Requirements for Normal Retirement - for members first enrolled in FRS prior to
July 1, 2011
Vesting for Pension plan benefit eligibility is after the completion of 6 years
of creditable service
Members of the Regular Class, Elected Officers' Class and Senior Management
Service Class must either be vested and be 62 years of age or have credit for 30
years of service (which may include any optional service credit you purchase, such
as military service), regardless of age.
Members of the Special Risk Class must be vested and be age 55, or have 25 years
of special risk service (which may include military service) and be age 52, or have
25 years of special risk service, regardless of age, or have 30 years of any creditable
service, regardless of age.
For members of the Special Risk Administrative Support Class who do not have 6 years
of special risk service, all service in the Special Risk Administrative Support
Class will count the same as Regular Class service and your normal retirement date
will be the same as for Regular Class members. If you have 6 or more years of special
risk service, all service in the Special Risk Administrative Support Class will
still have the same percentage value as Regular Class service, but your normal retirement
date will be the Special Risk Class normal retirement date
Senior Management Service Class must have 6 or more years of service and age 62,
or 30 years of service, regardless of age.
Elected State Officer's Class must have 6 or more years of elected state officers'
class service and age 62, or 6 or more years of service and age 62, or 30 years
of service regardless of age.
Requirements for Normal Retirement - for members first enrolled in FRS after
July 1, 2011
Vesting for Pension plan benefit eligibility is after the completion of 8 years
of creditable service.
Normal retirement for Regular Class, Elected Officers Class and Senior Management
Service Class will be either at age 65 and vested or with 33 years of service regardless
of age.
Normal retirement for Special Risk is age 60 and vested or 30 years of service regardless
of age or age 57 with 30 years of service comprised of Special Risk Class service
and up to 4 years wartime military service purchased udner Section 121.111, Florida
Statues.