Florida Florida Statutes

§ 121.052 — Membership class of elected officers

FS § 121.052Ch. 121

Statute text

(1)ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASS.—There is hereby established a separate class of members within the Florida Retirement System, which hereafter may be cited as the “Elected Officers' Class.” Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to said class shall also be construed as a reference to the Elected State Officers' Class, as the same existed prior to July 3, 1990.

(2)MEMBERSHIP.—The following holders of elective office, hereinafter referred to as “elected officers,” whether assuming elective office by election, reelection, or appointment, are members of the Elected Officers' Class, except as provided in subsection (3):(a) Any Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Cabinet officer, legislator, Supreme Court justice, district court of appeal judge, circuit judge, or state attorney assuming office on or after July 1, 1972.

(b)Any county court judge assuming office on or after October 1, 1974.

(c)Any public defender assuming office on or after July 1, 1977.

(d)Any constitutional county elected officer assuming office on or after July 1, 1981, including any sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser, supervisor of elections, clerk of the circuit court, county commissioner, school board member, or elected school board superintendent, or any elected officer of any entity with countywide jurisdiction assuming office on or after July 1, 1981, who, pursuant to general or special law, exercises powers and duties that, but for such general or special law, would be exercised by any of the constitutional county elected officers set forth in this paragraph, including the sheriff and clerk of the circuit court in a consolidated government with countywide jurisdiction unless such sheriff or clerk elected to continue to participate in a local retirement system.

(e)Any public service commissioner assuming office on or after July 1, 1972, but prior to July 1, 1979.

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Legislative history

s. 4, ch. 77-469; s. 5, ch. 83-76; s. 9, ch. 90-274; s. 5, ch. 92-122; s. 771, ch. 95-147; s. 4, ch. 97-180; s. 5, ch. 98-138; s. 4, ch. 99-9; s. 8, ch. 2000-169; s. 1, ch. 2001-235; s. 13, ch. 2002-273; s. 5, ch. 2009-209; s. 13, ch. 2010-5; s. 10, ch. 2011-68; s. 7, ch. 2017-88; s. 4, ch. 2023-193.