Fla. Stat. 121.355
Community College Optional Retirement Program and State University System Optional Retirement Program member transfer

(1)

The cost for such credit must represent the actuarial accrued liability for the affected period of service. The cost shall be calculated using the discount rate and other relevant actuarial assumptions that were used to value the Florida Retirement System Pension Plan liabilities in the most recent actuarial valuation. The calculation must include any service already maintained under the pension plan in addition to the years under the Community College Optional Retirement Program or the State University System Optional Retirement Program. The actuarial accrued liability of any service already maintained under the pension plan shall be applied as a credit to total cost resulting from the calculation. The division shall ensure that the transfer sum is prepared using a formula and methodology certified by an enrolled actuary.

(2)

The employee must transfer from his or her Community College Optional Retirement Program account or State University System Optional Retirement Program account, subject to the terms of the applicable optional retirement program contract, and from other employee moneys as necessary, a sum representing the actuarial accrued liability immediately following the time of such movement, determined assuming that attained service equals the sum of service in the pension plan and service in the Community College Optional Retirement Program or State University System Optional Retirement Program.

(3)

The employee may not receive service credit for a period of mandatory participation in the State University Optional Retirement Program or for a period for which a distribution was received from the Community College Optional Retirement Program or State University System Optional Retirement Program.

Source: Section 121.355 — Community College Optional Retirement Program and State University System Optional Retirement Program member transfer, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0121.­355 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

121.011
Florida Retirement System 121.012
Inclusive provisions 121.021
Definitions 121.22
State Retirement Commission 121.23
Disability retirement and special risk membership applications 121.24
Conduct of commission business 121.025
Administrator 121.30
Statements of purpose and intent and other provisions required for qualification under the Internal Revenue Code of the United States 121.031
Administration of system 121.35
Optional retirement program for the State University System 121.40
Cooperative extension personnel at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences 121.045
Consolidation of liabilities and assets 121.046
Merger of the Judicial Retirement System into the Florida Retirement System Act 121.047
Consolidation of liabilities and assets 121.051
Participation in the system 121.052
Membership class of elected officers 121.053
Participation in the Elected Officers’ Class for retired members 121.055
Senior Management Service Class 121.061
Funding 121.071
Contributions 121.081
Past service 121.085
Creditable service 121.091
Benefits payable under the system 121.095
Florida Retirement System Preservation of Benefits Plan Trust Fund 121.101
Cost-of-living adjustment of benefits 121.111
Credit for military service 121.121
Authorized leaves of absence 121.122
Renewed membership in system 121.125
Credit for workers’ compensation payment periods 121.131
Benefits exempt from taxes and execution 121.133
Cancellation of uncashed warrants 121.135
Annual report to Legislature concerning state-administered retirement systems 121.136
Annual benefit statement to members 121.141
Appropriation 121.151
Investments 121.161
References to other laws include amendments 121.181
Effective date 121.182
Retirement annuities authorized for city and county personnel 121.191
Special acts prohibited 121.192
State retirement actuary 121.193
External compliance audits 121.231
Attorney’s fees and costs under s 121.0312
Review 121.355
Community College Optional Retirement Program and State University System Optional Retirement Program member transfer 121.0511
Revocation of election and alternative plan 121.0515
Special Risk Class 121.1001
Florida Retirement System Preservation of Benefits Plan 121.1115
Purchase of retirement credit for out-of-state or federal service 121.1122
Purchase of retirement credit for in-state public service and in-state service in accredited nonpublic schools and colleges, including charter schools and charter technical career centers 121.1815
Special pensions to individuals 121.1905
Division of Retirement

Current through Fall 2025

§ 121.355. Community College Optional Retirement Program & State Univ. System Optional Retirement Program member transfer's source at flsenate​.gov