Bill Text: FL S1400 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: County Constitutional Offices
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services [S1400 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S1400-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1400 By Senator Martin 33-01344C-23 20231400__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to county constitutional offices; 3 amending ss. 145.051, 145.09, 145.10, and 145.11, 4 F.S.; revising the base salary used to calculate the 5 compensation of a clerk of the circuit court and 6 county comptroller, a supervisor of elections, a 7 property appraiser, and a tax collector, respectively; 8 amending s. 409.1664, F.S.; defining the term “county 9 constitutional officer employee”; providing that 10 county constitutional officer employees are eligible 11 to receive certain adoption benefits from the state; 12 authorizing county constitutional officer employees to 13 apply for the monetary benefit if certain conditions 14 exist; requiring such employees to apply to the 15 Department of Children and Families to obtain the 16 benefit; authorizing the department to adopt specified 17 rules; creating s. 445.09, F.S.; authorizing specified 18 county constitutional officers to budget for and pay 19 specified bonuses to employees, pending a specified 20 approval; amending s. 1003.48, F.S.; authorizing a 21 district school board to contract with a county tax 22 collector’s office to administer road tests on school 23 grounds at one or more schools within the district; 24 providing an effective date. 25 26 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27 28 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 145.051, Florida 29 Statutes, is amended to read: 30 145.051 Clerk of circuit court; county comptroller.— 31 (1) Each clerk of the circuit court and each county 32 comptroller shall receive as salary the amount indicated, based 33 on the population of his or her county. In addition, a 34 compensation shall be made for population increments over the 35 minimum for each population group, which shall be determined by 36 multiplying the population in excess of the minimum for the 37 group times the group rate. 38 39 Pop. Group County Pop. Range Base Salary Group Rate 40 Minimum Maximum 41 I -0- 49,999$26,250$21,250$0.07875 42 II 50,000 99,99929,40024,4000.06300 43 III 100,000 199,99932,55027,5500.02625 44 IV 200,000 399,99935,17530,1750.01575 45 V 400,000 999,99938,32533,3250.00525 46 VI 1,000,000 41,47536,4750.00400 47 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 145.09, Florida 48 Statutes, is amended to read: 49 145.09 Supervisor of elections.— 50 (1) Each supervisor of elections shall receive as salary 51 the amount indicated, based on the population of his or her 52 county. In addition, a compensation shall be made for population 53 increments over the minimum for each population group, which 54 shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of 55 the minimum for the group times the group rate. 56 57 Pop. Group County Pop. Range Base Salary Group Rate 58 Minimum Maximum 59 I -0- 49,999$26,250$21,250$0.07875 60 II 50,000 99,99929,40024,4000.06300 61 III 100,000 199,99932,55027,5500.02625 62 IV 200,000 399,99935,17530,1750.01575 63 V 400,000 999,99938,32533,3250.00525 64 VI 1,000,000 41,47536,4750.00400 65 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 145.10, Florida 66 Statutes, is amended to read: 67 145.10 Property appraiser.— 68 (1) Each property appraiser shall receive as salary the 69 amount indicated, based on the population of his or her county. 70 In addition, a compensation shall be made for population 71 increments over the minimum for each population group, which 72 shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of 73 the minimum for the group times the group rate. 74 75 Pop. Group County Pop. Range Base Salary Group Rate 76 Minimum Maximum 77 I -0- 49,999$26,250$21,250$0.07875 78 II 50,000 99,99929,40024,4000.06300 79 III 100,000 199,99932,55027,5500.02625 80 IV 200,000 399,99935,17530,1750.01575 81 V 400,000 999,99938,32533,3250.00525 82 VI 1,000,000 41,47536,4750.00400 83 Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 145.11, Florida 84 Statutes, is amended to read: 85 145.11 Tax collector.— 86 (1) Each tax collector shall receive as salary the amount 87 indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In 88 addition, a compensation shall be made for population increments 89 over the minimum for each population group, which shall be 90 determined by multiplying the population in excess of the 91 minimum for the group times the group rate. 92 93 Pop. Group County Pop. Range Base Salary Group Rate 94 Minimum Maximum 95 I -0- 49,999$26,250$21,250$0.07875 96 II 50,000 99,99929,40024,4000.06300 97 III 100,000 199,99932,55027,5500.02625 98 IV 200,000 399,99935,17530,1750.01575 99 V 400,000 999,99938,32533,3250.00525 100 VI 1,000,000 41,47536,4750.00400 101 Section 5. Section 409.1664, Florida Statutes, is amended, 102 to read: 103 409.1664 Adoption benefits for qualifying adoptive 104 employees of state agencies, veterans, servicemembers,andlaw 105 enforcement officers, and county constitutional officer 106 employees.