House Bill 1279 (2015) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/CS/HB 1279: Retirement

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Finance and Tax Committee ; Government Operations Subcommittee ; Adkins ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Costello

Retirement; Requires members of board of trustees of firefighters' pension trust fund & municipal police officers' retirement trust fund to serve staggered terms; provides duties of board relating to establishment of requirements for plan administrator; authorizes governing body of municipality to terminate plan administrator's pension or retirement plan under certain conditions; relating to municipalities & special fire control districts that have their own pension plans & want to participate in distribution of tax fund; provides requirements for municipalities with plans with an unfunded liability; provides applicability; provides declaration of important state interest.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 172 (Ch. 2015-39)
Bill Text: PDF

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
3/3/2015	House	• Filed • Introduced -HJ 107
3/8/2015	House	• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 193
3/13/2015	House	• PCS on Committee agenda-- Government Operations Subcommittee, 03/17/15, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
3/17/2015	House	• CS by Government Operations Subcommittee; YEAS 7 NAYS 5 -HJ 276
3/18/2015	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
3/19/2015	House	• Now in Finance and Tax Committee -HJ 274 • CS by Government Operations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 273
3/27/2015	House	• On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax Committee, 03/31/15, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
3/31/2015	House	• CS/CS by Finance and Tax Committee; YEAS 10 NAYS 7 -HJ 430
4/2/2015	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) • CS/CS by Finance and Tax Committee read 1st time -HJ 429
4/3/2015	House	• Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 437
4/10/2015	House	• On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/14/15, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
4/14/2015	House	• CS/CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 11 NAYS 6 -HJ 552
4/15/2015	House	• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c) • CS/CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 549
4/16/2015	House	• Placed on Calendar -HJ 588
4/28/2015	House	• Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 172 (Ch. 2015-39)

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CS/CS/CS/HB 1279, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/15/2015 at 10:21 AM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (2)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 341 (c2)	Local Government Pension Reform	Cummings	Compare	Last Action: 4/23/2015 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 172 (Ch. 2015-39) -HJ 746 Location: Laid on Table
S 172 (er)	Local Government Pension Reform	Bradley, Ring	Compare	Last Action: 5/22/2015 Chapter No. 2015-39 Location: Became Law

Citations - Statutes (4)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
175.061	Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.	Page 1 (pdf)
175.351	Municipalities and special fire control districts having their own pension plans for firefighters.	Page 7 (pdf)
185.05	Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.	Page 8 (pdf)
185.35	Municipalities having their own pension plans for police officers.	Page 14 (pdf)

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CS/CS/HB 1279, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/2/2015 at 12:02 PM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/15/2015 (pdf)

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
382943 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Adkins	4/13/2015 4:40 PM		PDF
432115 - Substitute Amendment (382943) Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Harrison	4/13/2015 7:17 PM	Adopted 4/14/2015	PDF

Citations - Statutes (4)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
175.061	Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.	Page 1 (pdf)
175.351	Municipalities and special fire control districts having their own pension plans for firefighters.	Page 8 (pdf)
185.05	Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.	Page 9 (pdf)
185.35	Municipalities having their own pension plans for police officers.	Page 17 (pdf)

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CS/HB 1279, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/18/2015 at 5:17 PM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	Finance and Tax Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2015 (pdf)

Committee Amendments (4)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Format
748395 - Amendment Remove lines 35-276 and insert:	Adkins	3/30/2015 8:05 PM	PDF
836127 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Van Zant	3/31/2015 12:14 PM	PDF
989837 - Amendment to Amendment (836127) Remove lines 176-177 of the amendment and insert:	Tobia	3/31/2015 1:33 PM	PDF
287259 - Amendment to Amendment (836127) Remove lines 386-387 of the amendment and insert:	Tobia	3/31/2015 1:33 PM	PDF

Citations - Statutes (4)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
175.061	Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.	Page 1 (pdf)
175.351	Municipalities and special fire control districts having their own pension plans for firefighters.	Page 8 (pdf)
185.05	Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.	Page 9 (pdf)
185.35	Municipalities having their own pension plans for police officers.	Page 16 (pdf)

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HB 1279, Original Filed Version Posted 3/3/2015 at 9:59 AM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	Government Operations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/18/2015 (pdf)

Related Bills (6)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 341 (c1)	Local Government Pension Reform	Cummings	Compare	Last Action: 4/23/2015 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 172 (Ch. 2015-39) -HJ 746 Location: Laid on Table
H 1309 (c1)	Publicly Funded Retirement Plans	Drake	Compare	Last Action: 6/15/2015 Chapter No. 2015-157 Location: Became Law
S 172 (c1)	Local Government Pension Reform	Bradley, Ring	Compare	Last Action: 5/22/2015 Chapter No. 2015-39 Location: Became Law
S 216 (c1)	Publicly Funded Retirement Programs	Bradley	Compare	Last Action: 4/24/2015 S Laid on Table -SJ 611 Location: Laid on Table
S 242 (c1)	Publicly Funded Retirement Plans	Brandes	Compare	Last Action: 4/24/2015 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1309 (Ch. 2015-157) -SJ 610 Location: Laid on Table
S 1160	Firefighter and Municipal Police Pensions	Richter	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability Location: In committee/council (GO)

Citations - Statutes (8)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
112.63	Actuarial reports and statements of actuarial impact; review.	Page 2 (pdf)
112.664	Reporting standards for defined benefit retirement plans or systems.	Page 3 (pdf)
175.061	Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.	Page 5 (pdf)
175.162	Requirements for retirement.	Page 10 (pdf)
175.351	Municipalities and special fire control districts having their own pension plans for firefighters.	Page 11 (pdf)
185.05	Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.	Page 15 (pdf)
185.16	Requirements for retirement.	Page 20 (pdf)
185.35	Municipalities having their own pension plans for police officers.	Page 21 (pdf)

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