Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1405
Amendment No. 696491
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Tobia offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
4     Between lines 347 and 348, insert:
5     (24)  "Average final compensation" means the average of the
65 highest fiscal years of compensation for creditable service
7prior to retirement, termination, or death. For in-line-of-duty
8disability benefits, if less than 5 years of creditable service
9have been completed, the term "average final compensation" means
10the average annual compensation of the total number of years of
11creditable service. Each year used in the calculation of average
12final compensation shall commence on July 1.
13     (b)  The average final compensation shall not include:
14     1.  Compensation paid to professional persons for special
15or particular services;
16     2.  Payments for accumulated sick leave made due to
17retirement or termination;
18     3.  Payments for accumulated annual leave in excess of 500
19hours;
20     4.  Bonuses as defined in subsection (47);
21     5.  Third party payments made on and after July 1, 1990; or
22     6.  Fringe benefits (for example, automobile allowances or
23housing allowances); or
24     7.  Overtime compensation.
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26     Remove line 1957 and insert:
27fiscal years' base salaries, not including compensation for
28overtime, calculated as provided by rule.
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D I R E C T O R Y  A M E N D M E N T
33     Remove line 261 and insert:
34subsection (19), paragraph (b) of subsection (22), paragraph (b)
35of subsection (24), and
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
40     Remove line 47 and insert:
41121.091, F.S.; prohibiting the factoring of overtime into a
42member's average final compensation for purposes of pension
43benefits; modifying the monthly benefit calculation


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