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By Senator Wasserman Schultz
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Florida Retirement
3 System; amending s. 121.091, F.S.; revising
4 certain limitations on positions for which
5 school boards, community colleges,
6 universities, and the Florida School for the
7 Deaf and the Blind may employ a member after a
8 specified period of retirement; revising the
9 election period in the Deferred Retirement
10 Option Program for employees in grades K-20 and
11 extending participation in the Deferred
12 Retirement Option Program to personnel in
13 grades K-20 who receive administrative
14 authorization; providing an effective date.
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) and
19 paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (13) of section 121.091,
20 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21 121.091 Benefits payable under the system.--Benefits
22 may not be paid under this section unless the member has
23 terminated employment as provided in s. 121.021(39)(a) or
24 begun participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program
25 as provided in subsection (13), and a proper application has
26 been filed in the manner prescribed by the department. The
27 department may cancel an application for retirement benefits
28 when the member or beneficiary fails to timely provide the
29 information and documents required by this chapter and the
30 department's rules. The department shall adopt rules
31 establishing procedures for application for retirement
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1 benefits and for the cancellation of such application when the
2 required information or documents are not received.
3 (9) EMPLOYMENT AFTER RETIREMENT; LIMITATION.--
4 (b)1. Any person who is retired under this chapter,
5 except under the disability retirement provisions of
6 subsection (4), may be reemployed by any private or public
7 employer after retirement and receive retirement benefits and
8 compensation from his or her employer without any limitations,
9 except that a person may not receive both a salary from
10 reemployment with any agency participating in the Florida
11 Retirement System and retirement benefits under this chapter
12 for a period of 12 months immediately subsequent to the date
13 of retirement. However, a DROP participant shall continue
14 employment and receive a salary during the period of
15 participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program, as
16 provided in subsection (13).
17 2. Any person to whom the limitation in subparagraph
18 1. applies who violates such reemployment limitation and who
19 is reemployed with any agency participating in the Florida
20 Retirement System before completion of the 12-month limitation
21 period shall give timely notice of this fact in writing to the
22 employer and to the division and shall have his or her
23 retirement benefits suspended for the balance of the 12-month
24 limitation period. Any person employed in violation of this
25 paragraph and any employing agency which knowingly employs or
26 appoints such person without notifying the Division of
27 Retirement to suspend retirement benefits shall be jointly and
28 severally liable for reimbursement to the retirement trust
29 fund of any benefits paid during the reemployment limitation
30 period. To avoid liability, such employing agency shall have
31 a written statement from the retiree that he or she is not
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1 retired from a state-administered retirement system. Any
2 retirement benefits received while reemployed during this
3 reemployment limitation period shall be repaid to the
4 retirement trust fund, and retirement benefits shall remain
5 suspended until such repayment has been made. Benefits
6 suspended beyond the reemployment limitation shall apply
7 toward repayment of benefits received in violation of the
8 reemployment limitation.
9 3. A district school board may reemploy a retired
10 member as a substitute or hourly teacher, education
11 paraprofessional, transportation assistant, bus driver, or
12 food service worker on a noncontractual basis or an annual
13 contractual basis after he or she has been retired for 1
14 calendar month, in accordance with s. 121.021(39). A district
15 school board may reemploy a retired member as instructional
16 personnel, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a), on an annual
17 contractual basis after he or she has been retired for 1
18 calendar month, in accordance with s. 121.021(39). Any other
19 retired member who is reemployed within 1 calendar month after
20 retirement shall void his or her application for retirement
21 benefits. District school boards reemploying such retired
22 members teachers, education paraprofessionals, transportation
23 assistants, bus drivers, or food service workers are subject
24 to the retirement contribution required by subparagraph 7.
