Chapter 175 — Chapter 175
39 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 175.021 Legislative declaration
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(1) It is hereby declared by the Legislature that firefighters perform state and municipal functions; that it is their duty to extinguish fires, to protect life, and to protect property at their own risk and peril; that it is their duty to prevent conflagration and to continuousl…
Fla. Stat. § 175.025 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Marvin B. Clayton Firefighters Pension Trust Fund Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 175.032 Definitions
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the term:(1) “Additional premium tax revenues” means revenues received by a municipality or special fire contr…
Fla. Stat. § 175.041 Firefighters’ Pension Trust Fund created; applicability of provisions
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) There shall be established a special fund exclusively for the purpose of this chapter, which in the case of…
Fla. Stat. § 175.051 Actuarial deficits not state obligation
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, actuarial deficits, if any, arising under this chapter shall not be the obligation of the state.
Fla. Stat. § 175.061 Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) In each municipality and in each special fire control district there is hereby created a board of trustees …
Fla. Stat. § 175.071 General powers and duties of board of trustees
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) The board of trustees, subject to the fiduciary standards in ss. 112.656, 112.661, and 518.11, the Code of …
Fla. Stat. § 175.081 Use of annuity or insurance policies
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When the board of trustees of any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan purchases annuity or life insurance contracts to provide all or any part of the benefits as provided for…
Fla. Stat. § 175.091 Creation and maintenance of fund
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) The firefighters’ pension trust fund in each municipality and in each special fire control district shall b…
Fla. Stat. § 175.101 State excise tax on property insurance premiums authorized; procedure
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) Each municipality or special fire control district in this state described and classified in s. 175.041, ha…
Fla. Stat. § 175.1015 Determination of local premium tax situs
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(1)(a) Any insurance company that is obligated to report and remit the excise tax on property insurance premiums imposed under s. 175.101 shall be held harmless from any liability, including, but not limited to, liability for taxes, interest, or penalties that would otherwise be …
Fla. Stat. § 175.111 Certified copy of ordinance or resolution filed; insurance companies’ annual report of premiums; duplicate files; book of accounts
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, whenever any municipality passes an ordinance or whenever any special fire control district passes a resolutio…
Fla. Stat. § 175.121 Department of Revenue and Division of Retirement to keep accounts of deposits; disbursements
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For any municipality or special fire control district having a chapter or local law plan established pursuant to this chapter:(1) The Department of Revenue shall keep a separate account of all moneys collected for each municipality and each special fire control district under the…
Fla. Stat. § 175.1215 Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund
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The Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund is created, to be administered by the Division of Retirement of the Department of Management Services. Funds credited to the trust fund, as provided in chapter 95-250, Laws of Florida, or similar legislation, shall be expended f…
Fla. Stat. § 175.122 Limitation of disbursement
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, any municipality or special fire control district participating in the firefighters’ pension trust fund pursua…
Fla. Stat. § 175.131 Funds received by municipality or special fire control district; deposit in firefighters’ pension trust fund
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, all state and other funds received by any municipality or special fire control district under the provisions o…
Fla. Stat. § 175.141 Payment of excise tax credit on similar state excise or license tax
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The tax herein authorized to be imposed by each municipality and each special fire control district shall in nowise be in addition to any similar state excise or license tax imposed by part IV of chapter 624, but the payor of the tax hereby authorized shall receive credit therefo…
Fla. Stat. § 175.151 Penalty for failure of insurers to comply with this act
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If any insurance company, corporation or other insurer fails to comply with the provisions of this act, on or before March 1 of each year as herein provided, the certificate of authority issued to said insurance company, corporation or other insurer to transact business in this s…
Fla. Stat. § 175.162 Requirements for retirement
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, any firefighter who completes 10 or more years of creditable service as a firefighter and attains age 55, or c…
Fla. Stat. § 175.171 Optional forms of retirement income
