Title: Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Membership in the Senior Management Service Class

Summary: Providing that participation in the Senior Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System is compulsory for each district's assistant regional counsel supervisors, beginning on a specified date, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to criminal conflict and civil regional counsel membership in the Senior Management Service Class; amending s. 121.055, F.S.; providing that participation in the Senior Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System is compulsory for each district s assistant regional counsel supervisors, beginning on a specified date; providing an appropriation; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section 121.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 121.055 Senior Management Service Class. There is hereby established a separate class of membership within the Florida Retirement System to be known as the  Senior Management Service Class,  which shall become effective February 1, 1987. (1) (m)1. Effective July 1, 2020, participation in the Senior Management Service Class is compulsory for each appointed criminal conflict and civil regional counsel and each district s assistant regional counsel chiefs, administrative directors, and chief investigators. 2.  Effective July 1, 2026, participation in the Senior Management Service Class is compulsory for each district s assistant regional counsel supervisors. 3.  A Senior Management Service Class member under this paragraph may purchase additional retirement credit in the class for creditable service within the purview of the Senior Management Service Class retroactive to October 1, 2007, and may upgrade retirement credit for such service in accordance with paragraph (j). However, this service credit may not be purchased by the employer on behalf of the member. Section 2.  For the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the sum of $950,000 in recurring funds is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the offices of the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel for the purpose of paying retirement benefits for specified positions within those offices. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.