For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, notwithstanding any provisions of the plan to the contrary, if the monthly retirement income payable to any person entitled to benefits hereunder is less than $100, or if the single-sum value of the accrued retirement income is less than $5,000, as of the date of retirement or termination of service, whichever is applicable, the board of trustees, in the exercise of its discretion, may specify that the actuarial equivalent of such retirement income be paid in a lump sum.
Fla. Stat. § 175.221
Lump-sum payment of small retirement income
Known as the Marvin B. Clayton Firefighters Pension Trust Fund Act
The act spans §§ 175–175 (39 sections).
History.--s. 1, ch. 63-249; s. 23, ch. 99-1.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.