§ 18-59. Elimination of retirement benefits for elected public officials.

Effective May 1, 1995, all former and current elected public officials shall cease to be members of the City of Plantation General Employees Retirement System. An elected public official whose term of office commences after May 1, 1995, whether it be an initial term of office or not, shall not be eligible for membership in the City of Plantation General Employees Retirement System. Elected public officials who are actively serving in office as of May 1, 1995, and former elected public officials not receiving retirement benefits as of May 1, 1995, shall not receive credit for service after that date, and all contributions to the retirement system made by or on behalf of such elected public officials, including contributions made by the City of Plantation, shall cease as of that date. All elected public officials actively serving in office and all former elected public officials no longer serving in office who are vested in the retirement benefits accrued to them respectively as of May 1, 1995, shall remain vested in such benefits as provided in this chapter. All elected public officials actively serving in office and all former elected public officials no longer serving in office who are not vested in their respective retirement benefits as of May 1, 1995, thereafter shall lose all rights to any retirement benefits under this chapter. All elected public officials actively serving in office and all former elected public officials, whether or not they are vested in their respective retirement benefits, shall be entitled to receive from the retirement system an amount equal to such elected public official's accumulated contributions made directly by them to the retirement system on or after July 1, 1994, in a lump sum, by monthly installments, or in such other manner as may be prescribed by the board.

(Ord. No. 2027, § 6, 5-24-95)