Florida Statutes Title X. Public Officers, Employees, and Records § 112.352. Definitions

(1) “Base year” means the year in which a retired member actually retired from a system or the year in which the member attained age 65, if later.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Management Services.

(3) “Funds” shall mean the special trust funds in the State Treasury created under each of the retirement laws covered by this act.

(4) “Joint annuitant” means any person named by a retired member under the applicable system to receive any retirement benefits due and payable from the system after the member's death.

(5) “Retired member” shall mean any person who had both attained age 65 and retired prior to January 1, 1966, and is receiving benefits under any of the following systems:

(6) “Retirement benefit” means the monthly benefit which a retired member or joint annuitant is receiving from a system.

(7) “Social security benefit” shall mean the monthly primary insurance amount, computed in accordance with the Social Security Act  1 from which is derived the monthly benefit amount, which the retired member is receiving, entitled to receive, or would be entitled to receive upon application to the Social Security Administration, without taking into account any earned income which would cause a reduction in such amount. For purposes of this act, the social security benefit of:

(8) “System” shall mean any of the retirement systems specified in subsection (5).