(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.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records
Chapter 122 - State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System
122.01 - State and County Officers and Employees’ Retirement System; Consolidation; Divisions.
122.03 - Contributions; Participants; Prior Service Credit.
122.04 - Compulsory Participation.
122.05 - Legislator Services Included.
122.051 - Eligibility of Retired State Employee for Legislature; Compensation.
122.06 - Legislative Employee Services Included.
122.061 - Hospital Districts and County Hospital Corporations; Officers and Employees Included.
122.07 - Seasonal State Employment Included; Time Limit and Procedure for Claiming.
122.08 - Requirements for Retirement; Classifications.
122.09 - Disability Retirement; Medical Examinations.
122.10 - Separation From Service; Refund of Contributions.
122.11 - Reemployment After Refund.
122.15 - Benefits Exempt From Taxes and Execution.
122.16 - Employment After Retirement.
122.18 - Certain Officers and Employees Not Covered.
122.19 - Change of Positions; Election of Retirement Systems; Exceptions.
122.20 - Blind Vending-Stand Operators; Participation By.
122.21 - Activation of Division B.
122.23 - Definitions; Ss. 122.21-122.321.
122.24 - Membership in Division B.
122.321 - County Officers and Employees; Division B.
122.34 - Special Provisions for Certain Sheriffs and Full-Time Deputy Sheriffs.