Benefits. Pensions to Members.—Compulsory.
Tampa Related Laws, art. XVI, § 16.12
in effectSec. 16.12. - Benefits. Pensions to Members.—Compulsory.
The Board shall upon its application retire:
(A) Any member who was at least twenty years of age and not over thirty-one years of age at the time of his appointment to the Fire or Police Department and having twenty-five years of actual service in said Fire or Police Departments, who then shall receive in equal monthly installments $100.00 per month; provided, however, that this paragraph (A) shall not be applicable to nor change the right to a pension arising under Section 7, Subsection (A), Chapter 17164, Laws of Florida of 1935, (regardless of whether such Act or any part thereof shall hereafter be held or declared invalid) of employees who are members of their respective departments at the time this law becomes effective.
(B) Any member who in the service has received or shall receive any injuries, disease or disability, which injury, disease or disability now permanently and totally incapacitates him, physically or mentally, then he shall receive in equal monthly installments $100.00 per month.
(C) Any member who after five years of service in said departments has received or shall receive otherwise than in the service of the said departments, any injury, disease or disability, including old age, which injury, disease or disability, or old age, now permanently incapacitates or shall in the future permanently incapacitate him physically or mentally from performing full duty, and he shall receive in equal monthly installments $50.00 per month. The five year proviso shall not be applicable to persons now drawing pensions under this classification. Any member who shall become disabled, otherwise than in the service of the said departments as aforesaid, after twenty years service in said departments, shall receive in equal monthly installments $100.00 per month, but this provision shall only be applicable where the disability occurs after the passage of this Act [division].
(Laws of Fla. 1941, Ch. 21590, § 7; Compiled Charter 1958, § 455)
Source: City of Tampa, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/tampa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CHRELA_PTBRELA_ARTXVIPE_DIV2PEFUFIPO_S16.12BEPEMEOMFetched: 10/28/2026