Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1614
                        Barcode 872360
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11  The Committee on Military Affairs and Domestic Security
12  (Siplin) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, between lines 14 and 15,
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18         Section 2.  Effective July 1, 2007, in order to fund
19  the benefits provided by this act:
20         (1)  The contribution rate that applies to the Regular
21  Class of the Florida Retirement System shall be increased by
22  0.11 percentage points.
23         (2)  The contribution rate that applies to the Special
24  Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System shall be increased
25  by 0.16 percentage points.
26         (3)  The contribution rate that applies to the Special
27  Risk Administrative Support Class of the Florida Retirement
28  System shall be increased by 0.21 percentage points.
29         (4)  The contribution rate that applies to the Judicial
30  subclass of the Elected Officers' Class of the Florida
31  Retirement System shall be increased by 0.20 percentage
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1614 Barcode 872360 1 points. 2 (5) The contribution rate that applies to the 3 legislative-attorney-Cabinet subclass of the Elected Officers' 4 Class of the Florida Retirement System shall be increased by 5 0.19 percentage points. 6 (6) The contribution rate that applies to the County 7 Officers' subclass of the Elected Officers' Class of the 8 Florida Retirement System shall be increased by 0.22 9 percentage points. 10 (7) The contribution rate that applies to the Senior 11 Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System 12 shall be increased by 0.18 percentage points. 13 14 These increases shall be in addition to all other changes to 15 such contribution rates which may be enacted into law to take 16 effect on that date. The Division of Statutory Revision is 17 directed to adjust the contribution rates set forth in 18 sections 121.052, 121.055, and 121.071, Florida Statutes. 19 Section 3. The Legislature finds that a proper and 20 legitimate state purpose is served when employees and retirees 21 of the state and its political subdivisions, and the 22 dependents, survivors, and beneficiaries of such employees and 23 retirees, are extended the basic protections afforded by 24 governmental retirement systems. These persons must be 25 provided benefits that are fair and adequate and that are 26 managed, administered, and funded in an actuarially sound 27 manner, as required by Section 14, Article X of the State 28 Constitution, and part VII of chapter 112, Florida Statutes. 29 Therefore, the Legislature determines and declares that this 30 act fulfills an important state interest. 31 2 12:07 PM 03/20/07 s1614c-ms19-t03
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1614 Barcode 872360 1 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 2 3 4 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 5 And the title is amended as follows: 6 On page 1, line 5, following the semicolon 7 8 insert: 9 revising the payroll contribution rates for the 10 membership classes of the system; providing a 11 declaration of important state interest; 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 12:07 PM 03/20/07 s1614c-ms19-t03