25 4. A community college board of trustees may reemploy
26 a retired member as an adjunct instructor, on an annual
27 contractual basis or a that is, an instructor who is
28 noncontractual basis and part-time, or as a participant in a
29 phased retirement program within the Florida Community College
30 System, after he or she has been retired for 1 calendar month,
31 in accordance with s. 121.021(39). Any retired member who is
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1 reemployed within 1 calendar month after retirement shall void
2 his or her application for retirement benefits. Boards of
3 trustees reemploying such instructors are subject to the
4 retirement contribution required in subparagraph 7. A retired
5 member may be reemployed as an adjunct instructor for no more
6 than 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement. Any
7 retired member reemployed for more than 780 hours during the
8 first 12 months of retirement shall give timely notice in
9 writing to the employer and to the division of the date he or
10 she will exceed the limitation. The division shall suspend
11 his or her retirement benefits for the remainder of the first
12 12 months of retirement. Any person employed in violation of
13 this subparagraph and any employing agency which knowingly
14 employs or appoints such person without notifying the Division
15 of Retirement to suspend retirement benefits shall be jointly
16 and severally liable for reimbursement to the retirement trust
17 fund of any benefits paid during the reemployment limitation
18 period. To avoid liability, such employing agency shall have
19 a written statement from the retiree that he or she is not
20 retired from a state-administered retirement system. Any
21 retirement benefits received by a retired member while
22 reemployed in excess of 780 hours during the first 12 months
23 of retirement shall be repaid to the Retirement System Trust
24 Fund, and retirement benefits shall remain suspended until
25 repayment is made. Benefits suspended beyond the end of the
26 retired member's first 12 months of retirement shall apply
27 toward repayment of benefits received in violation of the
28 780-hour reemployment limitation.
29 5. The State University System may reemploy a retired
30 member as a an adjunct faculty member, on an annual
31 contractual basis or a noncontractual basis, or as a
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1 participant in a phased retirement program within the State
2 University System after the retired member has been retired
3 for 1 calendar month, in accordance with s. 121.021(39). Any
4 retired member who is reemployed within 1 calendar month after
5 retirement shall void his or her application for retirement
6 benefits. The State University System is subject to the
7 retired contribution required in subparagraph 7., as
8 appropriate. A retired member may be reemployed as an adjunct
9 faculty member or a participant in a phased retirement program
10 for no more than 780 hours during the first 12 months of his
11 or her retirement. Any retired member reemployed for more
12 than 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall
13 give timely notice in writing to the employer and to the
14 division of the date he or she will exceed the limitation.
15 The division shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for
16 the remainder of the first 12 months of retirement. Any person
17 employed in violation of this subparagraph and any employing
18 agency which knowingly employs or appoints such person without
19 notifying the Division of Retirement to suspend retirement
20 benefits shall be jointly and severally liable for
21 reimbursement to the retirement trust fund of any benefits
22 paid during the reemployment limitation period. To avoid
23 liability, such employing agency shall have a written
24 statement from the retiree that he or she is not retired from
25 a state-administered retirement system. Any retirement
26 benefits received by a retired member while reemployed in
27 excess of 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
28 shall be repaid to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and
29 retirement benefits shall remain suspended until repayment is
30 made. Benefits suspended beyond the end of the retired
31 member's first 12 months of retirement shall apply toward
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1 repayment of benefits received in violation of the 780-hour
2 reemployment limitation.
3 6. The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the
4 Deaf and the Blind may reemploy a retired member as a
5 substitute teacher, substitute residential instructor, or
6 substitute nurse on a noncontractual basis after he or she has
7 been retired for 1 calendar month, in accordance with s.
8 121.021(39). The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for
9 the Deaf and the Blind may reemploy a retired member as
10 instructional personnel, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(e),
11 on an annual contractual basis after he or she has been
12 retired for 1 calendar month, in accordance with s.
13 121.021(39). Any retired member who is reemployed within 1
14 calendar month after retirement shall void his or her
15 application for retirement benefits. The Board of Trustees of
16 the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind reemploying such
17 teachers, residential instructors, or nurses is subject to the
18 retirement contribution required by subparagraph 7.
19 Reemployment of a retired member as a substitute teacher,
20 substitute residential instructor, or substitute nurse is
21 limited to 780 hours during the first 12 months of his or her
22 retirement. Any retired member reemployed for more than 780
23 hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall give
24 timely notice in writing to the employer and to the division
25 of the date he or she will exceed the limitation. The division
26 shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for the remainder
27 of the first 12 months of retirement. Any person employed in
28 violation of this subparagraph and any employing agency which
29 knowingly employs or appoints such person without notifying
30 the Division of Retirement to suspend retirement benefits
31 shall be jointly and severally liable for reimbursement to the
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1 retirement trust fund of any benefits paid during the
2 reemployment limitation period. To avoid liability, such
3 employing agency shall have a written statement from the
4 retiree that he or she is not retired from a
5 state-administered retirement system. Any retirement benefits
6 received by a retired member while reemployed in excess of 780
7 hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall be repaid
8 to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and his or her retirement
9 benefits shall remain suspended until payment is made.
