Sec. 121.111. - Temporary disability pension.

(a) Any Member of the Police and Fire Pension Fund created by Laws of Fla. Ch. 18615(1937), as amended, Laws of Fla. Ch. 23259(1945), as amended; who, after making proper application for disability retirement and prior to such application being approved, exhausts all earned leave time and is removed from the payroll, shall receive, beginning with the following pay period, a temporary pension in the amount of such application, while the application is pending before the Board, for a period not to exceed six months. (b) In the event the application is approved, the effective date of the pension shall be the day payment of the temporary pension began. In the event the pension application is not approved, repayment shall be made to the pension fund in an amount equal to the temporary pension payment paid to the applicant, which shall be deducted from his salary in an amount not to exceed ten percent of his gross salary per pay period, unless the applicant files a written request with the Board that a larger amount than ten percent of his gross salary be withheld from his salary. (c) In the event the application for a disability pension is denied by the Board of Pension Administration and a new application for a disability pension is made by the Member within six months of the denial, the provisions of this Section as they apply to the new application shall not become effective until approved by the Board as required for other pension entitlements. (Ord. 72-142-11, § 1; Ord. 73-439-149, § 1; Ord. 77-385-186, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 86-1136-591, § 1; Ord. 93-1773-1045, § 2; Ord. 97-340-E, § 4; Ord. 2017-259-E , § 1)