Claim: The Legislature needs to spend $500 million to "shore up" the pension fund this year and the next 28 years to keep it "afloat."
Fact-check: Will Weatherford says Florida's pension fund needs $500 million for next 29 years to stay 'afloat'
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Katie Sanders
Date published: 2013-03-11T00:00:00