§ 185.01 Legislative declaration
§ 185.015 Short title
§ 185.02 Definitions
§ 185.03 Municipal police officers’ retirement trust funds; creation; applicability of provisions; participation by public safety officers
§ 185.04 Actuarial deficits not state obligations
§ 185.05 Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney’s fees
§ 185.06 General powers and duties of board of trustees
§ 185.061 Use of annuity or insurance policies
§ 185.07 Creation and maintenance of fund
§ 185.08 State excise tax on casualty insurance premiums authorized; procedure
§ 185.085 Determination of local premium tax situs
§ 185.09 Report of premiums paid; date tax payable
§ 185.10 Department of Revenue and Division of Retirement to keep accounts of deposits; disbursements
§ 185.105 Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund
§ 185.11 Funds received by municipalities, deposit in retirement trust fund
§ 185.12 Payment of excise tax credit on similar state excise or license tax
§ 185.13 Failure of insurer to comply with chapter; penalty
§ 185.16 Requirements for retirement
§ 185.161 Optional forms of retirement income
§ 185.162 Beneficiaries
§ 185.18 Disability retirement
§ 185.185 False, misleading, or fraudulent statements made to obtain public retirement benefits prohibited; penalty
§ 185.19 Separation from municipal service; refunds
§ 185.191 Lump-sum payment of small retirement income
§ 185.21 Death prior to retirement; refunds of contributions or payment of death benefits
§ 185.221 Annual report to Division of Retirement; actuarial valuations
§ 185.23 Duties of Division of Retirement; rulemaking authority; investments by State Board of Administration
§ 185.25 Exemption from tax and execution
§ 185.30 Depository for retirement fund
§ 185.31 Municipalities and boards independent of other municipalities and boards and of each other
§ 185.34 Disability in line of duty
§ 185.341 Discrimination in benefit formula prohibited; restrictions regarding designation of joint annuitants
§ 185.35 Municipalities that have their own retirement plans for police officers
§ 185.37 Termination of plan and distribution of fund
§ 185.38 Transfer to another state retirement system; benefits payable
§ 185.39 Applicability
§ 185.50 Retiree health insurance subsidy
§ 185.60 Optional participation

Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 185 - Municipal Police Pensions

  • Accidental release: means an unanticipated emission of a regulated substance into the ambient air from a stationary source. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Accidental Release Prevention Program: means the program to implement the accidental release prevention, detection, and response provisions of…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Audit: means a review of information at, or submitted by, a stationary source subject to…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: means the federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board created under…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Clean Air Act: means the federal Clean Air Act, as amended, codified at 42 U. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Commission: means the State Emergency Response Commission for Hazardous Materials created by Executive Order 94-138. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Committee: means any local emergency planning committee established in the state under…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Division: means the Division of Emergency Management in the Executive Office of the Governor. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Inspection: means a review of information at a stationary source subject to…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Owner or operator: means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises any stationary source subject to…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, state or any agency or institution thereof, municipality, political subdivision of the state, and any agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States, and any officer, agent, or employee thereof, and, for the purposes of…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • political subdivision: include counties, cities, towns, villages, special tax school districts, special road and bridge districts, bridge districts, and all other districts in this state. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Process: means a process as that term is defined under 40 C. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Program level: means a Program 1, Program 2, or Program 3 stationary source level as determined under 40 C. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Regulated substance: means any regulated substance defined or listed under…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Risk Management Plan: means the Risk Management Plan required under…. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Stationary source: means any buildings, structures, equipment, installations, or regulated substance emitting stationary activities which belong to the same industrial group, which are located on one or more contiguous properties, which are under the control of the same person (or persons under common control), and from which an accidental release may occur. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trust fund: means the Operating Trust Fund of the division. See Florida Statutes 252.936
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01