Senate Bill sb0616c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 616

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
    and Senator Constantine




    302-1619-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the State Retirement

  3         Commission; amending s. 121.22, F.S.;

  4         increasing the size of the commission from

  5         three to five members; amending s. 121.24,

  6         F.S.; revising the quorum requirements of the

  7         commission; 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 (1) of section 121.22, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         121.22  State Retirement Commission; creation;

14  membership; compensation.--

15         (1)  There is created within the Department of

16  Management Services a State Retirement Commission composed of

17  five three members: Two members One member who are is retired

18  under a state-supported retirement system administered by the

19  department; two members one member who are is an active

20  members member of a state-supported retirement system that is

21  administered by the department; and one member who is neither

22  a retiree, beneficiary, or member of a state-supported

23  retirement system administered by the department. Each member

24  shall have a different occupational background from the other

25  members.

26         Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

27  121.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

28         121.24  Conduct of commission business; legal and other

29  assistance; compensation.--

30         (1)  The commission shall conduct its business within

31  the following guidelines:

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    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 616
    302-1619-04




 1         (a)  For purposes of hearing appeals under s. 121.23,

 2  the commission may meet in panels consisting of not fewer than

 3  three members. For the purpose of meeting in these panels, a

 4  quorum shall be not fewer than two members. For all other

 5  purposes, a quorum shall consist of three four members. The

 6  concurring vote of a majority of the members present shall be

 7  required to reach a decision, issue orders, and conduct the

 8  business of the commission.

 9         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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11          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
12                              SB 616

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14  Increases the size of the Florida Retirement Commission from
    three to five members.
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    Reduces the quorum requirement for commission meetings from
16  four to three.

17  Establishes quorum requirement for panels hearing appeals
    under s. 121.23, F.S., as two members.
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