Florida SB 1400: County Constitutional Offices

Bill Text

Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1400 
 
 
  
By Senator Martin 
 
 
 
 
 
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A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to county constitutional offices; 2 
amending ss. 145.051, 145.09, 145.10, and 145.11, 3 
F.S.; revising the base salary used to calculate the 4 
compensation of a clerk of the circuit court and 5 
county comptroller, a supervisor of elections, a 6 
property appraiser, and a tax collector, respectively; 7 
amending s. 409.1664, F.S.; defining the term “county 8 
constitutional officer employee”; providing that 9 
county constitutional officer employees are eligible 10 
to receive certain adoption benefits from the state; 11 
authorizing county constitutional officer employees to 12 
apply for the monetary benefit if certain conditions 13 
exist; requiring such employees to apply to the 14 
Department of Children and Families to obtain the 15 
benefit; authorizing the department to adopt specified 16 
rules; creating s. 445.09, F.S.; authorizing specified 17 
county constitutional officers to budget for and pay 18 
specified bonuses to employees, pending a specified 19 
approval; amending s. 1003.48, F.S.; authorizing a 20 
district school board to contract with a county tax 21 
collector’s office to administer road tests on school 22 
grounds at one or more schools within the district; 23 
providing an effective date. 24 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 26 
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 145.051, Florida 28 
Statutes, is amended to read: 29 

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145.051 Clerk of circuit court; county comptroller.— 30 
(1) Each clerk of the circuit court and each county 31 
comptroller shall receive as salary the amount indicated, based 32 
on the population of his or her county. In addition, a 33 
compensation shall be made for population increments over the 34 
minimum for each population group, which shall be determined by 35 
multiplying the population in excess of the minimum for the 36 
group times the group rate. 37 
 38 
     
Pop. 
Group County Pop. Range 
Base Salary Group Rate 
 39 
 Minimum Maximum   
 40 
I 
-0- 49,999 
$26,250 
$21,250 $0.07875 
 41 
II 
50,000 99,999 
29,400 
24,400 0.06300 
 42 
     
III 
100,000 199,999 
32,550 
27,550 0.02625 
 43 
IV 
200,000 399,999 
35,175 
30,175 0.01575 
 44 
     
V 
400,000 999,999 
38,325 
33,325 0.00525 
 45 

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1,000,000  
41,475 
36,475 0.00400 
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Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 145.09, Florida 47 
Statutes, is amended to read: 48 
145.09 Supervisor of elections.— 49 
(1) Each supervisor of elections shall receive as salary 50 
the amount indicated, based on the population of his or her 51 
county. In addition, a compensation shall be made for population 52 
increments over the minimum for each population group, which 53 
shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of 54 
the minimum for the group times the group rate. 55 
 56 
     
Pop. 
Group County Pop. Range 
Base Salary Group Rate 
 57 
 Minimum Maximum   
 58 
I 
-0- 49,999 
$26,250 
$21,250 $0.07875 
 59 
     
II 
50,000 99,999 
29,400 
24,400 0.06300 
 60 
III 
100,000 199,999 
32,550 
27,550 0.02625 
 61 
     
IV 
200,000 399,999 
35,175 
30,175 0.01575 

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V 
400,000 999,999 
38,325 
33,325 0.00525 
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VI 
1,000,000  
41,475 
36,475 0.00400 
 64 
Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 145.10, Florida 65 
Statutes, is amended to read: 66 
145.10 Property appraiser.— 67 
(1) Each property appraiser shall receive as salary the 68 
amount indicated, based on the population of his or her county. 69 
In addition, a compensation shall be made for population 70 
increments over the minimum for each population group, which 71 
shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of 72 
the minimum for the group times the group rate. 73 
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Pop. 
Group County Pop. Range 
Base Salary Group Rate 
 75 
 Minimum Maximum   
 76 
     
I 
-0- 49,999 
$26,250 
$21,250 $0.07875 
 77 
II 
50,000 99,999 
29,400 
24,400 0.06300 
 78 
III 100,000 199,999 32,550 0.02625 

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27,550 
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IV 
200,000 399,999 
35,175 
30,175 0.01575 
 80 
     
V 
400,000 999,999 
38,325 
33,325 0.00525 
 81 
VI 
1,000,000  
41,475 
36,475 0.00400 
 82 
Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 145.11, Florida 83