Florida Florida Statutes
§ 122.04
FS § 122.04Ch. 122
Statute text
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(8)Any surviving spouse of a county official or former county official, who was formerly employed full time in the office of the county official and who is presently employed by the said county official or is a county official of any such county and who did not receive compensation for a period of more than 10 years as such employee, may receive credit for retirement purposes as provided for in this chapter by:(a) Contributing to the said retirement trust fund on a salary computed on the basis of one-third of the compensation received by the said county official for the period of time the said employee did not receive any compensation, and interest on said contribution shall be paid at the rate of 3 percent per annum from July 1, 1945.
(b)Submitting affidavits from two county officials or former county officials from any such county to substantiate said employment.
(9)The surviving spouse or other dependent of any member whose employment is terminated by death shall, upon application to the department, be permitted to pay the required contributions for any service performed by the member which could have been claimed by the member at the time of death. Such service shall be added to the creditable service of the member and shall be used in the calculation of any benefits which may be payable to the surviving spouse or other surviving dependent.
Legislative history
s. 3, ch. 29801, 1955; s. 1, ch. 57-350; ss. 1, 2, ch. 57-363; s. 1, ch. 57-1986; s. 1, ch. 59-203; s. 1, ch. 59-285; s. 1, ch. 59-303; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 1, ch. 61-291; s. 1, ch. 61-434; s. 9, ch. 63-555; s. 8, ch. 65-484; s. 8, ch. 69-82; ss. 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 69-124; s. 1, ch. 69-128; s. 1, ch. 69-1753; s. 2, ch. 72-334; s. 3, ch. 72-345; s. 3, ch. 72-347; s. 4, ch. 74-328; s. 58, ch. 79-40; s. 12, ch. 92-122; s. 63, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 781, ch. 95-147; s. 4, ch. 95-154; s. 57, ch. 99-2; s. 55, ch. 99-255; s. 34, ch. 2001-266; s. 8, ch. 2002-194.