Florida Statute 185.06 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 185
MUNICIPAL POLICE PENSIONS

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F.S. 185.06

185.06 General powers and duties of board of trustees.—For any municipality, chapter plan, local law municipality, or local law plan under this chapter:

(1) The board of trustees, subject to the fiduciary standards in ss. 112.656, 112.661, and 518.11, the Code of Ethics in ss. 112.311-112.3187, and the requirements in s. 112.662, may:

(a) Invest and reinvest the assets of the retirement trust fund in annuity and life insurance contracts of life insurance companies in amounts sufficient to provide, in whole or in part, the benefits to which all of the participants in the municipal police officers’ retirement trust fund are entitled under this chapter, and pay the initial and subsequent premiums thereon.

(b) Invest and reinvest the assets of the retirement trust fund in:

1. Time or savings accounts of a national bank, a state bank insured by the Bank Insurance Fund, or a savings and loan association insured by the Savings Association Insurance Fund administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or a state or federal chartered credit union whose share accounts are insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.

2. Obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.

3. Bonds issued by the State of Israel.

4. Bonds, stocks, or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any state or organized territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, provided:

a. The corporation is listed on any one or more of the recognized national stock exchanges or on the National Market System of the NASDAQ Stock Market and, in the case of bonds only, holds a rating in one of the three highest classifications by a major rating service; and

b. The board of trustees may not invest more than 5 percent of its assets in the common stock or capital stock of any one issuing company, nor shall the aggregate investment in any one issuing company exceed 5 percent of the outstanding capital stock of the company or the aggregate of its investments under this subparagraph at cost exceed 50 percent of the fund’s assets.

This paragraph applies to all boards of trustees and participants. However, if a municipality has a duly enacted pension plan pursuant to, and in compliance with, s. 185.35 and the trustees desire to vary the investment procedures, the trustees of such plan shall request a variance of the investment procedures as outlined herein only through a municipal ordinance or special act of the Legislature; if a special act, or a municipality by ordinance adopted before July 1, 1998, permits a greater than 50-percent equity investment, such municipality is not required to comply with the aggregate equity investment provisions of this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section may not be construed to take away any preexisting legal authority to make equity investments that exceed the requirements of this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of trustees may invest up to 25 percent of plan assets in foreign securities on a market-value basis. The investment cap on foreign securities may not be revised, amended, repealed, or increased except as provided by general law.

(c) Issue drafts upon the municipal police officers’ retirement trust fund pursuant to this act and rules prescribed by the board of trustees. All such drafts shall be consecutively numbered, be signed by the chair and secretary or by two individuals designated by the board who are subject to the same fiduciary standards as the board of trustees under this subsection, and state upon their faces the purposes for which the drafts are drawn. The city treasurer or other depository shall retain such drafts when paid, as permanent vouchers for disbursements made, and no money may otherwise be drawn from the fund.

(d) Finally decide all claims to relief under the board’s rules and regulations and pursuant to the provisions of this act.

(e) Convert into cash any securities of the fund.

(f) Keep a complete record of all receipts and disbursements and of the board’s acts and proceedings.

(2) Any and all acts and decisions shall be effectuated by vote of a majority of the members of the board; however, no trustee shall take part in any action in connection with his or her own participation in the fund, and no unfair discrimination shall be shown to any individual employee participating in the fund.

(3) The secretary of the board of trustees shall keep a record of all persons receiving retirement payments under the provisions of this chapter, in which shall be noted the time when the pension is allowed and when the pension shall cease to be paid. In this record, the secretary shall keep a list of all police officers employed by the municipality. The record shall show the name, address, and time of employment of such police officer and when he or she ceases to be employed by the municipality.

(4) The sole and exclusive administration of, and the responsibilities for, the proper operation of the retirement trust fund and for making effective the provisions of this chapter are vested in the board of trustees; however, nothing herein shall empower a board of trustees to amend the provisions of a retirement plan without the approval of the municipality. The board of trustees shall keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for an actuarial valuation of the retirement trust fund and for checking the actual experience of the fund.

(5)(a) At least once every 3 years, the board of trustees shall retain a professionally qualified independent consultant who shall evaluate the performance of any existing professional money manager and shall make recommendations to the board of trustees regarding the selection of money managers for the next investment term. These recommendations shall be considered by the board of trustees at its next regularly scheduled meeting. The date, time, place, and subject of this meeting shall be advertised in the same manner as for any meeting of the board.

(b) For the purpose of this subsection, the term “professionally qualified independent consultant” means a consultant who, based on education and experience, is professionally qualified to evaluate the performance of professional money managers, and who, at a minimum:

1. Provides his or her services on a flat-fee basis.

2. Is not associated in any manner with the money manager for the pension fund.

3. Makes calculations according to the American Banking Institute method of calculating time-weighted rates of return. All calculations must be made net of fees.

4. Has 3 or more years of experience working in the public sector.

(6) To assist the board in meeting its responsibilities under this chapter, the board, if it so elects, may:

(a) Employ independent legal counsel at the pension fund’s expense.

(b) Employ an independent enrolled actuary, as defined in s. 185.02, at the pension fund’s expense.

(c) Employ such independent professional, technical, or other advisers as it deems necessary at the pension fund’s expense.

If the board chooses to use the municipality’s or special district’s legal counsel or actuary, or chooses to use any of the municipality’s other professional, technical, or other advisers, it must do so only under terms and conditions acceptable to the board.

