Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1182
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/16/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Dean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 305 and 306
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) and paragraph
    6  (e) of subsection (3) of section 121.052, Florida Statutes, are
    7  amended to read:
    8         121.052 Membership class of elected officers.—
    9         (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The following holders of elective office,
   10  hereinafter referred to as “elected officers,” whether assuming
   11  elective office by election, reelection, or appointment, are
   12  members of the Elected Officers’ Class, except as provided in
   13  subsection (3):
   14         (f)1. Any elected officer of a municipality or special
   15  district on or after July 1, 1997, through December 31, 2009, as
   16  provided in paragraph (3)(e).
   17         2.Any elected officer of a municipality or special
   18  district on or after January 1, 2010, when the governing body of
   19  a municipality or special district, at the time it joins the
   20  Florida Retirement System for its elected officers, elects by
   21  majority vote to designate all its elected positions for
   22  inclusion in the Elected Officers’ Class.
   23         (3) PARTICIPATION AND WITHDRAWAL, GENERALLY.—Effective July
   24  1, 1990, participation in the Elected Officers’ Class shall be
   25  compulsory for elected officers listed in paragraphs (2)(a)-(d)
   26  and (f) assuming office on or after said date, unless the
   27  elected officer elects membership in another class or withdraws
   28  from the Florida Retirement System as provided in paragraphs
   29  (3)(a)-(d):
   30         (e)1.Effective July 1, 1997, the governing body of a
   31  municipality or special district may, by majority vote, elect to
   32  designate all its elected positions for inclusion in the Elected
   33  Officers’ Class. Such election must be made between July 1,
   34  1997, and December 31, 1997, and shall be irrevocable. The
   35  designation of such positions shall be effective the first day
   36  of the month following receipt by the department of the
   37  ordinance or resolution passed by the governing body.
   38         2. Effective July 1, 2001, the governing body of a
   39  municipality or special district may, by majority vote, elect to
   40  designate all its elected positions for inclusion in the Elected
   41  Officers’ Class. Such election must shall be made between July
   42  1, 2001, and December 31, 2001, and shall be irrevocable. The
   43  designation of such positions shall be effective the first day
   44  of the month following receipt by the department of the
   45  ordinance or resolution passed by the governing body.
   46         3. Effective July 1, 2009, the governing body of a
   47  municipality or special district may, by majority vote, elect to
   48  designate all its elected positions for inclusion in the Elected
   49  Officers’ Class. Such election must be made between July 1,
   50  2009, and December 31, 2009, and shall be irrevocable. The
   51  designation of such positions shall be effective the first day
   52  of the month following receipt by the department of the
   53  ordinance or resolution passed by the governing body.
   54  
   55  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   56         And the title is amended as follows:
   57         Delete line 7
   58  and insert:
   59         is considered a retiree; amending s. 121.052, F.S.;
   60         designating certain elected officers of a municipality
   61         or special district as members of the Elected
   62         Officers’ Class; limiting membership in the Elected
   63         Officers’ Class for certain elected officers of a
   64         municipality or special district to those designated
   65         for inclusion during a specified period; authorizing
   66         the governing body of a municipality or special
   67         district, as of specified dates, to designate all its
   68         elected positions for inclusion in the Elected
   69         Officers’ Class; requiring that such election be made
   70         during specified periods; providing that such election
   71         is irrevocable; amending s. 121.053, F.S.;