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) In lieu of the amount and form of retirement income payable in the event of normal or early retirement as s…
Fla. Stat. § 175.181 Beneficiaries
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) Each firefighter may, on a form provided for that purpose, signed and filed with the board of trustees, des…
Fla. Stat. § 175.191 Disability retirement
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) A firefighter having 10 or more years of credited service or a firefighter who becomes totally and permanen…
Fla. Stat. § 175.195 False, misleading, or fraudulent statements made to obtain public retirement benefits prohibited; penalty
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(1) It is unlawful for a person to willfully and knowingly make, or cause to be made, or to assist, conspire with, or urge another to make, or cause to be made, any false, fraudulent, or misleading oral or written statement or withhold or conceal material information to obtain an…
Fla. Stat. § 175.201 Death prior to retirement; refunds of contributions; death benefits
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) If a firefighter dies before being eligible to retire, the heirs, legatees, beneficiaries, or personal repr…
Fla. Stat. § 175.211 Separation from service; refunds
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) If a firefighter leaves the service of the municipality or special fire control district before accumulatin…
Fla. Stat. § 175.221 Lump-sum payment of small retirement income
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, notwithstanding any provisions of the plan to the contrary, if the monthly retirement income payable to any pe…
Fla. Stat. § 175.231 Diseases of firefighters suffered in line of duty; presumption
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, any condition or impairment of health of a firefighter caused by tuberculosis, hypertension, or heart disease …
Fla. Stat. § 175.241 Exemption from tax and execution
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the pensions, annuities, or other benefits accrued or accruing to any person under any chapter plan or local l…
Fla. Stat. § 175.261 Annual report to Division of Retirement; actuarial valuations
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the board of trustees for every chapter plan and local law plan shall submit the following reports to the divi…
Fla. Stat. § 175.301 Depository for pension funds
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, all funds of the firefighters’ pension trust fund of any chapter plan or local law plan under this chapter may…
Fla. Stat. § 175.311 Municipalities, special fire control districts, and boards independent of each other
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In the enforcement and interpretation of the provisions of this chapter for any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, each municipality and each special fir…
Fla. Stat. § 175.333 Discrimination in benefit formula prohibited; restrictions regarding designation of joint annuitants
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) No plan shall discriminate in its benefit formula based on color, national origin, sex, or marital status.(…
Fla. Stat. § 175.341 Duties of Division of Retirement; rulemaking authority; investments by State Board of Administration
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(1) The division shall be responsible for the daily oversight and monitoring for actuarial soundness of the firefighters’ pension plans, whether chapter or local law plans, established under this chapter, for receiving and holding the premium tax moneys collected under this chapt…
Fla. Stat. § 175.351 Municipalities and special fire control districts that have their own retirement plans for firefighters
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In order for a municipality or special fire control district that has its own retirement plan for firefighters, or for firefighters and police officers if both are included, to participate in the distribution of the tax fund established under s. 175.101, a local law plan must mee…
Fla. Stat. § 175.361 Termination of plan and distribution of fund
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the plan may be terminated by the municipality or special fire control district. Upon termination of the plan …
Fla. Stat. § 175.371 Transfer to another state retirement system; benefits payable
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter:(1) Any firefighter who has a vested right to benefits under a pension plan created pursuant to the provisions …
Fla. Stat. § 175.381 Applicability
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This act shall apply to all municipalities, special fire control districts, chapter plans, local law municipalities, local law special fire control districts, or local law plans presently existing or to be created pursuant to this chapter. Those plans presently existing pursuant …
Fla. Stat. § 175.401 Retiree health insurance subsidy
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For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, under the broad grant of home rule powers under the State Constitution and chapter 166, municipalities have th…
Fla. Stat. § 175.411 Optional participation
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A municipality or special fire control district may revoke its participation under this chapter by rescinding the legislative act, ordinance, or resolution which assesses and imposes the taxes authorized in s. 175.101, and by furnishing a certified copy of such legislative act, o…