§ 262-308. Group insurance.

(a)

Collier Mosquito Control District shall be and is hereby authorized, empowered, and permitted to provide for life, health, accident, hospitalization, or annuity insurance or all of any kinds of such insurance for the employees thereof upon a group insurance plan, and to that end enter into agreement with insurance companies to provide such insurance. The Collier Mosquito Control District shall be authorized to contribute to the cost of any such insurance.

(b)

The election to exercise such authority shall be evidenced by resolution duly recorded in the official minutes adopted by the Board of the Collier Mosquito Control District.

(c)

Upon the request in writing of any employee, the public officials of the Collier Mosquito Control District are hereby authorized and empowered to deduct from the wages of such employee periodically the amount of the premium which such employee has agreed to pay for such insurance and to pay or remit same directly to the insurance company issuing such group insurance.

(d)

The participation in such group insurance by any employee shall be entirely voluntary at all times. Any employee may upon any payday withdraw or retire from such group insurance plan, upon giving his or her employer written notice thereof and directing the discontinuance of deductions from wages in payment of such premiums.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 2001-298, § 3)