Florida Statutes 121.4503 – Florida Retirement System Contributions Clearing Trust Fund
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 121.4503
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Department: means the Department of Management Services. See Florida Statutes 121.021
- employee: means an eligible employee who enrolls in, or who defaults into, the investment plan as provided in subsection (4), a terminated Deferred Retirement Option Program member as described in subsection (21), or a beneficiary or alternate payee of a member or employee. See Florida Statutes 121.4501
- Employer: means an employer, as defined in…. See Florida Statutes 121.4501
- investment plan: means the defined contribution program established under this part. See Florida Statutes 121.4501
- system: means the general retirement system established by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the defined benefit program administered under this part, referred to as the "Florida Retirement System Pension Plan" or "pension plan" and the defined contribution program administered under part II of this chapter, referred to as the "Florida Retirement System Investment Plan" or "investment plan. See Florida Statutes 121.021
- System Trust Fund: means the trust fund established in the State Treasury by this chapter for the purpose of holding and investing the contributions paid by members and employers and paying the benefits to which members or their beneficiaries may become entitled. See Florida Statutes 121.021
(1) The Florida Retirement System Contributions Clearing Trust Fund is created as a clearing fund for disbursing employer and employee contributions to the component plans of the Florida Retirement System and shall be administered by the Department of Management Services. Funds shall be credited to the trust fund as provided in this chapter and held in trust for the contributing employees and employers until such time as the assets are transferred by the department to the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, the Florida Retirement System Investment Plan Trust Fund, or other trust funds as authorized by law, to be used for the purposes of this chapter. The trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.
(2) The Florida Retirement System Contributions Clearing Trust Fund is a clearing trust fund of the Department of Management Services pursuant to s. 19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution, and is not subject to termination.