FLORIDA ASS'N OF COUNTIES, INC. v. DEPT. OF ADMIN., DIV. OF RETIREMENT

No. 90-2071.

580 So.2d 641 (1991)

FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, INC., a Non-Profit Florida Corporation; Florida League of Cities, Inc., a Nonprofit Florida Corporation; and Sandra Glenn and Robert Anderson, Citizens and Taxpayers of State of Florida and Respectively of Seminole County and Sarasota County, Florida, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, DIVISION OF RETIREMENT, an Agency of the State of Florida; Professional Fire Fighters of Florida, a Labor Organization; and Florida Police Benevolent Association, a Labor Organization, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom R. Moore, of Roberts & Egan, Tallahassee, for appellants/cross-appellees Florida Ass'n of Counties and individual taxpayers.

Kraig A. Conn, Asst. General Counsel, Tallahassee, for appellant/cross-appellee Florida League of Cities, Inc.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., George L. Waas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee/cross-appellant Dept. of Admin., Div. of Retirement.

Kelly Overstreet Johnson of Broad & Cassel, Tallahassee, for appellee/cross-appellant Florida Police Benevolent Ass'n.

Richard A. Sicking, Miami, for appellee/cross-appellant Professional Fire Fighters of Florida.


WENTWORTH, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment holding that chapter 88-238, Laws of Florida, which funded increases in retirement benefits of special risk members of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), does not violate article X, section 14 of the Florida Constitution.1 Appellants sought a declaration that would hold chapter 88-238 to be an improper exercise of the state's taxing and spending authority because it funded...

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