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The Committee on Criminal Justice (King) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Between line(s) 53-54

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insert:

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     (9)

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     (d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, a

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member of the Special Risk Class who is employed as a law

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enforcement officer, correctional officer, or community-based

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correctional probation officer, as described in s. 121.0515(2),

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and who has a rank or the equivalent rank of captain or below,

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at the conclusion of his or her participation in DROP, may not

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be employed, reemployed, or retained in a contractual capacity

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by the same employing agency from which the member retired. Any

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person who is reemployed or retained in a contractual capacity

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in violation of this paragraph shall void his or her application

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for retirement benefits. Any person who violates this paragraph

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and any employing agency that knowingly employees or contracts

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with such person in violation of this paragraph is jointly and

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severally libel for reimbursement to the Florida Retirement

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System Trust Fund for any retirement benefits improperly paid

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during the reemployment or contractual period. This provision

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does not otherwise limit the employment or contractual

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opportunities for a retiree at any other employing agency. This

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paragraph does not apply to a retiree who is elected to an

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office or appointed to an office by the Governor.

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And the directory clause is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 39-40

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and insert:

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     Section 1.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (9) of

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section 121.091, Florida Statutes, and paragraphs (a) and (b) of

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subsection (13) of that section are amended, to read:

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 3, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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prohibiting certain members of the Special Risk Class from

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being reemployed or contracting with the same employing

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agency from which the member retired;

3/11/2008  10:27:00 AM     591-04705A-08