10 Benefits suspended beyond the end of the retired member's
11 first 12 months of retirement shall apply toward repayment of
12 benefits received in violation of the 780-hour reemployment
13 limitation.
14 7. The employment by an employer of any retiree or
15 DROP participant of any state-administered retirement system
16 shall have no effect on the average final compensation or
17 years of creditable service of the retiree or DROP
18 participant. Prior to July 1, 1991, upon employment of any
19 person, other than an elected officer as provided in s.
20 121.053, who has been retired under any state-administered
21 retirement program, the employer shall pay retirement
22 contributions in an amount equal to the unfunded actuarial
23 liability portion of the employer contribution which would be
24 required for regular members of the Florida Retirement System.
25 Effective July 1, 1991, contributions shall be made as
26 provided in s. 121.122 for retirees with renewed membership or
27 subsection (13) with respect to DROP participants.
28 8. Any person who has previously retired and who is
29 holding an elective public office or an appointment to an
30 elective public office eligible for the Elected Officers'
31 Class on or after July 1, 1990, shall be enrolled in the
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1 Florida Retirement System as provided in s. 121.053(1)(b) or,
2 if holding an elective public office that does not qualify for
3 the Elected Officers' Class on or after July 1, 1991, shall be
4 enrolled in the Florida Retirement System as provided in s.
5 121.122, and shall continue to receive retirement benefits as
6 well as compensation for the elected officer's service for as
7 long as he or she remains in elective office. However, any
8 retired member who served in an elective office prior to July
9 1, 1990, suspended his or her retirement benefit, and had his
10 or her Florida Retirement System membership reinstated shall,
11 upon retirement from such office, have his or her retirement
12 benefit recalculated to include the additional service and
13 compensation earned.
14 9. Any person who is holding an elective public office
15 which is covered by the Florida Retirement System and who is
16 concurrently employed in nonelected covered employment may
17 elect to retire while continuing employment in the elective
18 public office, provided that he or she shall be required to
19 terminate his or her nonelected covered employment. Any
20 person who exercises this election shall receive his or her
21 retirement benefits in addition to the compensation of the
22 elective office without regard to the time limitations
23 otherwise provided in this subsection. No person who seeks to
24 exercise the provisions of this subparagraph, as the same
25 existed prior to May 3, 1984, shall be deemed to be retired
26 under those provisions, unless such person is eligible to
27 retire under the provisions of this subparagraph, as amended
28 by chapter 84-11, Laws of Florida.
29 10. The limitations of this paragraph apply to
30 reemployment in any capacity with an "employer" as defined in
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1 s. 121.021(10), irrespective of the category of funds from
2 which the person is compensated.
3 11. An employing agency may reemploy a retired member
4 as a firefighter or paramedic after the retired member has
5 been retired for 1 calendar month, in accordance with s.
6 121.021(39). Any retired member who is reemployed within 1
7 calendar month after retirement shall void his or her
8 application for retirement benefits. The employing agency
9 reemploying such firefighter or paramedic is subject to the
10 retired contribution required in subparagraph 8. Reemployment
11 of a retired firefighter or paramedic is limited to no more
12 than 780 hours during the first 12 months of his or her
13 retirement. Any retired member reemployed for more than 780
14 hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall give
15 timely notice in writing to the employer and to the division
16 of the date he or she will exceed the limitation. The division
17 shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for the remainder
18 of the first 12 months of retirement. Any person employed in
19 violation of this subparagraph and any employing agency which
20 knowingly employs or appoints such person without notifying
21 the Division of Retirement to suspend retirement benefits
22 shall be jointly and severally liable for reimbursement to the
23 Retirement System Trust Fund of any benefits paid during the
24 reemployment limitation period. To avoid liability, such
25 employing agency shall have a written statement from the
26 retiree that he or she is not retired from a
27 state-administered retirement system. Any retirement benefits
28 received by a retired member while reemployed in excess of 780
29 hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall be repaid
30 to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and retirement benefits
31 shall remain suspended until repayment is made. Benefits
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1 suspended beyond the end of the retired member's first 12
2 months of retirement shall apply toward repayment of benefits
3 received in violation of the 780-hour reemployment limitation.