— 107 (1) As used in this section, the term: 108 (a) “Child within the child welfare system” has the same 109 meaning as provided in s. 409.166(2). 110 (b) “County constitutional officer employee” means an 111 employee of an office of a clerk of the circuit court, a county 112 comptroller, a county property appraiser, a county supervisor of 113 elections, or a county tax collector in this state. 114 (c) “Law enforcement officer” has the same meaning as 115 provided in s. 943.10(1). 116 (d)(c)“Qualifying adoptive employee” means a full-time or 117 part-time employee of a state agency, a charter school 118 established under s. 1002.33, or the Florida Virtual School 119 established under s. 1002.37, who is not an independent 120 contractor and who adopts a child within the child welfare 121 system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2015. The term 122 includes instructional personnel, as defined in s. 1012.01, who 123 are employed by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, 124 and includes other-personal-services employees who have been 125 continuously employed full time or part time by a state agency 126 for at least 1 year. 127 (e)(d)“Servicemember” has the same meaning as in s. 128 250.01(19). 129 (f)(e)“State agency” means a branch, department, or agency 130 of state government for which the Chief Financial Officer 131 processes payroll requisitions, a state university or Florida 132 College System institution as defined in s. 1000.21, a school 133 district unit as defined in s. 1001.30, or a water management 134 district as defined in s. 373.019. 135 (g)(f)“Veteran” has the same meaning as in s. 1.01(14). 136 (2) A qualifying adoptive employee, veteran, or 137 servicemember who adopts a child within the child welfare system 138 who is difficult to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is 139 eligible to receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of 140 $10,000 per such child, subject to applicable taxes. A law 141 enforcement officer or a county constitutional officer employee 142 who adopts a child within the child welfare system who is 143 difficult to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is 144 eligible to receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of 145 $25,000 per such child, subject to applicable taxes. A 146 qualifying adoptive employee, veteran, or servicemember who 147 adopts a child within the child welfare system who is not 148 difficult to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is 149 eligible to receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of 150 $5,000 per such child, subject to applicable taxes. A law 151 enforcement officer or a county constitutional officer employee 152 who adopts a child within the child welfare system who is not 153 difficult to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is 154 eligible to receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of 155 $10,000 per each such child, subject to applicable taxes. A 156 qualifying adoptive employee of a charter school or the Florida 157 Virtual School may retroactively apply for the monetary benefit 158 provided in this subsection if such employee was employed by a 159 charter school or the Florida Virtual School when he or she 160 adopted a child within the child welfare system pursuant to 161 chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2015. A veteran or servicemember 162 may apply for the monetary benefit provided in this subsection 163 if he or she is domiciled in this state and adopts a child 164 within the child welfare system pursuant to chapter 63 on or 165 after July 1, 2020. A law enforcement officer may apply for the 166 monetary benefit provided in this subsection if he or she is 167 domiciled in this state and adopts a child within the child 168 welfare system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2022. 169 A county constitutional officer employee may apply for the 170 monetary benefit provided in this subsection if he or she is 171 domiciled in this state and adopts a child within the child 172 welfare system under chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2023. 173 (a) Benefits paid to a qualifying adoptive employee who is 174 a part-time employee must be prorated based on the qualifying 175 adoptive employee’s full-time equivalency at the time of 176 applying for the benefits. 177 (b) Monetary benefits awarded under this subsection are 178 limited to one award per adopted child within the child welfare 179 system. 180 (c) The payment of a lump-sum monetary benefit for adopting 181 a child within the child welfare system under this section is 182 subject to a specific appropriation to the department for such 183 purpose. 