HB 381

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to firefighter pensions; amending s.
3175.032, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
4"special fire control district" to include certain
5community development districts performing fire
6suppression and related services; providing an effective
7date.
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9Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11     Section 1.  Subsection (16) of section 175.032, Florida
12Statutes, is amended to read:
13     175.032  Definitions.--For any municipality, special fire
14control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local
15law special fire control district, or local law plan under this
16chapter, the following words and phrases have the following
17meanings:
18     (16)  "Special fire control district" means a special
19district, as defined in s. 189.403(1), established for the
20purposes of extinguishing fires, protecting life, and protecting
21property within the incorporated or unincorporated portions of
22any county or combination of counties, or within any combination
23of incorporated and unincorporated portions of any county or
24combination of counties. The term includes community development
25districts providing fire suppression and related services
26pursuant to s. 190.012(2)(b). The term does not include any
27dependent or independent special district, as defined in s.
28189.403(2) and (3), respectively, the employees of which are
29members of the Florida Retirement System pursuant to s.
30121.051(1) or (2).
31     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.


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