Department of Management Services
Current Issues
Pension Trustees' Conferences / Pension Trustees' Schools
48th Annual Police Officers and Firefighters' Pension Trustees' Conference - COMPLETED
Nov. 14 - 16, 2018, at the Grand Orlando Resort
Kissimmee, Florida
40th Annual Police Officers and Firefighters' Pension Trustees' School - COMPLETED
April 30 - May 2, 2019, at the Augustus B. Turnbull, III Florida State Conference Center
Tallahassee, Florida
Attached is a United States Court of Appeals case from South Carolina dealing with federal flood insurance and taxes imposed by municipalities. Also attached is a letter from FEMA asserting that the police and firefighter excise taxes under Chapters 175 and 185, Florida Statutes, cannot be imposed on federal flood insurance because the feds preempt such taxes.
2019 Legislative Updates
The following retirement bills and related bills have been filed for consideration during the 2019 regular session of the Florida Legislature. If you click on the underlined bill number, you will access the Online Sunshine legislative page for that bill. At this website, you can view any version of a bill, review a bill's progress and locate any related bills.
Bills Amending either Chapter 112, 175 and/or 185, Florida Statutes
| Bill Number | Title | Sponsor |
| HB 41 | Correctional Facility Employees | Drake |
| SB 426 | Firefighters | Flores |
| HB 857 | Firefighters | Willhite |
Local Bills
| Bill Number | Title | Sponsor |
| HB 901 | City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County | Willhite |
| HB 1323 | City of Tampa, Hillsborough County | Grant |
For additional retirement and related bills of significance to members of the FRS and other public retirement plans, visit the 2019 Legislation page of this website.
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