Florida Administrative Code › 60 - DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES › 60S - Division of Retirement › Chapter 60S-1 - MEMBERSHIP › Section 60S-1.005 - Special Risk Class; Legislative Intent and Procedures

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Legislative Intent. - The intent and
				purpose of the Legislature in establishing the Special Risk Class is provided
				in Section  121.0515(1),
				F.S.
(2) Eligibility - Any member
				who is employed as a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a correctional
				officer, a community based probation officer with the Department of
				Corrections, a youth custody officer with the Department of Juvenile Justice,
				an emergency medical technician or paramedic, a fixed-wing aircraft pilot
				conducting aerial firefighting surveillance employed by the Division of
				Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, a professional
				health care worker in a correctional or forensic facility or institution and
				employed by the Department of Corrections or the Department of Children and
				Family Services; a forensic worker employed by the Department of Law
				Enforcement in the crime laboratory or employed by the Division of the State
				Fire Marshal in the forensic laboratory, or a forensic worker employed by a
				local government law enforcement agency or medical examiner's office who meet
				the criteria as set forth in Rule
				 60S-1.0051,
				 60S-1.0052,
				 60S-1.0053,
				 60S-1.00535,
				 60S-1.00537 or
				 60S-1.00539, F.A.C., shall be
				eligible for approval for Special Risk Class membership as provided in this
				section.
(3) Application. - The
				following procedures shall govern applications for Special Risk Class
				membership:
(a) Application procedures for
				officers and employees of state agencies.
1.
				Applying the requirements for Special Risk Class membership in subsection (2),
				the Department of Management Services shall specify those classes of positions
				established by the Division of Human Resource Management which shall be
				included in the Special Risk Class. The incumbents of such positions shall be
				entitled to Special Risk Class membership. If a class is not specified by the
				Department of Management Services, the employing agency may petition the State
				Retirement Commission for inclusion of a particular class among those specified
				as provided in Section
				 121.0515(3)(b),
				F.S.
2. Each state agency utilizing
				positions specified in subparagraph 1. shall submit the appropriate position
				class code on the Monthly Retirement Report, for each officer and employee who
				fills a position so specified.
3.
				The effective date of Special Risk Class membership for newly employed officers
				and employees who have been verified by the employing state agency and who are
				certified or required to be certified by the appropriate council or commission
				shall be the date of employment in a position specified as Special Risk Class
				as provided in subparagraph 1. Special Risk Class contributions shall begin at
				that time.
a. If a Regular Class member
				becomes employed in a Special Risk Class position or a position is reclassified
				as a Special Risk Class position, the effective date of Special Risk Class
				membership shall be the first day of the month in which the employee assumes
				the Special Risk Class position or the position is reclassified. Special Risk
				Class contributions shall be payable effective with the first salary paid on or
				after the first day of the month of Special Risk Class coverage.
b. If a Special Risk Class member changes to
				another position classified as Special Risk Class within the same set of
				criteria (e.g., a corrections officer I changing to a corrections officer II
				position), the employer shall submit the appropriate position class code for
				the new position on the Monthly Retirement Report.
c. If a Special Risk Class member changes to
				a Special Risk Class position under a different set of criteria (e.g., a
				transfer from law enforcement to a firefighter or correctional position), his
				or her employer shall submit the appropriate position class code for the new
				position on the Monthly Retirement Report.