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............:~.. ~ .~.~Florida Attomney General
Advisory Legal Opinion
Number: AGO 98-01
Date: January 13, 1998
Subject: Sunshine Law, firefighters' trust fund board meetings
Mr. Richard M. Weiner
Sugarman & Susskind
2801 Ponce De Leon Boulevard
Suite 750
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
RE: TRUST FUND--GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE LAW--FIRE FIGHTERS--
MUNICIPALITIES--MEETINGS--applicability of Sunshine Law to meetings
of board of trustees of trust fund. s. 286.011, Fla. Stat.
Dear Mr. Weiner:
On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Fort Lauderdale Fire
Fighters Insurance Trust Fund you have asked for my opinion on the
following question:
Is the Board of Trustees of the Fort Lauderdale Fire Fighters
Insurance Trust Fund subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law,
section 286.011, Florida Statutes?
In sum:
The Board of Trustees of the Fort Lauderdale Fire Fighters
Insurance Trust Fund is subject to the Government in the Sunshine
Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes.
The Fort Lauderdale Fire Fighters Insurance Trust Fund was created
in August of 1981 pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust
between the City of Fort Lauderdale and the Fire Fighters Union.
The transfer of this responsibility to the union was the result of
a collective bargaining agreement. The purpose of the trust fund
was to receive contributions on behalf of the city and each
employee, and to administer these funds and provide insurance
benefits to the participants and their beneficiaries.[1]
Prior to entering into this agreement, the city provided insurance
benefits directly to its fire department employees. The city
continues to administer insurance benefit plans for all other city
government employees.
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