| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Lee County Sheriff's Office; |
| 3 | amending chapter 74-522, Laws of Florida, as amended; |
| 4 | providing that certain retirement health insurance |
| 5 | benefits shall not be available to specified employees; |
| 6 | providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 15 of chapter 74-522, |
| 11 | Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 2010-260, Laws of |
| 12 | Florida, is amended to read: |
| 13 | Section 15. Funding of civil service board and retirement |
| 14 | health insurance benefits.- |
| 15 | (6) Benefits payable under subsection (5).-Benefits |
| 16 | payable under subsection (5) are only available to employees |
| 17 | commencing employment on or after October 1, 1986, and prior to |
| 18 | October 1, 2010, who retire from the Florida Retirement System |
| 19 | and terminate employment after 15 or more years of service with |
| 20 | the Lee County Sheriff's Office. A member of the Florida |
| 21 | Retirement System employed prior to October 1, 2009, who has |
| 22 | been a full-time member of the Lee County Sheriff's Office for |
| 23 | the 10 years immediately preceding his or her retirement may |
| 24 | claim up to 5 years of previous service with another Florida |
| 25 | Retirement System employer subject to verification by the |
| 26 | Division of Retirement of the Department of Management Services |
| 27 | to meet the 15-year requirement as provided for in subsection |
| 28 | (5). Persons hired by the Lee County Sheriff's Office on or |
| 29 | after October 1, 2009, are not eligible to claim additional |
| 30 | years of service from previous Florida Retirement System |
| 31 | employers to qualify for employer-paid health and |
| 32 | hospitalization insurance benefits as provided for in subsection |
| 33 | (5). |
| 34 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |