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File Number: 13-01237
Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AMENDING THE MIAMI FIRE FIGHTERS' RELIEF AND PENSION FUND
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 6432, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 2,
1959, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, TO ENSURE CONFORMANCE WITH
APPLICABLE LAWS INCLUDING CHAPTER 175, FLORIDA STATUTES, THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND THE PENSION PROTECTION ACT OF 2006;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 6432, adopted September 2, 1959, created the Miami Fire Fighters'
Relief and Pension Fund (the "Fund"); and
WHEREAS, the Fund has been subsequently amended on several occasions; and
WHEREAS, the Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable determination letter to the Fund
which requires certain amendments to the Fund; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is necessary to further amend the Fund to comply
with changes to applicable laws;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by
reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Fund, pursuant to Ordinance No. 6432, adopted September 2, 1959, and as
subsequently amended, is hereby further amended as set forth in Exhibit "A", attached and
incorporated, to implement and conform to applicable laws including Chapter 175, Florida Statutes, the
Internal Revenue Code, and the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
Section 3. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately after final reading and adoption
thereof.{2}
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File Number. 13-01237
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VICTOR! ' MEND
CITY ATTORNEY
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Footnotes:
{1} Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures
shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and unchanged. Asterisks indicate
omitted and unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within
ten (10) days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the
effective date stated herein, whichever is later.
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