184 (3) A qualifying adoptive employee must apply to his or her 185 agency head, or to his or her school director in the case of a 186 qualifying adoptive employee of a charter school or the Florida 187 Virtual School, to obtain the monetary benefit provided in 188 subsection (2). A veteran,orservicemember, or county 189 constitutional officer employee must apply to the department to 190 obtain the benefit. A law enforcement officer must apply to the 191 Department of Law Enforcement to obtain the benefit. 192 Applications must be on forms approved by the department and 193 must include a certified copy of the final order of adoption 194 naming the applicant as the adoptive parent. Monetary benefits 195 shall be approved on a first-come, first-served basis based upon 196 the date that each fully completed application is received by 197 the department. 198 (4) This section does not preclude a qualifying adoptive 199 employee, veteran, servicemember,orlaw enforcement officer, or 200 county constitutional officer employee from receiving adoption 201 assistance for which he or she may qualify under s. 409.166 or 202 any other statute that provides financial incentives for the 203 adoption of children. 204 (5) Parental leave for a qualifying adoptive employee must 205 be provided in accordance with the personnel policies and 206 procedures of his or her employer. 207 (6) The department may adopt rules to administer this 208 section. The rules may provide for an application process such 209 as, but not limited to, an open enrollment period during which 210 qualifying adoptive employees, veterans, servicemembers,orlaw 211 enforcement officers, or county constitutional officer employees 212 may apply for monetary benefits under this section. 213 Section 6. Section 445.09, Florida Statutes, is created to 214 read: 215 445.09 Bonuses for employees of county constitutional 216 officers.—Notwithstanding any other law, a clerk of the circuit 217 court, a county comptroller, a county supervisor of elections, a 218 county property appraiser, and a county tax collector may budget 219 for and pay a hiring or retention bonus to an employee if such 220 expenditure is approved by: 221 (1) The board of county commissioners in the respective 222 budgets of the clerk of the circuit court, the comptroller, and 223 the supervisor of elections, and the property appraiser. 224 (2) The Department of Revenue in the respective budgets of 225 the property appraiser and the tax collector. 226 Section 7. Section 1003.48, Florida Statutes, is amended to 227 read: 228 1003.48 Instruction in operation of motor vehicles; road 229 tests.— 230 (1) A course of study and instruction in the safe and 231 lawful operation of a motor vehicle shall be made available by 232 each district school board to students in the secondary schools 233 in the state. The secondary school shall provide preferential 234 enrollment to a student who is in the custody of the Department 235 of Children and Families if the student maintains appropriate 236 progress as required by the school. As used in this section, the 237 term “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in s. 320.01(1)(a) 238 and includes motorcycles and mopeds. Instruction in motorcycle 239 or moped operation may be limited to classroom instruction. The 240 course may not be made a part of, or a substitute for, any of 241 the minimum requirements for graduation. 242 (2) In order to make such a course available to any 243 secondary school student, the district school board may use any 244 one of the following procedures or any combination thereof: 245 (a) Use instructional personnel employed by the district 246 school board. 247 (b) Contract with a commercial driving school licensed 248 under chapter 488. 249 (c) Contract with an instructor certified under chapter 250 488. 251 (3) District school boards shall earn funds on full-time 252 equivalent students at the appropriate basic program cost 253 factor, regardless of the method by which such courses are 254 offered. 255 (4) For the purpose of financing the driver education 256 program in the secondary schools, there shall be levied an 257 additional 50 cents per year to the driver license fee required 258 by s. 322.21. The additional fee shall be promptly remitted to 259 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which shall 260 transmit the fee to the Chief Financial Officer to be deposited 261 in the General Revenue Fund. 262 (5) The district school board shall prescribe standards for 263 the course required by this section and for instructional 264 personnel directly employed by the district school board. A 265 certified instructor or licensed commercial driving school is 266 sufficiently qualified and is not required to meet any standards 267 in lieu of or in addition to those prescribed under chapter 488. 268 (6) The district school board may contract with the county 269 tax collector for a tax collector employee to administer road 270 tests on school grounds at one or more schools within the 271 district. 272 Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.