(1) The Florida Retirement System Contributions Clearing Trust Fund is created as a clearing fund for disbursing employer and employee contributions to the component plans of the Florida Retirement System and shall be administered by the Department of Management Services. Funds shall be credited to the trust fund as provided in this chapter and held in trust for the contributing employees and employers until such time as the assets are transferred by the department to the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, the Florida Retirement System Investment Plan Trust Fund, or other trust funds as authorized by law, to be used for the purposes of this chapter. The trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.
(2) The Florida Retirement System Contributions Clearing Trust Fund is a clearing trust fund of the Department of Management Services pursuant to s. 19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution, and is not subject to termination.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 2002-73; s. 28, ch. 2011-68; s. 38, ch. 2012-116.