(7) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b) and as provided in s. 215.473, the board of trustees must identify and publicly report any direct or indirect holdings it may have in any scrutinized company, as defined in that section, and proceed to sell, redeem, divest, or withdraw all publicly traded securities it may have in that company beginning January 1, 2010. The divestiture of any such security must be completed by September 10, 2010. The board and its named officers or investment advisors may not be deemed to have breached their fiduciary duty in any action taken to dispose of any such security, and the board shall have satisfactorily discharged the fiduciary duties of loyalty, prudence, and sole and exclusive benefit to the participants of the pension fund and their beneficiaries if the actions it takes are consistent with the duties imposed by s. 215.473, and the manner of the disposition, if any, is reasonable as to the means chosen. For the purposes of effecting compliance with that section, the pension fund shall designate terror-free plans that allocate their funds among securities not subject to divestiture. No person may bring any civil, criminal, or administrative action against the board of trustees or any employee, officer, director, or advisor of such pension fund based upon the divestiture of any security pursuant to this subsection.

History.—s. 3, ch. 28230, 1953; s. 1, ch. 57-118; s. 3, ch. 59-320; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 1, ch. 65-366; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 86-42; s. 941, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 98-134; s. 67, ch. 99-2; s. 18, ch. 99-392; s. 29, ch. 2000-151; s. 11, ch. 2009-97; s. 19, ch. 2010-5; s. 11, ch. 2015-39; s. 7, ch. 2023-28.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 185.06

Total Results: 20

City of Miami v. City of Miami Firefighters' and Police Officers' Retirement Trust & Plan

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-06-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: ordinance until PERC issues a final order. See § 185.06(4), Fla. Stat. (2017) (providing “nothing herein

Burger King Corp. v. Lastre-Torres

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-09-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 202 So. 3d 872, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 13407

Snippet: Attorney’s fees and costs in the amounts of $92,185 and $6,962.40, respectively, were also awarded based

City of Wilton Manors v. Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-12-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 48 So. 3d 962, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18309, 2010 WL 4861747

Snippet: within the city for police pensions. See now § 185.06(2), Fla. Stat. (2009) (permissible investments)

City of St. Petersburg v. Remia

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-07-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 41 So. 3d 322, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 10448, 2010 WL 2788287

Snippet: of section 185.19(1) in the context of section 185.06, which permits trustees of the fund to invest in…contracts, the Attorney General concluded: [Section 185.06] has no direct bearing upon the rights of participants

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2006-07-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: two police officer appointees pursuant to section 185.06, Florida Statutes, how is the vacancy to be filled

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1993-11-02T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: countries? SUMMARY: Sections 175.071(1)(b)4. and 185.06(1)(b)4., F.S., limit the authority of the trustees…language in Ch.185, F.S., will be used. Section 185.06, F.S., sets forth the powers of the board of trustees… vary the investment procedures prescribed in s.185.06, F.S., by requesting a variance which may only …ordinance or a special act of the Legislature. Section 185.06, F.S., states, however, that "[i]nvestments…to companies organized under U.S. law.4 While s.185.06(1)(b)3., F.S., allows investment in bonds issued

Debose v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-05-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 598 So. 2d 195, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 5128, 1992 WL 91395

Snippet: the recipient of the group’s benefits, see § 409.185(6), Fla.Stat. (1989), the hearing officer erred in

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1992-04-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Special Acts of Florida, 1937." 12 See, e.g., 185.06(3), F.S. which places "[t]he sole and exclusive

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1990-10-22T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Porter, 173 So.2d 697 (Fla. 1964). 7 And see, s. 440.185(6), F.S., which provides that the reports required

Florida Bar

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-08-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 536 So. 2d 181, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1471, 1988 WL 143332

Snippet: 6.090, 6.110, 6.140, 6.160, 6.165, 6.180, 6.183, 6.185, 6.290, 6.455, and 6.540. Of those changes proposed

Florida Bar

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-08-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 530 So. 2d 274, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 510, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 885, 1988 WL 90343

Snippet: 6.090, 6.110, 6.140, 6.160, 6.165, 6.180, 6.183, 6.185, 6.290, 6.455, and 6.540. Of those changes proposed

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1986-12-15T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: retirement trust funds. See ss. 175.071(4) and 185.06(8), F.S., as amended respectively by s. 4, ch.

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1983-09-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: such as ss 175.071, and 185.06 (the provisions of ss 175.071[1][b]1. and 185.06[2][a], F.S., would be subject

Hall v. Oakley

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-01-17T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 409 So. 2d 93

Snippet: falsification. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence, § 610.1, pp. 185-6 (1977). In the next session of the Florida Legislature

Cenvill Communities, Inc. v. Pierre

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-02-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 393 So. 2d 662, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 19460

Snippet: venue. This argument is without merit. Section 440.185(6), Fla.Stat. (1979), provides inter alia that such

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1978-12-21T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: boards of trustees. See generally ss. 175.071 and 185.06, F. S. See also ss.175.061 and 185.05, F. S., which…the respective trust funds. See ss. 175.071 and 185.06, F. S. While the state cannot by statute compel

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1978-01-02T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: boards of trustees. See generally, ss. 175.071 and 185.06, F. S. and ss. 19-36(1) and (11) and 19-37, Code

General Aviation Corp. v. Elliott

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1974-12-31T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 305 So. 2d 220, 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 7406

Snippet: See Sparr v. Florida Southern Ry. Co., 25 Fla. 185, 6 So. 60 (1889) and Hartman Auto Sales, Inc. v. Jaye

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1974-08-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Beach County Commission, s. 163.190(3). Section 163.185(6) also authorizes the commission to "[p]erform

In Re Estate of Coles

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1968-01-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 205 So. 2d 554

Snippet: So.2d 467; Watts v. Newport, 1941, 149 Fla. 181, 185, 6 So.2d 829, 830; In re Estate of Bailey, supra at