class on or after July 1, 1991, shall be
16  enrolled in the Florida Retirement System as provided in s.
17  121.122, and shall continue to receive retirement benefits as
18  well as compensation for the elected officer's service for as
19  long as he or she remains in elective office. However, any
20  retired member who served in an elective office prior to July
21  1, 1990, suspended his or her retirement benefit, and had his
22  or her Florida Retirement System membership reinstated shall,
23  upon retirement from such office, have his or her retirement
24  benefit recalculated to include the additional service and
25  compensation earned.
26         b.  Any participant in the Deferred Retirement Option
27  Program (DROP) who is holding an elective public office or an
28  appointment to an elective public office eligible for the
29  Elected Officers' Class on his or her DROP termination date
30  shall be enrolled in the Florida Retirement system as provided
31  in s. 121.053(1)(b) or, if holding an elective public office
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 1  that does not qualify for the Elected Officers' Class on or
 2  after said date, shall be enrolled in the Florida Retirement
 3  System as provided in s. 121.122, and shall receive retirement
 4  benefits as provided in s. 121.021(39)(b)2., as well as
 5  compensation for the elected officer's service, for as long as
 6  he or she remains in elective office.
 7         9.  Any person who is holding an elective public office
 8  which is covered by the Florida Retirement System and who is
 9  concurrently employed in nonelected covered employment may
10  elect to retire while continuing employment in the elective
11  public office, provided that he or she shall be required to
12  terminate his or her nonelected covered employment.  Any
13  person who exercises this election shall receive his or her
14  retirement benefits in addition to the compensation of the
15  elective office without regard to the time limitations
16  otherwise provided in this subsection.  No person who seeks to
17  exercise the provisions of this subparagraph, as the same
18  existed prior to May 3, 1984, shall be deemed to be retired
19  under those provisions, unless such person is eligible to
20  retire under the provisions of this subparagraph, as amended
21  by chapter 84-11, Laws of Florida.
22         10.  The limitations of this paragraph apply to
23  reemployment in any capacity with an "employer" as defined in
24  s. 121.021(10), irrespective of the category of funds from
25  which the person is compensated.
26         11.  From July 1, 1997, through December 31, 1998,
27  notwithstanding the limitations of this subsection, except
28  that any retiree who is reemployed within 1 calendar month
29  after retirement shall void his or her application for
30  retirement benefits, any retiree of the Florida Retirement
31  System may be reemployed by a covered employer during the 2nd
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 1  through 12th months of the reemployment limitation period
 2  without suspending his or her retirement benefits, provided
 3  that the reemployment is for the sole purpose of working on
 4  the technical aspects of correcting or replacing the computer
 5  systems and programs necessary to resolve the year 2000 date
 6  problem for computing which confronts all public employers
 7  covered by the Florida Retirement System.
 8         (13)  DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PROGRAM.--In general,
 9  and subject to the provisions of this section, the Deferred
10  Retirement Option Program, hereinafter referred to as the
11  DROP, is a program under which an eligible member of the
12  Florida  Retirement System may elect to participate, deferring
13  receipt of retirement benefits while continuing employment
14  with his or her Florida Retirement System employer.  The
15  deferred monthly benefits shall accrue in the System Trust
16  Fund on behalf of the participant, plus interest compounded
17  monthly, for the specified period of the DROP participation,
18  as provided in paragraph (c).  Upon termination of employment,
19  the participant shall receive the total DROP benefits and
20  begin to receive the previously determined normal retirement
21  benefits. Participation in the DROP does not guarantee
22  employment for the specified period of DROP.
23         (c)  Benefits payable under the DROP.--
24         1.  Effective with the date of DROP participation, the
25  member's initial normal monthly benefit, including creditable
26  service, optional form of payment, and average final
27  compensation, and the effective date of retirement shall be
28  fixed. The beneficiary established under the Florida
29  Retirement System shall be the beneficiary eligible to receive
30  any DROP benefits payable if the DROP participant dies prior
31  to the completion of the period of DROP participation.  In the
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 1  event a joint annuitant predeceases the member, the member may
 2  name a beneficiary to receive accumulated DROP benefits
 3  payable. Such retirement benefit, the annual cost of living
 4  adjustments provided in s. 121.101, and interest shall accrue
 5  monthly in the System Trust Fund.  Such interest shall accrue
 6  at an effective annual rate of 6.5 percent compounded monthly,
 7  on the prior month's accumulated ending balance, up to the
 8  month of termination or death.
 9         2.  Each employee who elects to participate in the DROP
10  shall be allowed to elect to receive a lump-sum payment for
11  accrued annual leave earned in accordance with agency policy
12  upon beginning participation in the DROP. Such accumulated
13  leave payment certified to the division upon commencement of
14  DROP shall be included in the calculation of the member's
15  average final compensation.  The employee electing such
16  lump-sum payment upon beginning participation in DROP will not
17  be eligible to receive a second lump-sum payment upon
18  termination, except to the extent the employee has earned
19  additional annual leave which combined with the original
20  payment does not exceed the maximum lump-sum payment allowed
21  by the employing agency's policy or rules.  Such early
22  lump-sum payment shall be based on the hourly wage of the
23  employee at the time he or she begins participation in the
24  DROP.  If the member elects to wait and receive such lump-sum
25  payment upon termination of DROP and termination of employment
26  with the employer, any accumulated leave payment made at that
27  time cannot be included in the member's retirement benefit,
28  which was determined and fixed by law when the employee
29  elected to participate in the DROP.
30         3.  The effective date of DROP participation and the
31  effective date of retirement of a DROP participant shall be
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 1  the first day of the month selected by the member to begin
 2  participation in the DROP, provided such date is properly
 3  established, with the written confirmation of the employer,
 4  and the approval of the division, on forms required by the
 5  division.
 6         4.  Normal retirement benefits and interest thereon
 7  shall continue to accrue in the DROP until the established
 8  termination date of the DROP, or until the participant
 9  terminates employment or dies prior to such date. Although
10  individual DROP accounts shall not be established, a separate
11  accounting of each participant's accrued benefits under the
12  DROP shall be calculated and provided to participants.
13         5.  At the conclusion of the participant's DROP, the
14  division shall distribute the participant's total accumulated
15  DROP benefits, subject to the following provisions:
16         a.  The division shall receive verification by the
17  participant's employer or employers that such participant has
18  terminated employment as provided in s. 121.021(39)(b).
19  However, an elected officer participating in DROP whose term
20  of office will not have ended upon the conclusion of his or
21  her DROP period may, on a form provided by the Division of
22  Retirement, elect to complete the term of office to which he
23  or she was elected or appointed and receive distribution of
24  his or her total accumulated DROP benefits, subject to the
25  provisions of s. 121.021(39)(b)2. Any such elected officer
26  shall be considered to be a terminated DROP participant for
27  purposes of this subparagraph.
28         b.  The terminated DROP participant or, if deceased,
29  such participant's named beneficiary, shall elect on forms
30  provided by the division to receive payment of the DROP
31  benefits in accordance with one of the options listed below.
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 1  For a participant or beneficiary who fails to elect a method
 2  of payment within 60 days of termination of the DROP, the
 3  division will pay a lump sum as provided in
 4  sub-sub-subparagraph (I).
 5         (I)  Lump sum.--All accrued DROP benefits, plus
 6  interest, less withholding taxes remitted to the Internal
 7  Revenue Service, shall be paid to the DROP participant or
 8  surviving beneficiary.
 9         (II)  Direct rollover.--All accrued DROP benefits, plus
10  interest, shall be paid from the DROP directly to the
11  custodian of an eligible retirement plan as defined in s.
12  402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code. However, in the
13  case of an eligible rollover distribution to the surviving
14  spouse of a deceased participant, an eligible retirement plan
15  is an individual retirement account or an individual
16  retirement annuity as described in s. 402(c)(9) of the
17  Internal Revenue Code.
18         (III)  Partial lump sum.--A portion of the accrued DROP
19  benefits shall be paid to the DROP participant or surviving
20  spouse, less withholding taxes remitted to the Internal
21  Revenue Service, and the remaining DROP benefits shall be
22  transferred directly to the custodian of an eligible
23  retirement plan as defined in s. 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal
24  Revenue Code. However, in the case of an eligible rollover
25  distribution to the surviving spouse of a deceased
26  participant, an eligible retirement plan is an individual
27  retirement account or an individual retirement annuity as
28  described in s. 402(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code. The
29  proportions shall be specified by the DROP participant or
30  surviving beneficiary.
31         c.  The form of payment selected by the DROP
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 1  participant or surviving beneficiary complies with the minimum
 2  distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
 3         d.  A DROP participant who fails to terminate
 4  employment as defined in s. 121.021(39)(b) shall be deemed not
 5  to be retired, and the DROP election shall be null and void.
 6  Florida Retirement System membership shall be reestablished
 7  retroactively to the date of the commencement of the DROP, and
 8  each employer with whom the participant continues employment
 9  shall be required to pay to the System Trust Fund the
10  difference between the DROP contributions paid in paragraph
11  (i) and the contributions required for the applicable Florida
12  Retirement System class of membership during the period the
13  member participated in the DROP, plus 6.5 percent interest
14  compounded annually.
15         6.  The accrued benefits of any DROP participant, and
16  any contributions accumulated under such program, shall not be
17  subject to assignment, execution, attachment, or to any legal
18  process whatsoever, except for qualified domestic relations
19  orders by a court of competent jurisdiction, income deduction
20  orders as provided in s. 61.1301, and federal income tax
21  levies.
22         7.  DROP participants shall not be eligible for
23  disability retirement benefits as provided in subsection (4).
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27  And the title is amended as follows:
28         On page 9, line 8, of the amendment
29  remove:  
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31  after "Program;" insert:
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                Bill No. CS/HB 347
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
 1         amending s. 121.021, F.S.; modifying the
 2         definition of "termination" for certain elected
 3         officer participants in the Deferred Retirement
 4         Option Program (DROP); amending s. 121.091,
 5         F.S.; to clarify reemployment restrictions and
 6         provide for distribution of DROP accumulations
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