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Florida House of Representatives - 2001 HB 899
By Representatives Murman, Romeo, Peterman, Joyner,
Henriquez, Wallace, Bilirakis, Littlefield, Alexander and Hart
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the City of Tampa,
3 Hillsborough County, and particularly to the
4 City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police
5 Officers in the City of Tampa; authorizing the
6 City of Tampa to enter into a supplemental
7 contract with certain firefighters and police
8 officers to provide for an increase in the
9 accrual of benefits from 2.5 percent to 2.75
10 percent for each year of service; providing an
11 effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. The City of Tampa is authorized and
16 empowered to enter into a supplemental contract with each and
17 every firefighter or police officer who was an active or
18 contributing member of the City Pension Fund for Firefighters
19 and Police Officers in the City of Tampa on or after the date
20 this act becomes a law, or who may hereafter enter into a
21 pension contract with the City, amending subparagraph 7(A) of
22 the City of Tampa Firefighters and Police Officers Pension
23 Contract as prescribed by Section 28-17 of the City of Tampa
24 Code [Ordinance No. 4746-A, enacted September 30, 1969], as
25 amended by Section 28-19 of the City of Tampa Code [Ordinance
26 No. 6038-A, enacted September 17, 1974], pursuant to chapter
27 74-613, Laws of Florida, as further amended by chapter 92-231,
28 Laws of Florida, chapter 94-463, Laws of Florida, and chapter
29 98-515, Laws of Florida, to read:
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1 Section 7. Benefits, Pensions to
2 Members-Compulsory.--The Board shall upon its application
3 retire:
4 (A) Any member of the Fund having an aggregate of 10
5 years of service as defined in Section 17 in said departments,
6 and having reached the age of 46 years, who then shall receive
7 in monthly installments a pension equal to 27.5 25 percent of
8 the member's average earnings for the three (3) highest years
9 within the last 10 years of service with a minimum pension of
10 $100 per month. For each additional year of such service after
11 10 years, a member shall receive 2.75 2.5 percent of average
12 earnings, not to exceed a total pension of 100 percent of said
13 average earnings. After 10 years of service as defined in
14 Section 17, this pension right shall be a vested right with
15 the payment thereof to begin upon the employee's separation
16 from the service or the employee's reaching the age of 46
17 years, whichever occurs later, so that an employee having 10
18 or more years of such service who resigns, retires, or is
19 otherwise separated from the service prior to reaching the age
20 of 46 years may elect to allow his contributions to remain in
21 the Pension Fund and upon reaching the age of 46 years shall
22 be entitled to commence receiving a pension based upon his
23 service as herein provided, and should such employee die
24 before reaching 46 years of age, then at the time that
25 decedent would have reached 46 years of age the widow or
26 widower shall receive such benefit as the widow or widower
27 would have received under subparagraph 9(C) if the employee
28 had died while receiving a pension. Provided however, any
29 member of the Pension Fund who prior to October 16, 1992, was
30 a participant of Division B of the General Employees Pension
31 Plan as established by chapter 81-497, Laws of Florida, as
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1 amended, shall receive benefits from this Pension Fund at the
2 rate of 2.75 2.5 percent of average earnings for each year of
3 service in this Pension Fund, provided however, the 2.75 2.5
4 percent accrual shall not apply to any service while the
5 member was a participant of Division B of the General
6 Employees Pension Plan. Upon reaching social security normal
7 retirement age, the benefit paid herein shall be reduced to 60
8 percent of the initial benefit amount.
9 Section 2. This act is only an enabling act, and the
10 execution by the City of Tampa of the aforesaid supplemental
11 contract and entitlement to the pension benefits referred to
12 in Section 1 of this act for all firefighters and police
13 officers, regardless of whether or not in the respective
14 certified bargaining unit for firefighters or police officers,
15 is contingent upon contractual agreement through the
16 collective bargaining process between the City of Tampa and
17 each of the respective certified bargaining agents for
18 firefighters and police officers.
19 Section 3. The City of Tampa Firefighters and Police
20 Officers Pension Contract as prescribed by Section 28-17 of
21 the City of Tampa Code [Ordinance No. 4746-A, enacted
22 September 30, 1969], as amended by Section 28-19 of the City
23 of Tampa Code [Ordinance No. 6038-A, enacted September 17,
24 1974], pursuant to chapter 74-613, Laws of Florida; as further
25 amended by Ordinance No. 89-314, enacted December 21, 1989,
26 and approved, ratified, validated, and confirmed by chapter
27 90-391, Laws of Florida; and as further amended by chapter
28 92-231, Laws of Florida, chapter 94-463, Laws of Florida,
29 chapter 98-515, Laws of Florida, and chapter 2000-485, Laws of
30 Florida, is in all other respects approved, ratified,
31 validated, and confirmed.
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