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11 The Committee on Community Affairs (Bennett) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 121.111, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 121.111 Credit for military service.--
21 (2)(a) Any member whose initial date of employment is
22 before January 1, 1987, who has military service as defined in
23 s. 121.021(20)(b), and who does not claim such service under
24 subsection (1) may receive creditable service for such
25 military service if:
26 1.(a) The member is vested;
27 2.(b) Creditable service, not to exceed a total of 4
28 years, is claimed only as service earned in the Regular Class
29 of membership; and
30 3.(c) The member pays into the proper retirement trust
31 fund 4 percent of gross salary, based upon his or her first
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1 year of salary subsequent to July 1, 1945, that he or she has
2 credit for under this system, plus 4 percent interest thereon
3 compounded annually from the date of first creditable service
4 under this chapter until July 1, 1975, and 6.5 percent
5 interest compounded annually thereafter, until payment is made
6 to the proper retirement trust fund.
7 (b)(d) The member may not receive credit for any
8 wartime military service if the member also receives credit
9 for such service under any federal, state, or local retirement
10 or pension system where "length of service" is a factor in
11 determining the amount of compensation received. However,
12 credit for wartime military service may be received where the
13 member also receives credit under a pension system providing
14 retired pay for nonregular service in the Armed Forces of the
15 United States in accordance with 10 U.S.C. ss. 1331 et seq.,
16 as follows:
17 1. Any person whose retirement date under the Florida
18 Retirement System is prior to July 1, 1985, may claim such
19 service at any time, as provided in this subsection, upon
20 payment of contributions and interest as provided in paragraph
21 (c), with interest computed to the retired member's retirement
22 date. The benefit shall be recalculated and increased to
23 include the additional service credit granted for such wartime
24 military service, and a lump-sum payment shall be made to the
25 retiree for the amount owed due to the additional service
26 credit, retroactive to the date of retirement.
27 2. Any person whose retirement date is on or after
28 July 1, 1985, must claim such service and pay the required
29 contributions, as provided in paragraph (a)3. (c), prior to
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1 (c)(e) Any member claiming credit under this
2 subsection must certify on the form prescribed by the
3 department that credit for such service has not and will not
4 be claimed for retirement purposes under any other federal,
5 state, or local retirement or pension system where "length of
6 service" is a factor in determining the amount of compensation
7 received, except where credit for such service has been
8 granted in a pension system providing retired pay for
9 nonregular service as provided in paragraph (b) (d). If the
10 member dies prior to retirement, the member's beneficiary must
11 make the required certification before credit may be claimed.
12 If such certification is not made by the member or the
13 member's beneficiary, credit for wartime military service
14 shall not be allowed.
15 (d)(f) Service credit awarded for wartime military
16 service shall be the total number of years, months, and days
17 from and including the date of entry into active duty through
18 the date of discharge from active duty, up to a maximum of 4
19 years. If the military service includes a partial year, it
20 shall be stated as a fraction of a year. Creditable military
21 service shall be calculated in accordance with rule
22 60S-2.005(2)(j), Florida Administrative Code.
23 Section 3. Effective July 1, 2006, in order to fund
24 the benefits provided by this act:
25 (1) The contribution rate that applies to the Regular
26 Class of the Florida Retirement System shall be increased by
27 0.11 percentage points.
28 (2) The contribution rate that applies to the Special
29 Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System shall be increased
30 by 0.16 percentage points.
31 (3) The contribution rate that applies to the Special
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1 Risk Administrative Support Class of the Florida Retirement
2 System shall be increased by 0.21 percentage points.
3 (4) The contribution rate that applies to the Judicial
4 subclass of the Elected Officers' Class of the Florida
5 Retirement System shall be increased by 0.20 percentage
6 points.
7 (5) The contribution rate that applies to the
8 legislative-attorney-Cabinet subclass of the Elected Officers'
9 Class of the Florida Retirement System shall be increased by
10 0.19 percentage points.
11 (6) The contribution rate that applies to the County
12 Officers' subclass of the Elected Officers' Class of the
13 Florida Retirement System shall be increased by 0.22
14 percentage points.
15 (7) The contribution rate that applies to the Senior
16 Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System
17 shall be increased by 0.18 percentage points.
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19 These increases shall be in addition to all other changes to
20 such contribution rates which may be enacted into law to take
21 effect on that date. The Division of Statutory Revision is
22 directed to adjust the contribution rates set forth in
23 sections 121.052, 121.055, and 121.071, Florida Statutes.
24 Section 4. The Legislature finds that a proper and
25 legitimate state purpose is served when employees and retirees
26 of the state and its political subdivisions, and the
27 dependents, survivors, and beneficiaries of such employees and
28 retirees, are extended the basic protections afforded by
29 governmental retirement systems. These persons must be
30 provided benefits that are fair and adequate and that are
31 managed, administered, and funded in an actuarially sound
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1 manner, as required by Section 14, Article X of the State
2 Constitution, and part VII of chapter 112, Florida Statutes.
3 Therefore, the Legislature determines and declares that this
4 act fulfills an important state interest.
5 Section 5. Present subsections (7) and (8) of section
6 322.051, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (8)
7 and (9), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to
8 that section, to read:
9 322.051 Identification cards.--
10 (7) Any veteran honorably discharged from the United
11 States Armed Forces who has been issued a valid identification
12 card by the Department of Veterans' Affairs in accordance with
13 s. 295.17, has been determined by the United States Department
14 of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have a 100-percent
15 total and permanent service-connected disability rating for
16 compensation, or has been determined to have a
17 service-connected total and permanent disability rating of 100
18 percent and is in receipt of disability retirement pay from
19 any branch of the United States Armed Services, and who is
20 qualified to obtain an identification card under this chapter,
21 is exempt from all fees required by this section.
22 Additionally, any honorably discharged veteran 60 years of age
23 or older who is otherwise qualified to obtain an
24 identification card under this chapter is exempt from all fees
25 required by this section.
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31 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 On page 1, line 2-6, delete those lines
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4 An act relating to veterans; amending s.
5 295.16, F.S.; expanding an exemption from
6 certain fees relating to structural
7 improvements to a disabled veteran's residence;
8 amending s. 121.111, F.S.; authorizing
9 additional persons to purchase credit for prior
10 military wartime service; revising the payroll
11 contribution rates for the membership classes
12 of the Florida Retirement System; providing a
13 declaration of important state interest;
14 amending s. 296.36, F.S.; authorizing the
15 director of the Department of Veterans' Affairs
16 to waive the residency requirement for
17 admittance to a veterans' nursing home under
18 certain circumstances; amending s. 322.051,
19 F.S.; providing an exemption from certain fees
20 for issuance of state identification cards to
21 veterans; providing an effective date.
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