175.021 Legislative declaration.— (1) It is hereby declared by the Legislature that firefighters perform state and municipal functions; that it is their duty to extinguish fires, to protect life, and to protect property at their own risk and peril; that it is their duty to prevent conflagration and to continuously instruct school personnel, public officials, and private […]
175.025 Short title.—This chapter may be cited as the “Marvin B. Clayton Firefighters Pension Trust Fund Act.” History.—s. 1, ch. 2004-21.
175.032 Definitions.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the term: (1) “Additional premium tax revenues” means revenues received by a municipality or special fire control district pursuant to s. 175.121 which exceed base premium tax revenues. (2) “Average final compensation” […]
175.041 Firefighters’ Pension Trust Fund created; applicability of provisions.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter: (1) There shall be established a special fund exclusively for the purpose of this chapter, which in the case of chapter plans shall be […]
175.051 Actuarial deficits not state obligation.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, actuarial deficits, if any, arising under this chapter shall not be the obligation of the state. History.—s. 1, ch. 63-249; s. 4, ch. 99-1.
175.061 Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter: (1) In each municipality and in each special fire control district there is hereby created a board of trustees […]
175.071 General powers and duties of board of trustees.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter: (1) The board of trustees, subject to the fiduciary standards in ss. 112.656, 112.661, and 518.11 and the Code of Ethics in ss. 112.311-112.3187, […]
175.081 Use of annuity or insurance policies.—When the board of trustees of any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan purchases annuity or life insurance contracts to provide all or any part of the benefits as provided for by this chapter, the following […]
175.091 Creation and maintenance of fund.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter: (1) The firefighters’ pension trust fund in each municipality and in each special fire control district shall be created and maintained in the following manner: (a) By payment […]
175.101 State excise tax on property insurance premiums authorized; procedure.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter: (1) Each municipality or special fire control district in this state described and classified in s. 175.041, having a lawfully established firefighters’ pension […]
175.1015 Determination of local premium tax situs.— (1)(a) Any insurance company that is obligated to report and remit the excise tax on property insurance premiums imposed under s. 175.101 shall be held harmless from any liability, including, but not limited to, liability for taxes, interest, or penalties that would otherwise be due solely as a result of […]
175.111 Certified copy of ordinance or resolution filed; insurance companies’ annual report of premiums; duplicate files; book of accounts.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, whenever any municipality passes an ordinance or whenever any special fire control district […]
175.121 Department of Revenue and Division of Retirement to keep accounts of deposits; disbursements.—For any municipality or special fire control district having a chapter or local law plan established pursuant to this chapter: (1) The Department of Revenue shall keep a separate account of all moneys collected for each municipality and each special fire control district under […]
1175.1215 Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund.—The Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund is created, to be administered by the Division of Retirement of the Department of Management Services. Funds credited to the trust fund, as provided in chapter 95-250, Laws of Florida, or similar legislation, shall be expended for the purposes set forth […]
175.122 Limitation of disbursement.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, any municipality or special fire control district participating in the firefighters’ pension trust fund pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether under a chapter plan or local […]
175.131 Funds received by municipality or special fire control district; deposit in firefighters’ pension trust fund.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, all state and other funds received by any municipality or special fire control district under the […]
175.141 Payment of excise tax credit on similar state excise or license tax.—The tax herein authorized to be imposed by each municipality and each special fire control district shall in nowise be in addition to any similar state excise or license tax imposed by part IV of chapter 624, but the payor of the tax hereby […]
175.151 Penalty for failure of insurers to comply with this act.—If any insurance company, corporation or other insurer fails to comply with the provisions of this act, on or before March 1 of each year as herein provided, the certificate of authority issued to said insurance company, corporation or other insurer to transact business in this […]
175.162 Requirements for retirement.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, any firefighter who completes 10 or more years of creditable service as a firefighter and attains age 55, or completes 25 years of creditable service as a firefighter […]
175.171 Optional forms of retirement income.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter: (1) In lieu of the amount and form of retirement income payable in the event of normal or early retirement as specified in s. 175.162, a firefighter, […]
