Sec. 121.105. - Pensioner's rights upon reemployment by City.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any pensioner of the pension funds created by this Chapter who is retired or elects to retire under the provisions of his respective fund for time-service retirement or vested retirement and who has been or is thereafter reemployed by the City shall cease to receive his or her pension or pension entitlement during such period of reemployment, except as further provided by this Section. The pensioner upon reemployment including appointed positions, shall be required to join the applicable pension fund and make the required contribution payments into the fund and shall be entitled to the benefits of the fund, except for participation in the DROP Plan as created in Section 121.209 for those reemployed Members who were former DROP participants, during his or her period of reemployment not inconsistent with the intent of this Section. (b) A pensioner of this Chapter who has been reemployed by the City for a continuous period of at least four years shall be entitled to receive time-service credit in whatever increased pension benefits as are provided for under the pension fund for his or her former period of employment by the City as if such former period of employment and the period which he or she served upon reemployment were continuous or consecutive years; provided, that the computation of such reemployed pensioner's retirement benefit entitlement shall be based on the average monthly salary he or she received over the last five years of his or her employment by the City; and further provided, that, in the event a pensioner is reemployed by the City in a position which requires that he become a member of pension fund other than the one from which he or she retired and such pensioner elects to receive the additional benefits provided by this Section, the retirement benefits payable to such pensioner upon subsequent retirement from the City shall be prorated between the respective pension funds to which the pensioner contributed during his periods of employment with the City. (c) Application for the time service-service credit and increased benefits provided for in this Section shall be made to the Board pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by it for the administration of this Section. (d) The provisions of subsections (a) through (c) shall not apply to any retiree of the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund employed in a full-time, part-time, or temporary capacity by the City or any of its officers as (i) court bailiff, (ii) logistical and technical support officer, (iii) corrections bond custodian, (iv) chaplain, (v) stable manager, (vi) corrections mail coordinator, (vii) aviation supervisor, (viii) court bailiff supervisor, (ix) Community Projects inmates work crew supervisor, (x) investigator for the Office of General Counsel, (xi) Mayoral protective officer, or (xii) City Council protective officer. Being employed in one of the positions identified in this subsection (d) shall not prevent a retiree of this plan from continuing to receive such retirement benefits as would be available had the retiree not begun employment in one of the previously-mentioned positions. Being employed in one of the positions identified in this subsection (d) shall not permit or require a retiree of this plan to be a member of the pension plan created pursuant to this Chapter 121 or a member of one of the pension plans created by Part II or III of Chapter 120 . Being employed in one of the positions identified in this subsection (d) shall not permit a retiree to acquire any time-service credit in the pension plan created pursuant to this Chapter 121 or in any one of the pension plans created by Part II or III of Chapter 120 . (e) The provisions of subsection (a) through (c) shall not apply to the re-employment of any pensioner retiree of the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund as a temporary police officer or temporary fire fighter if: (1) the re-employment assists the emergency response associated with Emergency Executive Proclamation 2020-001 issued by the Mayor on March 13, 2020; and (2) in the case of temporary police officers, the Sheriff has determined that the Emergency has caused, or is likely to cause, a significant reduction in the number of full-time police officers available for duty and temporary police officers are needed to provide sufficient law enforcement and police services to the City of Jacksonville; or (3) in the case of temporary fire fighters, the Director/Fire Chief has determined that the Emergency has caused, or is likely to cause, a significant reduction in the number of full-time fire fighters available for duty and temporary fire fighters needed to provide adequate Fire and Rescue services to the City of Jacksonville. The re-employment of such pensioner retirees shall be at the pleasure of the Sheriff for temporary police officers and the Director/Fire Chief for temporary fire fighters, and may continue until 60 days after the expiration of Emergency Executive Proclamation 2020-001, or any extension thereof. To be eligible for re-employment as a temporary police officer, a pensioner retiree must have a current Florida Department of Law Enforcement law enforcement officer certification. To be eligible for re-employment as a temporary fire fighter, a pensioner retiree must have a current Florida fire fighter and emergency medical technician certification. Being employed as a temporary police officer or temporary fire fighter shall not prevent a pensioner retiree of this pension plan from continuing to receive such retirement benefits as would be available pursuant to the pension plan had the retiree not been re-employed as a temporary police officer or temporary fire fighter. Being employed as a temporary police officer or temporary fire fighter pursuant to this subsection (e) shall not permit or require a pensioner retiree of this plan to be a member of the pension plan created pursuant to this Chapter 121 or a member of one of the pension plans created by Part II or III of Chapter 120 . Being employed as a temporary police officer or temporary fire fighter pursuant to this subsection (e) shall not permit a pensioner retiree to acquire or accrue any rights or benefits provided to active and employed Members of this pension plan created pursuant to Chapter 121 or any one of the pension plans created pursuant to Part II or Part III of Chapter 120 , including but not limited to, rights or benefits regarding time-service credits and benefits, disability, death, DROP, etc. (Ord. 76-1018-562, § 1; Ord. 81-717-347, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 86-1136-591, § 1; Ord. 88-588-311, § 1; Ord. 93-1773-1045, § 3; Ord. 97-340-E, § 4; Ord. 97-1103-E, § 7; Ord. 2005-373-E, § 2; Ord. 2006-947-E, § 1; Ord. 2008-341-E, § 1; Ord. 2017-259-E , § 1; Ord. 2017-759-E , § 2; Ord. 2020-219-E , § 1; Ord. 2024-634-E , § 4; Ord. 2025-473-E , § 1)