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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to criminal conflict and civil 2
regional counsel membership in the Senior Management 3
Service Class; amending s. 121.055, F.S.; providing 4
that participation in the Senior Management Service 5
Class of the Florida Retirement System is compulsory 6
for each district's assistant regional counsel 7
supervisors, beginning on a specified date; providing 8
an appropriation; providing an effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section 13
121.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14
121.055 Senior Management Service Class. —There is hereby 15
established a separate class of memb ership within the Florida 16
Retirement System to be known as the "Senior Management Service 17
Class," which shall become effective February 1, 1987. 18
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(m)1. Effective July 1, 2020, participation in the Senior 20
Management Service Class is compulsory for eac h appointed 21
criminal conflict and civil regional counsel and each district's 22
assistant regional counsel chiefs, administrative directors, and 23
chief investigators. 24
2. Effective July 1, 2025, participation in the Senior 25
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Management Service Class is compulso ry for each district's 26
assistant regional counsel supervisors. 27
3.2. A Senior Management Service Class member under this 28
paragraph may purchase additional retirement credit in the class 29
for creditable service within the purview of the Senior 30
Management Service Class retroactive to October 1, 2007, and may 31
upgrade retirement credit for such service in accordance with 32
paragraph (j). However, this service credit may not be purchased 33
by the employer on behalf of the member. 34
Section 2. For the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the sum of 35
$950,000 in recurring funds is appropriated from the General 36
Revenue Fund to the offices of the Criminal Conflict and Civil 37
Regional Counsel for the purpose of paying retirement benefits 38
for specified positions within those offices. 39
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 40