4 (13) DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PROGRAM.--In general,
5 and subject to the provisions of this section, the Deferred
6 Retirement Option Program, hereinafter referred to as the
7 DROP, is a program under which an eligible member of the
8 Florida Retirement System may elect to participate, deferring
9 receipt of retirement benefits while continuing employment
10 with his or her Florida Retirement System employer. The
11 deferred monthly benefits shall accrue in the System Trust
12 Fund on behalf of the participant, plus interest compounded
13 monthly, for the specified period of the DROP participation,
14 as provided in paragraph (c). Upon termination of employment,
15 the participant shall receive the total DROP benefits and
16 begin to receive the previously determined normal retirement
17 benefits. Participation in the DROP does not guarantee
18 employment for the specified period of DROP. Participation in
19 the DROP by an eligible member beyond the initial 60-month
20 period as authorized in this subsection shall be on an annual
21 contractual basis for all participants.
22 (a) Eligibility of member to participate in the
23 DROP.--All active Florida Retirement System members in a
24 regularly established position, and all active members of
25 either the Teachers' Retirement System established in chapter
26 238 or the State and County Officers' and Employees'
27 Retirement System established in chapter 122 which systems are
28 consolidated within the Florida Retirement System under s.
29 121.011, are eligible to elect participation in the DROP
30 provided that:
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1 1. The member is not a renewed member of the Florida
2 Retirement System under s. 121.122, or a member of the State
3 Community College System Optional Retirement Program under s.
4 121.051, the Senior Management Service Optional Annuity
5 Program under s. 121.055, or the optional retirement program
6 for the State University System under s. 121.35.
7 2. Except as provided in subparagraph 6., election to
8 participate is made within 12 months immediately following the
9 date on which the member first reaches normal retirement date,
10 or, for a member who reaches normal retirement date based on
11 service before he or she reaches age 62, or age 55 for Special
12 Risk Class members, election to participate may be deferred to
13 the 12 months immediately following the date the member
14 attains 57, or age 52 for Special Risk Class members. For a
15 member who first reached normal retirement date or the
16 deferred eligibility date described above prior to the
17 effective date of this section, election to participate shall
18 be made within 12 months after the effective date of this
19 section. A member who fails to make an election within such
20 12-month limitation period shall forfeit all rights to
21 participate in the DROP. The member shall advise his or her
22 employer and the division in writing of the date on which the
23 DROP shall begin. Such beginning date may be subsequent to the
24 12-month election period, but must be within the 60-month or,
25 with respect to members who are employees in grades K-20 of a
26 public school district, a charter school, the Florida School
27 for the Deaf and the Blind, a community college, or a state
28 university, and who have received authorization from the
29 appropriate administrative body instructional personnel
30 employed by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and
31 who have received authorization by the Board of Trustees of
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1 the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind to participate
2 in the DROP beyond 60 months, or who are instructional
3 personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d) in grades K-12
4 and who have received authorization by the district school
5 superintendent to participate in the DROP beyond 60 months,
6 the 96-month limitation period as provided in subparagraph
7 (b)1. When establishing eligibility of the member to
8 participate in the DROP for the 60-month or, with respect to
9 employees in grades K-20 of a public school district, a
10 charter school, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind,
11 a community college, or a state university, and who have
12 received authorization from the appropriate administrative
13 body members who are instructional personnel employed by the
14 Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and who have
15 received authorization by the Board of Trustees of the Florida
16 School for the Deaf and the Blind to participate in the DROP
17 beyond 60 months, or who are instructional personnel as
18 defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d) in grades K-12 and who have
19 received authorization by the district school superintendent
20 to participate in the DROP beyond 60 months, the 96-month
21 maximum participation period, the member may elect to include
22 or exclude any optional service credit purchased by the member
23 from the total service used to establish the normal retirement
24 date. A member with dual normal retirement dates shall be
25 eligible to elect to participate in DROP within 12 months
26 after attaining normal retirement date in either class.
