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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to tax collectors and school 2
officials; amending s. 145.11, F.S.; revising tax 3
collector base salaries; amending s. 409.1664, F.S.; 4
defining the term "tax collector employee"; providing 5
that tax collector employees are eligible to receive 6
certain adoption benefits; specifying monetary benefit 7
amounts to be paid under specified conditions; 8
requiring such employees to apply to the Department of 9
Children and Families to obtain the benefit; 10
authorizing the department to adopt specified rules; 11
creating s. 445.09, F.S.; authorizing county tax 12
collectors to budget for and pay hiring and retention 13
bonuses to employees after submittal to specified 14
entities; amending s. 1001.47, F.S.; revising district 15
school superintendent base salaries; amending s. 16
1003.48, F.S.; authorizing a district school board to 17
contract with a county tax collector to administer 18
road tests on school grounds at one or more secondary 19
schools within the district; providing an effective 20
date. 21
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 145.11, Florida 25
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Statutes, is amended to read: 26
145.11 Tax collector. — 27
(1) Each tax collector shall receive as salary the amount 28
indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In 29
addition, a compensation shall be made for population increments 30
over the minimum for each population group, which shall be 31
determined by multiplying the populat ion in excess of the 32
minimum for the group times the group rate. 33
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Pop.
Group County Pop. Range
Base
Salary
Group Rate
35
Minimum Maximum
36
I
-0- 49,999
$26,250
$21,250 $0.07875
37
II
50,000 99,999
29,400
24,400 0.06300
38
III
100,000 199,999
32,550
27,550 0.02625
39
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
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Section 2. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 43
409.1664, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (g), 44
subsections (2), (3), (4), and (6) are amended, and a new 45
paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of that section, to 46
read: 47
409.1664 Adoption benefits for qualifying adoptive 48
employees of state agencies, veterans, servicemembers, and law 49
enforcement officers, and tax collector employees .— 50
(1) As used in this section, the term: 51
(f) "Tax collector employee" means an employee or a deputy 52
tax collector, provided in s. 197.103, of an office of a county 53
tax collector. 54
(2) A qualifying adoptive employee, veteran, or 55
servicemember, or tax collector employee who adopts a child 56
within the child welfare system who is difficult to place as 57
described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to receive a lump -58
sum monetary benefit in the amount of $10,000 per such child, 59
subject to applicable taxes. A law enforcement officer who 60
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adopts a child within the child welfare system who is difficult 61
to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to 62
receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of $25,000 per 63
such child, subject to applicable taxes. A qualifying adoptive 64
employee, veteran, or servicemember, or tax collector employee 65
who adopts a child within the child welfare system who is not 66
difficult to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is 67
eligible to receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of 68
$5,000 per such child, subject to applicable taxes. A law 69
enforcement officer who adopts a child within the child welfare 70
system who is not difficult to place as described in s. 71
409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to r eceive a lump-sum monetary 72
benefit in the amount of $10,000 per each such child, subject to 73
applicable taxes. A qualifying adoptive employee of a charter 74
school or the Florida Virtual School may retroactively apply for 75
the monetary benefit provided in this subsection if such 76
employee was employed by a charter school or the Florida Virtual 77
School when he or she adopted a child within the child welfare 78
system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2015. A 79
veteran, or servicemember, or tax collector employ ee may apply 80
for the monetary benefit provided in this subsection if he or 81
she is domiciled in this state and adopts a child within the 82
child welfare system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 83
2020. A law enforcement officer may apply for the moneta ry 84
benefit provided in this subsection if he or she is domiciled in 85
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this state and adopts a child within the child welfare system 86
pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2022. A tax collector 87
employee may apply for the monetary benefit provided in this 88
subsection if he or she is domiciled in this state and adopts a 89
child within the child welfare system under chapter 63 on or 90
after July 1, 2024. 91
(a) Benefits paid to a qualifying adoptive employee who is 92
a part-time employee must be prorated based on the qualifying 93
adoptive employee's full -time equivalency at the time of 94
applying for the benefits. 95
(b) Monetary benefits awarded under this subsection are 96
limited to one award per adopted child within the child welfare 97
system. 98
(c) The payment of a lump -sum monetary benefit for 99
adopting a child within the child welfare system under this 100
section is subject to a specific appropriation to the department 101
for such purpose. 102
(3) A qualifying adoptive employee must apply to his or 103
her agency head, or to his or he r school director in the case of 104
a qualifying adoptive employee of a charter school or the 105
Florida Virtual School, to obtain the monetary benefit provided 106
in subsection (2). A veteran , or servicemember, or tax collector 107
employee must apply to the departmen t to obtain the benefit. A 108
law enforcement officer must apply to the Department of Law 109
Enforcement to obtain the benefit. Applications must be on forms 110
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approved by the department and must include a certified copy of 111
the final order of adoption naming the a pplicant as the adoptive 112
parent. Monetary benefits shall be approved on a first -come, 113
first-served basis based upon the date that each fully completed 114
application is received by the department. 115
(4) This section does not preclude a qualifying adoptive 116
employee, veteran, servicemember, tax collector employee, or law 117
enforcement officer from receiving adoption assistance for which 118
he or she may qualify under s. 409.166 or any other statute that 119
provides financial incentives for the adoption of children. 120
(6) The department may adopt rules to administer this 121
section. The rules may provide for an application process such 122
as, but not limited to, an open enrollment period during which 123
qualifying adoptive employees, veterans, servicemembers, tax 124
collector employees, or law enforcement officers may apply for 125
monetary benefits under this section. 126
Section 3. Section 445.09, Florida Statutes, is created to 127
read: 128
445.09 Bonuses for tax collector employees.—Notwithstanding 129
any other law to the contrary, a county tax collector may budget 130
for and pay a hiring or retention bonus to an employee if the 131
expenditure is approved by the Department of Revenue in the 132
respective tax collector's budget or approved by the respective 133
board of county commissioners after the budge t is submitted to 134
the Department of Revenue as set forth in s. 195.087(2). 135
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Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 1001.47, Florida 136
Statutes, is amended to read: 137
1001.47 District school superintendent; salary. — 138
(2) Each elected district school superin tendent shall 139
receive a base salary, the amounts indicated in this subsection, 140
based on the population of the county the elected superintendent 141
serves. In addition, compensation shall be made for population 142
increments over the minimum for each population g roup, which 143
shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of 144
the minimum for the group times the group rate. The product of 145
such calculation shall be added to the base salary to determine 146
the adjusted base salary. Laws that increase the base salary 147
provided in this subsection shall contain provisions on no other 148
subject. 149
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Pop. Group County Pop. Range
Base
Salary Group Rate
151
Minimum Maximum
152
I -0- 49,999
$26,250
$21,250 $0.07875
153
II 50,000 99,999
29,400
24,400 0.06300
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III 100,000 199,999
32,550
27,550 0.02625
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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
157
VI 1,000,000
41,475
36,475 0.00400
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Section 5. Subsection (6) is added to section 1003.48, 159
Florida Statutes, to read: 160
1003.48 Instruction in operation of motor vehicles. — 161
(6) The district school board may contract with the county 162
tax collector to authorize a tax collector employee, as defined 163
in s. 409.1664(1), to administer road tests on school grounds at 164
one or more secondary schools within the district. 165
Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 166