CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.



                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2502

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 924524

                            CHAMBER ACTION
              Senate                               House
                                   .
                                   .
  1                                .
                                   .
  2                                .
                                   .
  3                                .
                                   .
  4  ______________________________________________________________

  5

  6

  7

  8

  9

10  ______________________________________________________________

11  Senator King moved the following amendment:

12

13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, line 30,

15

16  insert:

17         Section 19.  In order to implement Specific

18  Appropriation 3201 of the 2002-2003 General Appropriations

19  Act, paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section 121.055,

20  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

21         121.055  Senior Management Service Class.--There is

22  hereby established a separate class of membership within the

23  Florida Retirement System to be known as the "Senior

24  Management Service Class," which shall become effective

25  February 1, 1987.

26         (1)

27         (h)1.  Except as provided in subparagraph 3., effective

28  January 1, 1994, participation in the Senior Management

29  Service Class shall be compulsory for the State Courts

30  Administrator and the Deputy State Courts Administrators, the

31  Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Marshal of the Supreme Court,

                                  1
    1:42 PM   03/06/02                                s2502c-08c2w




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2502

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 924524





  1  the Executive Director of the Justice Administrative

  2  Commission, the Capital Collateral Regional Counsels, the

  3  clerks of the district courts of appeals, the marshals of the

  4  district courts of appeals, and the trial court administrator

  5  and the Chief Deputy Court Administrator in each judicial

  6  circuit. Effective January 1, 1994, additional positions in

  7  the offices of the state attorney and public defender in each

  8  judicial circuit may be designated for inclusion in the Senior

  9  Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System,

10  provided that:

11         a.  Positions to be included in the class shall be

12  designated by the state attorney or public defender, as

13  appropriate.  Notice of intent to designate positions for

14  inclusion in the class shall be published once a week for 2

15  consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation

16  published in the county or counties affected, as provided in

17  chapter 50.

18         b.  One nonelective full-time position may be

19  designated for each state attorney and public defender

20  reporting to the Department of Management Services; for

21  agencies with 200 or more regularly established positions

22  under the state attorney or public defender, additional

23  nonelective full-time positions may be designated, not to

24  exceed 0.5 percent of the regularly established positions

25  within the agency.

26         c.  Each position added to the class must be a

27  managerial or policymaking position filled by an employee who

28  serves at the pleasure of the state attorney or public

29  defender without civil service protection, and who:

30         (I)  Heads an organizational unit; or

31         (II)  Has responsibility to effect or recommend

                                  2
    1:42 PM   03/06/02                                s2502c-08c2w




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2502

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 924524





  1  personnel, budget, expenditure, or policy decisions in his or

  2  her areas of responsibility.

  3         2.  Participation in this class shall be compulsory,

  4  except as provided in subparagraph 3., for any judicial

  5  employee who holds a position designated for coverage in the

  6  Senior Management Service Class, and such participation shall

  7  continue until the employee terminates employment in a covered

  8  position. Effective January 1, 2001, participation in this

  9  class is compulsory for assistant state attorneys, assistant

10  statewide prosecutors, assistant public defenders, and

11  assistant capital collateral regional counsels. Effective

12  January 1, 2002, participation in this class is compulsory for

13  assistant attorneys general.

14         3.  In lieu of participation in the Senior Management

15  Service Class, such members, excluding assistant state

16  attorneys, assistant public defenders, assistant statewide

17  prosecutors, assistant attorneys general, and assistant

18  capital collateral regional counsels, may participate in the

19  Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program as

20  established in subsection (6).

21         Section 20.  Effective July 1, 2003, paragraph (h) of

22  subsection (1) of section 121.055, Florida Statutes, as

23  amended by this act, is amended to read:

24         121.055  Senior Management Service Class.--There is

25  hereby established a separate class of membership within the

26  Florida Retirement System to be known as the "Senior

27  Management Service Class," which shall become effective

28  February 1, 1987.

29         (1)

30         (h)1.  Except as provided in subparagraph 3., effective

31  January 1, 1994, participation in the Senior Management

                                  3
    1:42 PM   03/06/02                                s2502c-08c2w




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2502

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 924524





  1  Service Class shall be compulsory for the State Courts

  2  Administrator and the Deputy State Courts Administrators, the

  3  Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Marshal of the Supreme Court,

  4  the Executive Director of the Justice Administrative

  5  Commission, the Capital Collateral Regional Counsels, the

  6  clerks of the district courts of appeals, the marshals of the

  7  district courts of appeals, and the trial court administrator

  8  and the Chief Deputy Court Administrator in each judicial

  9  circuit. Effective January 1, 1994, additional positions in

10  the offices of the state attorney and public defender in each

11  judicial circuit may be designated for inclusion in the Senior

12  Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System,

13  provided that:

14         a.  Positions to be included in the class shall be

15  designated by the state attorney or public defender, as

16  appropriate.  Notice of intent to designate positions for

17  inclusion in the class shall be published once a week for 2

18  consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation

19  published in the county or counties affected, as provided in

20  chapter 50.

21         b.  One nonelective full-time position may be

22  designated for each state attorney and public defender

23  reporting to the Department of Management Services; for

24  agencies with 200 or more regularly established positions

25  under the state attorney or public defender, additional

26  nonelective full-time positions may be designated, not to

27  exceed 0.5 percent of the regularly established positions

28  within the agency.

29         c.  Each position added to the class must be a

30  managerial or policymaking position filled by an employee who

31  serves at the pleasure of the state attorney or public

                                  4
    1:42 PM   03/06/02                                s2502c-08c2w




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2502

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 924524





  1  defender without civil service protection, and who:

  2         (I)  Heads an organizational unit; or

  3         (II)  Has responsibility to effect or recommend

  4  personnel, budget, expenditure, or policy decisions in his or

  5  her areas of responsibility.

  6         2.  Participation in this class shall be compulsory,

  7  except as provided in subparagraph 3., for any judicial

  8  employee who holds a position designated for coverage in the

  9  Senior Management Service Class, and such participation shall

10  continue until the employee terminates employment in a covered

11  position. Effective January 1, 2001, participation in this

12  class is compulsory for assistant state attorneys, assistant

13  statewide prosecutors, assistant public defenders, and

14  assistant capital collateral regional counsels. Effective

15  January 1, 2002, participation in this class is compulsory for

16  assistant attorneys general.

17         3.  In lieu of participation in the Senior Management

18  Service Class, such members, excluding assistant state

19  attorneys, assistant public defenders, assistant statewide

20  prosecutors, assistant attorneys general, and assistant

21  capital collateral regional counsels, may participate in the

22  Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program as

23  established in subsection (6).

24

25  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

26

27

28  ================ T I T L E   A M E N D M E N T ===============

29  And the title is amended as follows:

30         On page 2, line 18, following the semicolon

31

                                  5
    1:42 PM   03/06/02                                s2502c-08c2w




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2502

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 924524





  1  insert:

  2         amending s. 121.055, F.S.; providing

  3         eligibility of certain officials for membership

  4         in the Senior Management Service Class of the

  5         Florida Retirement System;

  6

  7

  8

  9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  6
    1:42 PM   03/06/02                                s2502c-08c2w