(1) Any person who is a participant in any state or county retirement system, who changes his or her position of employment, or who is reclassified so that under any existing law such person would participate in a different retirement system, may continue to participate and come under the same retirement system in which he or she participated or came under before changing positions or being reclassified so long as such person remains in the employ of the state or county and continues to make the contributions required by law. Any person who has changed positions or been reclassified heretofore may come back under and participate in the retirement system to which he or she belonged before such change or reclassification upon payment of all back contributions, plus 3 percent interest per annum, that would have been required by law had he or she continued to participate and come under such system continuously, such election to be made and payment to be made on or before the time of retirement.
(2) The provisions of this section shall supersede any existing law relating to state and county retirement systems or pensions, provided nothing herein shall be construed to apply to State Supreme Court justices, as provided in chapter 25; nor to circuit judges as provided by chapter 38; nor to members of Duval County employees pension fund as provided in chapter 23259, Acts, 1945, as amended by chapter 27520, Acts, 1951, and chapter 27523, Acts, 1951.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 57-752; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 690, ch. 95-147.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records
Chapter 112 - Public Officers and Employees: General Provisions
Part I - Conditions of Employment; Retirement; Travel Expenses (Ss. 112.011-112.219)
112.011 - Disqualification from licensing and public employment based on criminal conviction.
112.021 - Florida residence unnecessary.
112.042 - Discrimination in county and municipal employment; relief.
112.0441 - Prohibition on public employee COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
112.0455 - Drug-Free Workplace Act.
112.046 - Political party committee membership allowed.
112.05 - Retirement; cost-of-living adjustment; employment after retirement.
112.0501 - Ratification of certain dual retirements.
112.062 - Cabinet members; educational and informational travel expenses.
112.063 - Reimbursement of county employees for educational expenses.
112.0801 - Group insurance; participation by retired employees.
112.0805 - Employer notice of insurance eligibility to employees who retire.
112.081 - Circuit judges, participation.
112.09 - Evidence of election to provide insurance.
112.10 - Deduction and payment of premiums.
112.11 - Participation voluntary.
112.13 - Insurance additional to workers’ compensation.
112.14 - Purpose and intent of law.
112.151 - Group hospitalization insurance for county officers and employees.
112.171 - Employee wage deductions.
112.175 - Employee wages; withholding to repay educational loan.
112.18155 - Correctional officers; special provisions for posttraumatic stress disorders.
112.1816 - Firefighters; cancer diagnosis.
112.182 - “Firefighter rule” abolished.
112.19 - Law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers; death benefits.
112.191 - Firefighters; death benefits.
112.1911 - Emergency medical technicians and paramedics; death benefits.
112.1912 - First responders; death benefits for educational expenses.
112.1913 - Effect of ch. 2003-412.
112.1915 - Teachers and school administrators; death benefits.
112.194 - Law enforcement and correctional officers’ Medal of Valor.
112.21 - Tax-sheltered annuities or custodial accounts for employees of governmental agencies.
112.215 - Government employees; deferred compensation program.
112.217 - Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; employees’ benefit fund.
112.218 - Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles personnel files; fees for copies.
112.219 - Substitution of work experience for postsecondary educational requirements.