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1A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to the Senior Management Service
3Class; amending s. 121.055, F.S.; authorizing the
4Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to select a
5specified number of non-managerial or policymaking
6positions within the judicial branch for inclusion in
7the Senior Management Service Class of the Florida
8Retirement System; requiring the Executive Director
9and the General Counsel of the Florida Judicial
10Qualifications Commission to participate in the Senior
11Management Service Class; providing an effective date.
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13Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15Section 1.        Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section
16121.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17121.055      Senior Management Service Class.—There is hereby
18established a separate class of membership within the Florida
19Retirement System to be known as the "Senior Management Service
20Class," which shall become effective February 1, 1987.
21(1)
22(h)1.a.      Except as provided in subparagraph 3., effective
23January 1, 1994, participation in the Senior Management Service
24Class shall be compulsory for the State Courts Administrator and
25the Deputy State Courts Administrators, the Clerk of the Supreme
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26    Court, the Marshal of the Supreme Court, the Executive Director
27    of the Justice Administrative Commission, the capital collateral
28    regional counsel, the clerks of the district courts of appeals,
29    the marshals of the district courts of appeals, and the trial
30    court administrator and the Chief Deputy Court Administrator in
31    each judicial circuit. Effective July 1, 2026, participation in
32    the Senior Management Service Class shall be compulsory for up
33    to an additional 235 non-judicial managerial or policymaking
34    positions within the judicial branch, as selected by the Chief
35    Justice of the Supreme Court.
36b.      Effective July 1, 2026, participation in the Senior
37    Management Service Class shall be compulsory for the Executive
38    Director and the General Counsel of the Florida Judicial
39    Qualifications Commission.
40c.      Effective January 1, 1994, additional positions in the
41    offices of the state attorney and public defender in each
42    judicial circuit may be designated for inclusion in the Senior
43    Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System,
44    provided that:
45(I)a.       Positions to be included in the class shall be
46    designated by the state attorney or public defender, as
47    appropriate. Notice of intent to designate positions for
48    inclusion in the class shall be published for at least 2
49    consecutive weeks on a publicly accessible website as provided
50    in s. 50.0311 or, if published in print, once a week for 2
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51    consecutive weeks in a newspaper qualified under chapter 50 in
52    the county or counties affected.
53(II)b.      One nonelective full-time position may be
54    designated for each state attorney and public defender reporting
55    to the Department of Management Services; for agencies with 200
56    or more regularly established positions under the state attorney
57    or public defender, additional nonelective full-time positions
58    may be designated, not to exceed 0.5 percent of the regularly
59    established positions within the agency.
60(III)c.      Each position added to the class must be a
61    managerial or policymaking position filled by an employee who
62    serves at the pleasure of the state attorney or public defender
63    without civil service protection, and who:
64(A)(I)      Heads an organizational unit; or
65(B)(II)      Has responsibility to effect or recommend
66    personnel, budget, expenditure, or policy decisions in his or
67    her areas of responsibility.
682.      Participation in this class shall be compulsory, except
69    as provided in subparagraph 3., for any judicial employee who
70    holds a position designated for coverage in the Senior
71    Management Service Class, and such participation shall continue
72    until the employee terminates employment in a covered position.
73    Effective January 1, 2001, participation in this class is
74    compulsory for assistant state attorneys, assistant statewide
75    prosecutors, assistant public defenders, and assistant capital
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76    collateral regional counsel. Effective January 1, 2002,
77    participation in this class is compulsory for assistant
78    attorneys general.
793.      In lieu of participation in the Senior Management
80    Service Class, such members, excluding assistant state
81    attorneys, assistant public defenders, assistant statewide
82    prosecutors, assistant attorneys general, and assistant capital
83    collateral regional counsel, may participate in the Senior
84    Management Service Optional Annuity Program as established in
85    subsection (6).
86Section 2.        This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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