| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to special risk retirement; amending s. |
| 3 | 121.0515, F.S.; providing that emergency dispatchers and |
| 4 | 911 operators employed by a county or municipal law |
| 5 | enforcement agency may participate as part of the Special |
| 6 | Risk Administrative Support Class and are eligible for the |
| 7 | special risk normal retirement date; providing an |
| 8 | effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section |
| 13 | 121.0515, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 121.0515 Special risk membership.-- |
| 15 | (7) RETENTION OF SPECIAL RISK NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE.-- |
| 16 | (a) A special risk member who is moved or reassigned to a |
| 17 | nonspecial risk law enforcement, firefighting, correctional, or |
| 18 | emergency medical care administrative support position with the |
| 19 | same agency, or who is subsequently employed in such a position |
| 20 | with any law enforcement, firefighting, correctional, or |
| 21 | emergency medical care agency under the Florida Retirement |
| 22 | System, shall participate in the Special Risk Administrative |
| 23 | Support Class and shall earn credit for such service at the same |
| 24 | percentage rate as that earned by a regular member. |
| 25 | Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (4), service in |
| 26 | such an administrative support position shall, for purposes of |
| 27 | s. 121.091, apply toward satisfaction of the special risk normal |
| 28 | retirement date, as defined in s. 121.021(29)(b), provided that, |
| 29 | while in such position, the member remains certified as a law |
| 30 | enforcement officer, firefighter, correctional officer, |
| 31 | emergency medical technician, or paramedic; remains subject to |
| 32 | reassignment at any time to a position qualifying for special |
| 33 | risk membership; and completes an aggregate of 6 or more years |
| 34 | of service as a designated special risk member prior to |
| 35 | retirement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
| 36 | contrary, emergency dispatchers and 911 operators who are |
| 37 | employed full time by a county or municipal law enforcement |
| 38 | agency shall participate in the Special Risk Administrative |
| 39 | Support Class. Such employees are eligible for the special risk |
| 40 | normal retirement date, as defined in s. 121.021(29)(b), and |
| 41 | shall earn credit for such service at the same percentage rate |
| 42 | as that earned by a regular member. |
| 43 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |