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FL Stat § 120.651 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 120 - Administrative Procedure Act|120.651 - Designation of Two Administrative Law Judges to Preside Over Actions Involving Department or Boards.

120.651 Designation of two administrative law judges to preside over actions involving department or boards.—The Division of Administrative Hearings shall designate at least two administrative law judges who shall specifically preside over actions involving the Department of Health or boards within the Department of Health. Each designated administrative law judge must be a member of The Florida Bar in good standing and must have legal, managerial, or clinical experience in issues related to health care or have attained board certification in health care law from The Florida Bar.History.—s. 32, ch. 2003-416.
FL Stat § 120.655 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 120 - Administrative Procedure Act|120.655 - Withholding Funds to Pay for Administrative Law Judge Services to School Boards.

120.655 Withholding funds to pay for administrative law judge services to school boards.—If a district school board fails to make a timely payment for the services provided by an administrative law judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings as provided annually in the General Appropriations Act, the Commissioner of Education shall withhold, from any general revenue funds the district is eligible to receive, an amount sufficient to pay for the administrative law judge’s services. The commissioner shall transfer the amount withheld to the Division of Administrative Hearings in payment of such services.History.—s. 1, ch. 92-121; s. 32, ch. 96-159.
FL Stat § 120.66 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 120 - Administrative Procedure Act|120.66 - Ex Parte Communications.

120.66 Ex parte communications.—(1) In any proceeding under ss. 120.569 and 120.57, no ex parte communication relative to the merits, threat, or offer of reward shall be made to the agency head, after the agency head has received a recommended order, or to the presiding officer by:(a) An agency head or member of the agency or any other public employee or official engaged in prosecution or advocacy in connection with the matter under consideration or a factually related matter.(b) A party to the proceeding, the party’s authorized representative or counsel, or any person who, directly or indirectly, would have a substantial interest in the proposed agency action.Nothing in this subsection shall apply to advisory staff members who do not testify on behalf of the agency in the proceeding or to any rulemaking proceedings under s. 120.54.(2) A presiding officer, including an agency head or designee, who is involved in the decisional process and who receives an ex parte communication in violation of subsection (1) shall place on the record of the pending matter all written communications received, all written responses to such communications, and a memorandum stating the substance of all oral communications received and all oral responses made, and shall also advise all parties that such matters have been placed on the record. Any party desiring to rebut the ex parte communication shall be allowed to do so, if such party requests the opportunity for rebuttal within 10 days after notice of such communication. The presiding officer may, if necessary to eliminate the effect of an ex parte communication, withdraw from the proceeding, in which case the entity that appointed the presiding officer shall assign a successor.(3) Any person who makes an ex parte communication prohibited by subsection (1), and any presiding officer, including an agency head or designee, who fails to place in the record any such communication, is in violation of this act and may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed $500 or be subjected to other disciplinary action.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-310; s. 10, ch. 75-191; s. 12, ch. 76-131; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 10, ch. 78-425; s. 765, ch. 95-147; s. 33, ch. 96-159; s. 14, ch. 97-176.
FL Stat § 120.665 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 120 - Administrative Procedure Act|120.665 - Disqualification of Agency Personnel.

120.665 Disqualification of agency personnel.—(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 112.3143, any individual serving alone or with others as an agency head may be disqualified from serving in an agency proceeding for bias, prejudice, or interest when any party to the agency proceeding shows just cause by a suggestion filed within a reasonable period of time prior to the agency proceeding. If the disqualified individual was appointed, the appointing power may appoint a substitute to serve in the matter from which the individual is disqualified. If the individual is an elected official, the Governor may appoint a substitute to serve in the matter from which the individual is disqualified. However, if a quorum remains after the individual is disqualified, it shall not be necessary to appoint a substitute.(2) Any agency action taken by a duly appointed substitute for a disqualified individual shall be as conclusive and effective as if agency action had been taken by the agency as it was constituted prior to any substitution.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-310; s. 12, ch. 78-425; s. 2, ch. 83-329; s. 767, ch. 95-147; s. 34, ch. 96-159; s. 18, ch. 2013-36.Note.—Former s. 120.71.
FL Stat § 120.72 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 120 - Administrative Procedure Act|120.72 - Legislative Intent; References to Chapter 120 or Portions Thereof.

120.72 Legislative intent; references to chapter 120 or portions thereof.—Unless expressly provided otherwise, a reference in any section of the Florida Statutes to chapter 120 or to any section or sections or portion of a section of chapter 120 includes, and shall be understood as including, all subsequent amendments to chapter 120 or to the referenced section or sections or portions of a section.History.—s. 3, ch. 74-310; s. 1, ch. 76-207; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 57, ch. 78-95; s. 13, ch. 78-425; s. 38, ch. 96-159.
FL Stat § 120.73 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 120 - Administrative Procedure Act|120.73 - Circuit Court Proceedings; Declaratory Judgments.

120.73 Circuit court proceedings; declaratory judgments.—Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal any provision of the Florida Statutes which grants the right to a proceeding in the circuit court in lieu of an administrative hearing or to divest the circuit courts of jurisdiction to render declaratory judgments under the provisions of chapter 86.History.—s. 11, ch. 75-191; s. 14, ch. 78-425.
FL Stat § 120.82 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 120 - Administrative Procedure Act|120.82 - Keep Our Graduates Working Act.

120.82 Keep Our Graduates Working Act.—(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Keep Our Graduates Working Act of 2020.”(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this act is to ensure that Floridians who graduate from an accredited college or university can maintain their occupational licenses, as defined in subsection (3), and remain in the workforce while they attempt to pay off their student loan debt.(3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Default” means the failure to repay a student loan according to the terms agreed to in the promissory note.(b) “Delinquency” means the failure to make a student loan payment when it is due.(c) “License” means any professional license, certificate, registration, or permit granted by the applicable state authority.(d) “State authority” means any department, board, or agency with the authority to grant a license to any person in this state.(e) “Student loan” means a federal-guaranteed or state-guaranteed loan for the purposes of postsecondary education.(4) STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT; DELINQUENCY.—A state authority may not deny a license, refuse to renew a license, or suspend or revoke a license that it has issued to a person who is in default on or delinquent in the payment of his or her student loans solely on the basis of such default or delinquency.History.—s. 1, ch. 2020-125.
FL Stat § 122.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.04 - Compulsory Participation.

122.04 Compulsory participation.—The provisions of this law shall be compulsory as to all persons who enter the employment of the state or county of the state on or after July 1, 1947, and there shall be deducted from the salary of every officer and employee who thereafter enters the employment of the state or county of the state 6 percent as provided for in s. 122.03. All persons entering the service of the state or county of the state after July 1, 1947, shall be considered new employees or new officers and no prior service of such employees or officers shall be computed as part of their aggregate number of years of service under this law, except employees in military service on leave of absence who return immediately from military service to the service of the state or county of the state. Provided further that any person who is employed after the effective date of this chapter by a county having a retirement system shall be a compulsory member of this retirement system unless he or she becomes a member of its local retirement system.History.—s. 4, ch. 29801, 1955; s. 782, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 122.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.05 - Legislator Services Included.

122.05 Legislator services included.—(1) The aggregate days of service heretofore or hereafter rendered the State Legislature as a member of the Senate or House of Representatives by any participants of the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System shall be computed as a part of the aggregate years of state or county service of such participant in said retirement system, and it shall be the duty of state officials administering the provisions of said system to allow any such participant such legislative service, together with other service rendered by such participant to the state or county.(2) The department and state officials administering said retirement system shall make the contribution deductions required by law from the compensation hereafter received by any of the said participating members of the Legislature for service rendered the State Legislature in the same manner as in the case of other state employment.(3) Any member of the Legislature on the effective date of this chapter may claim credit for all prior service as such member by paying into the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement Trust Fund the required amount as computed by the division, plus 3-percent interest compounded annually until July 1, 1975, and thereafter at the rate of 6.5-percent interest compounded annually until date of payment and upon making such payment shall be entitled to receive credit for his or her full terms as such legislator. Provided further that any member of the Legislature who previously had vested rights under the retirement law would not have his or her benefits accumulated at the time he or she takes office as such legislator reduced by virtue of such service as a legislator.(4) Any member of the Legislature who had vested rights under the retirement law, prior to becoming a member of the Legislature, may use the average salary of the best 10 years of the last 15 years of creditable service earned prior to becoming a member of the Legislature.(5) Any member of the Legislature who is a member of any state and county retirement system on the effective date, or any future member of the Legislature, may pay into any state and county retirement trust fund, based on his or her prior or future service, 45 percent of his or her salary for the first 10 years of service, 60 percent of his or her salary for the second 10 years, and 75 percent of his or her salary for the third 10 years, said salary to be considered during his or her total service, $100 per month. In computing the retirement benefit for such members of the Legislature, the average final compensation shall be the amount that a 6-percent contribution would have applied to produce the contribution required above.History.—s. 5, ch. 29801, 1955; s. 1, ch. 59-461; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 1, ch. 67-581; ss. 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 74-328; s. 783, ch. 95-147; s. 56, ch. 99-255.
FL Stat § 122.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.051 - Eligibility of Retired State Employee for Legislature; Compensation.

122.051 Eligibility of retired state employee for Legislature; compensation.—Any retired state employee who is presently drawing retirement benefits under any state retirement system may, as any other citizen, serve in the Legislature without affecting in any way his or her retirement status or the receipt of retirement funds while a member of the Legislature. Such person may be paid the salary of a legislator, and per diem and mileage in connection with his or her official legislative duties in addition to his or her retirement benefits during the person’s term of legislative service except that service as a legislator after retirement shall not increase retirement benefits.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-476; s. 784, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 122.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.06 - Legislative Employee Services Included.

122.06 Legislative employee services included.—(1) Aggregate days of attache service heretofore or hereafter rendered the State Legislature by any participant of the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System shall be computed as a part of the aggregate years of state service of such participant in said retirement system, and it shall be the duty of state officials administering the provisions of said system to allow any such participant such legislative attache service, together with other service rendered by such participant to the state or county.(2) The department and other state officials administering said retirement system shall make the contribution deductions required by law from the compensation hereafter received by any of the said participating attaches for service rendered the State Legislature in the same manner as in the case of other state employment.History.—ss. 6, 7, ch. 29801, 1955; ss. 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 57, ch. 99-255.
FL Stat § 122.061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.061 - Hospital Districts and County Hospital Corporations; Officers and Employees Included.

122.061 Hospital districts and county hospital corporations; officers and employees included.—(1) Boards of hospital districts and county hospital corporations may elect to bring employees of such districts or corporations under the provisions of the retirement law. Once this election is made it may not be revoked and all present and future employees shall be compulsory members of the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System.(2) All boards of hospital districts and county hospital corporations who now have officers and employees participating in the State and County Officers and Employees’ System will continue to have such coverage as provided by this chapter. The presumption being that such boards have elected to come under the law.(3) The rights of any officer or employee who is a member of the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System or who is receiving benefits under the provisions of this chapter, by virtue of Attorney General’s opinion and Comptroller’s rulings rendered prior to the declaratory decree of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, March 1957, shall not be impaired or reduced.History.—ss. 1-4, ch. 57-47; s. 1, ch. 67-612.
FL Stat § 122.07 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.07 - Seasonal State Employment Included; Time Limit and Procedure for Claiming.

122.07 Seasonal state employment included; time limit and procedure for claiming.—(1) Any seasonal state employee who works for and draws compensation from the state or any of its departments for a period of more than 6 months during the fiscal year, that is, from July 1 of any year to June 30 of the following year, inclusive, but who works the remainder or a part of such fiscal year in the same or a similar capacity for another state or department thereof, may receive credit for the actual time employed by another state or department thereof, provided that such employee shall comply with the conditions hereinafter specified.(2) Any state employee as described in subsection (1) in the classification set forth in s. 122.01 may elect to receive credit as a state employee under the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System by providing to the department a statement from the state in which he or she was employed, listing days employed and monthly earnings and such other information as may, in the opinion of the department, be necessary or appropriate in the carrying out of this section. Credit shall be granted upon payment to the department by such employee of an amount equal to the total retirement contribution that would have been required had the member worked in this state during the period based on the salary drawn by such employee during his or her last full month of employment by the state or any department thereof for each month during said fiscal year for which such employee was not employed by the state or any department thereof, but was employed by some other state, plus interest compounded annually each June 30 from the date of the service in another state to the date of payment at the rate of 4 percent until July 1, 1975, and 6.5 percent thereafter. The member shall have until his or her date of retirement to claim and purchase credit for such employment in another state.History.—s. 8, ch. 29801, 1955; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 78-279; s. 27, ch. 79-164; s. 1, ch. 87-29; s. 21, ch. 91-45; s. 13, ch. 92-122; s. 785, ch. 95-147; s. 58, ch. 99-255.
FL Stat § 122.09 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.09 - Disability Retirement; Medical Examinations.

