Gates v. City of Jacksonville

Appellants were officers of the Duval County Sheriff’s Office prior to consolidation of the county and the City of Jacksonville and are now municipal police officers of the city.

As county deputy sheriffs, appellants joined a pension plan for county employees created by Chapter 23259, Special Acts of 1945. This plan was for all permanent county employees. On October 1, 1968, the Council of the Consolidated Government of the City of Jacksonville by Ordinance 68-38-26 (now § 104.201, Ordinance Code of the City of Jacksonville) provided that this former county pension fund be administered by the…