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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to compensation of elected officers 2
and judges; amending s. 11.13, F.S.; removing 3
provisions specifying and providing for an annual 4
adjustment of the annual salaries of members of the 5
Senate and the House of Representatives; requiring the 6
Legislature to establish annual salaries for elected 7
officers and judges in a certain manner beginning in a 8
certain fiscal year; specifying minimum annual 9
salaries; authorizing the voluntary reduction of such 10
salaries; providing an effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Subsections (2) through (6) of section 11.13, 15
Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsectio ns (1) through (5), 16
respectively, and present subsections (1) and (4) of that 17
section are amended to read: 18
11.13 Compensation of members. — 19
(1)(a) The annual salaries of members of the Senate and 20
House of Representatives, payable in 12 equal monthly 21
installments, shall be: 22
1. The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of 23
Representatives, $25,000 each. 24
2. All other members of the Senate and House of 25
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Representatives, $18,000 each. 26
(b) Effective July 1, 1986, and each July 1 thereafter, 27
the annual salaries of members of the Senate and House of 28
Representatives shall be adjusted by the average percentage 29
increase in the salaries of state career service employees for 30
the fiscal year just concluded. The Appropriations Committee of 31
each house shall certify to the Office of Legislative Services 32
the average percentage increase in the salaries of state career 33
service employees before July 1 of each year. The Office of 34
Legislative Services shall, as of July 1 of each year, determine 35
the adjusted annual salaries as provided herein. 36
(3)(4) Each member of the Legislature shall be entitled to 37
receive a monthly allowance for intradistrict expenses in an 38
amount set annually by the President of the Senate for members 39
of the Senate and the Speaker of the Hous e of Representatives 40
for members of the House. In setting the amount, the costs of 41
maintaining a legislative district office or offices that 42
provide an appropriate level of constituent services shall be 43
considered. The procedure for disbursement of the mon thly 44
intradistrict expense allowed shall be set from time to time by 45
the Office of Legislative Services, with the approval of the 46
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 47
Representatives or their respective designees. Such expenses 48
shall be a proper expense of the Legislature and shall be 49
disbursed from the appropriation for legislative expense. The 50
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expenses provided under this subsection shall not include any 51
travel and per diem reimbursed under subsections (1) and (2) 52
subsections (2) and (3 ) or the rules of either house. 53
Section 2. (1) Beginning in fiscal year 2027 -2028, the 54
Legislature shall establish annual salaries for elected officers 55
and judges in the General Appropriations Act as follows: 56
(a) The annual salary for the Governor m ust be at least 57
100 percent of the annual salary established for a Supreme Court 58
justice. 59
(b) The annual salary for the Lieutenant Governor must be 60
at least 95 percent of the annual salary established for the 61
Governor. 62
(c) The annual salary for the Chi ef Financial Officer must 63
be at least 95 percent of the annual salary established for the 64
Governor. 65
(d) The annual salary for the Attorney General must be at 66
least 95 percent of the annual salary established for the 67
Governor. 68
(e) The annual salary for the Commissioner of Agriculture 69
must be at least 95 percent of the annual salary established for 70
the Governor. 71
(f) The annual salary for a district court of appeal judge 72
must be at least 90 percent of the annual salary established for 73
a Supreme Court justice. 74
(g) The annual salary for a circuit court judge must be at 75
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least 80 percent of the annual salary established for a Supreme 76
Court justice. 77
(h) The annual salary for a county court judge must be at 78
least 75 percent of the annual salary establish ed for a Supreme 79
Court justice. 80
(2) Annual salaries established under subsection (1) may 81
be reduced on a voluntary basis. 82
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 83