122.09 Disability retirement; medical examinations.—Whenever any officer or employee of the state or county of the state has service credit as such officer or employee for 10 years within the contemplation of this law, the last 5 years of which, except for a single break not to exceed 1 year, must be continuous, unbroken service and who is regularly contributing to the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement Trust Fund and shall while holding such office or employment become permanently and totally disabled, physically or mentally, or both, from rendering useful and efficient service as such officer or employee, such officer or employee may retire from his or her office or employment, and upon such retirement the officer or employee shall be paid, so long as the permanent and total disability continues, on his or her own monthly requisition, from the State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement Trust Fund hereinafter established, retirement compensation as provided in s. 122.08; provided that no officer or employee retiring under this section shall receive less than 50 percent of his or her average final compensation not to exceed $75. No officer or employee of the state and county of the state shall be permitted to retire under the provisions of this section until examined by a duly qualified physician or surgeon or board of physicians and surgeons, to be selected by the Governor for that purpose, and found to be disabled in the degree and in the manner specified in this section. Any officer or employee retiring under this section shall be examined periodically by a duly qualified physician or surgeon or board of physicians and surgeons to be selected by the Governor for that purpose and paid from the retirement trust fund herein provided for, at such time as the Department of Management Services shall direct to determine if such total disability has continued and in the event it be disclosed by said examination that said total disability has ceased to exist, then such officer or employee shall forthwith cease to be paid benefits under this section. Reference to s. 122.08 is for the purpose of computing benefits only. Any person heretofore retired under this section shall be eligible to qualify for the minimum benefits provided herein; however, minimum benefits shall not be paid retroactively.History.—s. 10, ch. 29801, 1955; s. 4, ch. 57-364; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 2, 3, ch. 67-371; s. 1, ch. 69-121; s. 1, ch. 69-326; ss. 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 14, ch. 92-122; s. 64, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 787, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 122.11 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.11 - Reemployment After Refund.

122.11 Reemployment after refund.—Any state or county officer or employee whose contributions have been refunded as provided in s. 122.10 and who is subsequently reemployed by the state or a county of the state shall be treated as those persons who enter employment of the state or a county of the state the first time as provided in s. 122.03; provided, however, if any former member complies with s. 122.03(6) and receives service credit for 20 or more years for service rendered prior to June 1, 1961, such member shall not lose his or her rights under s. 122.01(3).History.—s. 12, ch. 29801, 1955; s. 1, ch. 67-577; s. 789, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 122.12 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records|Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System|122.12 - Designation of Beneficiary; Death of Participant; Forfeiture of Contributions After Benefits Paid; Survivor Benefits.

122.12 Designation of beneficiary; death of participant; forfeiture of contributions after benefits paid; survivor benefits.—(1) Any officer or employee may file, in writing, a designation of beneficiary and it shall be the duty of the department to refund 100 percent, without interest, of the contributions made to the retirement trust fund by such deceased officer or employee to such designated beneficiary. The officer or employee shall have the privilege of changing, in writing, the designated beneficiary at any time. Upon failure to designate a beneficiary, the refund shall be made to the persons in the same order as designated in s. 222.15, for wages due deceased employees. If the deceased officer or employee has received any benefits under this law, no refund shall be made unless such officer or employee has elected to accept benefits under s. 122.08(3) or (4).(2) Provided further any heir who received a refund under s. 10 of chapter 22938, Laws of 1945, or s. 10 of chapter 22831, Laws of 1945, shall be entitled to receive any accumulated retirement contributions credited to the deceased officer or employee’s account.History.—s. 13, ch. 29801, 1955; s. 5, ch. 57-364; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 61, ch. 99-255.