27 3. The employer of a member electing to participate in
28 the DROP, or employers if dually employed, shall acknowledge
29 in writing to the division the date the member's participation
30 in the DROP begins and the date the member's employment and
31 DROP participation will terminate.
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1 4. Simultaneous employment of a participant by
2 additional Florida Retirement System employers subsequent to
3 the commencement of participation in the DROP shall be
4 permissible provided such employers acknowledge in writing a
5 DROP termination date no later than the participant's existing
6 termination date or the 60-month limitation period as provided
7 in subparagraph (b)1.
8 5. A DROP participant may change employers while
9 participating in the DROP, subject to the following:
10 a. A change of employment must take place without a
11 break in service so that the member receives salary for each
12 month of continuous DROP participation. If a member receives
13 no salary during a month, DROP participation shall cease
14 unless the employer verifies a continuation of the employment
15 relationship for such participant pursuant to s.
16 121.021(39)(b).
17 b. Such participant and new employer shall notify the
18 division on forms required by the division as to the identity
19 of the new employer.
20 c. The new employer shall acknowledge, in writing, the
21 participant's DROP termination date, which may be extended but
22 not beyond the original 60-month or, with respect to employees
23 in grades K-20 of a public school district, a charter school,
24 the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, a community
25 college, or a state university, and who have received
26 authorization from the appropriate administrative body members
27 who are instructional personnel employed by the Florida School
28 for the Deaf and the Blind and who have received authorization
29 by the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf
30 and the Blind to participate in the DROP beyond 60 months, or
31 who are instructional personnel as defined in s.
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1 1012.01(2)(a)-(d) in grades K-12 and who have received
2 authorization by the district school superintendent to
3 participate in the DROP beyond 60 months, the 96-month period
4 provided in subparagraph (b)1., shall acknowledge liability
5 for any additional retirement contributions and interest
6 required if the participant fails to timely terminate
7 employment, and shall be subject to the adjustment required in
8 sub-subparagraph (c)5.d.
9 6. Effective July 1, 2001, for instructional personnel
10 as defined in s. 1012.01(2), election to participate in the
11 DROP shall be made at any time following the date on which the
12 member first reaches normal retirement date. Effective July 1,
13 2004, any eligible employee in grades K-20 of a public school
14 district, a charter school, the Florida School for the Deaf
15 and the Blind, a community college, or a state university may
16 elect to participate in the DROP at any time following the
17 date on which the member first reaches normal retirement date.
18 The member shall advise his or her employer and the division
19 in writing of the date on which the Deferred Retirement Option
20 Program shall begin. When establishing eligibility of the
21 member to participate in the DROP for the 60-month or, with
22 respect to employees in grades K-20 of a public school
23 district, a charter school, the Florida School for the Deaf
24 and the Blind, a community college, or a state university, and
25 who have received authorization from the appropriate
26 administrative body members who are instructional personnel
27 employed by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and
28 who have received authorization by the Board of Trustees of
29 the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind to participate
30 in the DROP beyond 60 months, or who are instructional
31 personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d) in grades K-12
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1 and who have received authorization by the district school
2 superintendent to participate in the DROP beyond 60 months,
3 the 96-month maximum participation period, as provided in
4 subparagraph (b)1., the member may elect to include or exclude
5 any optional service credit purchased by the member from the
6 total service used to establish the normal retirement date. A
7 member with dual normal retirement dates shall be eligible to
8 elect to participate in either class.
9 (b) Participation in the DROP.--
10 1. An eligible member may elect to participate in the
11 DROP for a period not to exceed a maximum of 60 calendar
12 months or, with respect to employees in grades K-20 of a
13 public school district, a charter school, the Florida School
14 for the Deaf and the Blind, a community college, or a state
15 university, and who have received authorization from the
16 appropriate administrative body members who are instructional
17 personnel employed by the Florida School for the Deaf and the
18 Blind and who have received authorization by the Board of
19 Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind to
20 participate in the DROP beyond 60 months, or who are
21 instructional personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d) in
22 grades K-12 and who have received authorization by the
23 district school superintendent to participate in the DROP
24 beyond 60 calendar months, 96 calendar months immediately
25 following the date on which the member first reaches his or
26 her normal retirement date or the date to which he or she is
27 eligible to defer his or her election to participate as
28 provided in subparagraph (a)2. However, a member who has
29 reached normal retirement date prior to the effective date of
30 the DROP shall be eligible to participate in the DROP for a
31 period of time not to exceed 60 calendar months or, with
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1 respect to employees in grades K-20 of a public school
2 district, a charter school, the Florida School for the Deaf
3 and the Blind, a community college, or a state university, and
4 who have received authorization from the appropriate
5 administrative body members who are instructional personnel
6 employed by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and
7 who have received authorization by the Board of Trustees of
8 the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind to participate
9 in the DROP beyond 60 months, or who are instructional
10 personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d) in grades K-12
11 and who have received authorization by the district school
12 superintendent to participate in the DROP beyond 60 calendar
13 months, 96 calendar months immediately following the effective
14 date of the DROP, except a member of the Special Risk Class
15 who has reached normal retirement date prior to the effective
16 date of the DROP and whose total accrued value exceeds 75
17 percent of average final compensation as of his or her
18 effective date of retirement shall be eligible to participate
19 in the DROP for no more than 36 calendar months immediately
20 following the effective date of the DROP.
