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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to tax collectors; amending s. 145.11, 2
F.S.; revising tax collector base salaries; amending 3
s. 409.1664, F.S.; defining the term "tax collector 4
employee"; providing that tax collector employees are 5
eligible to receive certain adoption benefits; 6
specifying monetary benefit amounts to be paid under 7
specified conditions; requiring such employees to 8
apply to the Department of Children and Families to 9
obtain the benefit; authorizing the department to 10
adopt specified rules; creating s. 445.09, F.S.; 11
authorizing county tax collectors to budget for and 12
pay hiring and retention bonuses to employees under 13
specified conditions; amending s. 1003.48, F.S.; 14
authorizing a district school board to contract with a 15
county tax collector to authorize a tax collector 16
employee to administer road tests on school grounds at 17
one or more secondary schools within the district; 18
providing an effective date. 19
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 145.11, Florida 23
Statutes, is amended to read: 24
145.11 Tax collector. — 25
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(1) Each tax collector shall receive as salary the amount 26
indicated, based on the population of hi s or her county. In 27
addition, a compensation shall be made for population increments 28
over the minimum for each population group, which shall be 29
determined by multiplying the population in excess of the 30
minimum for the group times the group rate. 31
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Pop.
Group County Pop. Range
Base
Salary
Group Rate
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Minimum Maximum
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I
-0- 49,999
$26,250
$21,250 $0.07875
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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 0.00525
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33,325
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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 41
409.1664, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (g), 42
subsections (2), (3), (4), and (6) are amended, and a new 43
paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of that section, to 44
read: 45
409.1664 Adoption benefits for qualifying adoptive 46
employees of state agencies, veterans, servicemembers, and law 47
enforcement officers , and tax collector employees .— 48
(1) As used in this section, the term: 49
(f) "Tax collector employee" means an employee or a deputy 50
tax collector, provided in s. 197.103, of an office of a county 51
tax collector. 52
(2) A qualifying adoptive employee, veteran, or 53
servicemember, or tax collector employee who adopts a child 54
within the child welfare system who is difficult to place as 55
described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to receive a lump -56
sum monetary benefit in the amount of $10,000 per such child, 57
subject to applicable taxes. A law enforcement officer who 58
adopts a child within the child welfare system who is difficult 59
to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to 60
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receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of $25,000 per 61
such child, subject to applicable taxes. A qualifying adoptive 62
employee, veteran, or servicemember, or tax collector employee 63
who adopts a child within the child welfare system who is not 64
difficult to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is 65
eligible to receive a lump -sum monetary benefit in the amount of 66
$5,000 per such child, sub ject to applicable taxes. A law 67
enforcement officer who adopts a child within the child welfare 68
system who is not difficult to place as described in s. 69
409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to receive a lump -sum monetary 70
benefit in the amount of $10,000 per each suc h child, subject to 71
applicable taxes. A qualifying adoptive employee of a charter 72
school or the Florida Virtual School may retroactively apply for 73
the monetary benefit provided in this subsection if such 74
employee was employed by a charter school or the Flo rida Virtual 75
School when he or she adopted a child within the child welfare 76
system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2015. A 77
veteran, or servicemember, or tax collector employee may apply 78
for the monetary benefit provided in this subsection if he or 79
she is domiciled in this state and adopts a child within the 80
child welfare system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 81
2020. A law enforcement officer may apply for the monetary 82
benefit provided in this subsection if he or she is domiciled in 83
this state and adopts a child within the child welfare system 84
pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2022. A tax collector 85
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employee may apply for the monetary benefit provided in this 86
subsection if he or she is domiciled in this state and adopts a 87
child within the child welfare system under chapter 63 on or 88
after July 1, 2024. 89
(a) Benefits paid to a qualifying adoptive employee who is 90
a part-time employee must be prorated based on the qualifying 91
adoptive employee's full -time equivalency at the time of 92
applying for the benefits. 93
(b) Monetary benefits awarded under this subsection are 94
limited to one award per adopted child within the child welfare 95
system. 96
(c) The payment of a lump -sum monetary benefit for 97
adopting a child within the child welfare system under this 98
section is subject to a specific appropriation to the department 99
for such purpose. 100
(3) A qualifying adoptive employee must apply to his or 101
her agency head, or to his or her school director in the case of 102
a qualifying adoptive employee of a cha rter school or the 103
Florida Virtual School, to obtain the monetary benefit provided 104
in subsection (2). A veteran , or servicemember, or tax collector 105
employee must apply to the department to obtain the benefit. A 106
law enforcement officer must apply to the Dep artment of Law 107
Enforcement to obtain the benefit. Applications must be on forms 108
approved by the department and must include a certified copy of 109
the final order of adoption naming the applicant as the adoptive 110
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parent. Monetary benefits shall be approved on a first-come, 111
first-served basis based upon the date that each fully completed 112
application is received by the department. 113
(4) This section does not preclude a qualifying adoptive 114
employee, veteran, servicemember, tax collector employee, or law 115
enforcement officer from receiving adoption assistance for which 116
he or she may qualify under s. 409.166 or any other statute that 117
provides financial incentives for the adoption of children. 118
(6) The department may adopt rules to administer this 119
section. The rules m ay provide for an application process such 120
as, but not limited to, an open enrollment period during which 121
qualifying adoptive employees, veterans, servicemembers, tax 122
collector employees, or law enforcement officers may apply for 123
monetary benefits under th is section. 124
Section 3. Section 445.09, Florida Statutes, is created to 125
read: 126
445.09 Bonuses for tax collector employees.—Notwithstanding 127
any other law to the contrary, a county tax collector may budget 128
for and pay a hiring or retention bonus to an employee if the 129
expenditure is approved by the Department of Revenue in the 130
respective tax collector's budget or approved by the respective 131
board of county commissioners after the budget is submitted to 132
the Department of Revenue as set forth in s. 195.087( 2). 133
Section 4. Subsection (6) is added to section 1003.48, 134
Florida Statutes, to read: 135
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1003.48 Instruction in operation of motor vehicles. — 136
(6) The district school board may contract with the county 137
tax collector to authorize a tax collector employe e, as defined 138
in s. 409.1664(1), to administer road tests on school grounds at 139
one or more secondary schools within the district. 140
Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 141