Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 458
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 4/AD/2R         .                                
             04/10/2013 04:21 PM       .                                
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       Senator Ring moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 930 - 970
    4  and insert:
    5         (1) If a municipality has a retirement pension plan for
    6  police officers, or for police officers and firefighters if both
    7  are included, which, in the opinion of the division, meets the
    8  required minimum benefits and minimum standards set forth in
    9  this chapter, the board of trustees of the pension plan must, as
   10  approved by a majority of police officers of the municipality,
   11  may:
   12         (a) place the income from the premium tax in s. 185.08 in
   13  such pension plan for the sole and exclusive use of its police
   14  officers, or its police officers and firefighters if both are
   15  included, where it shall become an integral part of that pension
   16  plan and shall be used to fund benefits as follows:
   17         (a) The base premium tax revenues must be used to fund
   18  required benefits. To the extent the base premium tax revenues
   19  exceed the annual actuarial cost of the plan’s required
   20  benefits, such revenues may be used to fund the plan’s base
   21  benefits, or a portion thereof, if the plan’s base benefits are
   22  greater than the plan’s required benefits. Otherwise, such
   23  excess revenues must be used as directed in paragraph (b).
   24         (b)Of the additional premium tax revenues received which
   25  are in excess of the amount received for the 2012 calendar year
   26  and any accumulations of additional premium tax revenues which
   27  have not been applied to fund benefits in excess of the plan’s
   28  base benefits:
   29         1. If the plan has a supplemental plan in effect as of
   30  September 30, 2012, whereby all premium tax revenues received in
   31  excess of the amount received for the 2012 calendar year are
   32  scheduled to be used to fund defined contribution plan benefits
   33  and:
   34         a. If the plan has a long-term funded ratio of less than 70
   35  percent, 50 percent of the additional premium tax revenues
   36  subject to this paragraph must be used as additional
   37  contributions to pay the plan’s actuarial deficiency and the
   38  remainder must be used to fund special benefits; or
   39         b. If the plan has a long-term funded ratio of 70 percent
   40  or greater, the additional premium tax revenues subject to this
   41  paragraph must be used to fund special benefits.
   42         2. If subparagraph 1. is not applicable and the plan has a
   43  long-term funded ratio of less than 80 percent:
   44         a. Fifty percent of the additional premium tax revenues
   45  subject to this paragraph must be used as additional
   46  contributions to pay the plan’s actuarial deficiency;
   47         b. Twenty-five percent of the additional premium tax
   48  revenues subject to this paragraph must be used to fund base
   49  benefits; and
   50         c. The remainder must be placed in a defined contribution
   51  plan to fund special benefits.
   52         3. If subparagraph 1. is not applicable and the plan has a
   53  long-term funded ratio of 80 percent or greater:
   54         a. Fifty percent of the additional premium tax revenues
   55  subject to this paragraph must be used to fund base benefits;
   56  and
   57         b.The remainder must be placed in a defined contribution
   58  plan to fund special benefits.
   59  
   60  Any additional premium tax revenues used to fund the plan’s
   61  actuarial deficiency pursuant to this paragraph may not be
   62  considered in determining the mandatory payment described in s.
   63  175.091(1)(d).
   64         (c) Additional premium tax revenues not described in
   65  paragraph (b) must be used to fund benefits that were not
   66  included in the base benefits pay extra benefits to the police
   67  officers included in that pension plan; or
   68         (b) May place the income from the premium tax in s. 185.08
   69  in a separate supplemental plan to pay extra benefits to the
   70  police officers, or police officers and firefighters if
   71  included, participating in such separate supplemental plan.