21 2. Upon deciding to participate in the DROP, the
22 member shall submit, on forms required by the division:
23 a. A written election to participate in the DROP;
24 b. Selection of the DROP participation and termination
25 dates, which satisfy the limitations stated in paragraph (a)
26 and subparagraph 1. Such termination date shall be in a
27 binding letter of resignation with the employer, establishing
28 a deferred termination date. The member may change the
29 termination date within the limitations of subparagraph 1.,
30 but only with the written approval of his or her employer;
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1 c. A properly completed DROP application for service
2 retirement as provided in this section; and
3 d. Any other information required by the division.
4 3. The DROP participant shall be a retiree under the
5 Florida Retirement System for all purposes, except for
6 paragraph (5)(f) and subsection (9) and ss. 112.3173, 112.363,
7 121.053, and 121.122. However, participation in the DROP does
8 not alter the participant's employment status and such
9 employee shall not be deemed retired from employment until his
10 or her deferred resignation is effective and termination
11 occurs as provided in s. 121.021(39).
12 4. Elected officers shall be eligible to participate
13 in the DROP subject to the following:
14 a. An elected officer who reaches normal retirement
15 date during a term of office may defer the election to
16 participate in the DROP until the next succeeding term in that
17 office. Such elected officer who exercises this option may
18 participate in the DROP for up to 60 calendar months or a
19 period of no longer than such succeeding term of office,
20 whichever is less.
21 b. An elected or a nonelected participant may run for
22 a term of office while participating in DROP and, if elected,
23 extend the DROP termination date accordingly, except, however,
24 if such additional term of office exceeds the 60-month
25 limitation established in subparagraph 1., and the officer
26 does not resign from office within such 60-month limitation,
27 the retirement and the participant's DROP shall be null and
28 void as provided in sub-subparagraph (c)5.d.
29 c. An elected officer who is dually employed and
30 elects to participate in DROP shall be required to satisfy the
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1 to employees in grades K-20 of a public school district, a
2 charter school, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind,
3 a community college, or a state university, and who have
4 received authorization from the appropriate administrative
5 body members who are instructional personnel employed by the
6 Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and who have
7 received authorization by the Board of Trustees of the Florida
8 School for the Deaf and the Blind to participate in the DROP
9 beyond 60 months, or who are instructional personnel as
10 defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d) in grades K-12 and who have
11 received authorization by the district school superintendent
12 to participate in the DROP beyond 60 months, the 96-month
13 limitation period as provided in subparagraph 1. for the
14 nonelected position and may continue employment as an elected
15 officer as provided in s. 121.053. The elected officer will be
16 enrolled as a renewed member in the Elected Officers' Class or
17 the Regular Class, as provided in ss. 121.053 and 121.22, on
18 the first day of the month after termination of employment in
19 the nonelected position and termination of DROP. Distribution
20 of the DROP benefits shall be made as provided in paragraph
21 (c).
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
23 law.
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26 SENATE SUMMARY
27 Revises certain limitations on positions for which school
boards, community colleges, universities, and the Florida
28 School for the Deaf and the Blind may employ a member of
the Florida Retirement System after a specified period of
29 retirement. Revises the election period in the Deferred
Retirement Option Program for certain employees and
30 extends participation in the Deferred Retirement Option
Program to personnel in grades K-20 who receive
31 administrative authorization.
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