Florida Statute 175.021 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 175
FIREFIGHTER PENSIONS

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F.S. 175.021

175.021 Legislative declaration.—

(1) It is hereby declared by the Legislature that firefighters perform state and municipal functions; that it is their duty to extinguish fires, to protect life, and to protect property at their own risk and peril; that it is their duty to prevent conflagration and to continuously instruct school personnel, public officials, and private citizens in the prevention of fires and firesafety; that they protect both life and property from local emergencies as defined in s. 252.34; and that their activities are vital to the public safety. It is further declared that firefighters employed by special fire control districts serve under the same circumstances and perform the same duties as firefighters employed by municipalities and should therefore be entitled to the benefits available under this chapter. Therefore, the Legislature declares that it is a proper and legitimate state purpose to provide a uniform retirement system for the benefit of firefighters and intends, in implementing the provisions of s. 14, Art. X of the State Constitution as they relate to municipal and special district firefighters’ pension trust fund systems and plans, that such retirement systems or plans be managed, administered, operated, and funded in such manner as to maximize the protection of the firefighters’ pension trust funds. Pursuant to s. 18, Art. VII of the State Constitution, the Legislature hereby determines and declares that this act fulfills an important state interest.

(2) This chapter hereby establishes, for all municipal and special district pension plans existing under this chapter, including chapter plans and local law plans, minimum benefits and minimum standards for the operation and funding of such plans, hereinafter referred to as firefighters’ pension trust funds, which must be met as conditions precedent to the plan or plan sponsor’s receiving a distribution of insurance premium tax revenues under s. 175.121. Minimum benefits and minimum standards for each plan may not be diminished by local charter, ordinance, or resolution or by special act of the Legislature and may not be reduced or offset by any other local, state, or federal law that includes firefighters in its operation, except as provided under s. 112.65.

History.—s. 1, ch. 63-249; s. 1, ch. 79-380; s. 7, ch. 83-334; s. 1, ch. 86-41; s. 12, ch. 93-193; s. 1, ch. 99-1; s. 65, ch. 99-2; s. 58, ch. 2011-142; s. 1, ch. 2015-39.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 175.021

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 175.021

Total Results: 7

Artz v. City of Tampa

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-12-19

Citation: 102 So. 3d 747, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 21795

Snippet: legislature or by municipal ordinance); see also §§ 175.021, et seq, 185.01, et seq., Fla. Stat. (2000). Absent

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2003-11-03

Snippet: to Ch. 23444, Laws of Florida (1945). 4 Section 175.021(2), Fla. Stat. 5 Id. Section 112.65, Fla. Stat

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1993-11-15

Snippet: 2d 850, 853 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1989). 2 See, ss. 175.021 and 185.01, F.S. 3 See, Advisory Opinion to Governor

Kilpatrick v. Sklar

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-07-27

Citation: 548 So. 2d 215, 1989 WL 84104

Snippet: the course of their employment. See, e.g., §§ 175.021, 185.01, 321.15, 440.091, Fla. Stat. (1987). We

Florida League of Cities, Inc. v. Department of Insurance and Treasurer

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-02-28

Citation: 540 So. 2d 850, 1989 WL 15937

Snippet: language in section 1, ch. 86-41, amending section 175.021: [The legislature] intends, in implementing the

In re Forfeiture of One 1981 Chevrolet El Camino VIN CCW80K3BD422125 License DDP 148

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-05-15

Citation: 468 So. 2d 1093, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1239, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 14198

Snippet: (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 877, 89 S.Ct. 175, 21 L.Ed.2d 149 (1968); Sirimarco v. United States

North v. Ringling Ringling v. North

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-08-02

Citation: 7 So. 2d 476, 149 Fla. 739, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 1145

Snippet: 114 Fla. 233,153 So. 904; Bell v. Bell, 181 U.S. 175, 21 Sup. Ct. 551, 45 L.Ed. 804. This in fine is the