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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to local government salaries and 2
benefits; amending s. 145.012, F.S.; revising 3
applicability; amending s. 145.031, F.S.; revising 4
requirements for the board of county commissioners 5
salary formula to apply to noncharter counties; 6
requiring the county population to be used to 7
calculate the group rate beginning on a specified 8
date; providing for the determination of salaries of 9
members of boards of county commissioners of certain 10
counties; amending s. 145.17, F.S.; providing 11
applicability relating to the prohibition of 12
supplemental compensation by certain counties ; 13
amending s. 145.19, F.S.; providing procedures for 14
calculating salary adjustments for members of boards 15
of county commissioners of certain counties; creating 16
s. 145.20, F.S.; requirin g a referendum for a board of 17
county commissioners to increase the salary, 18
retirement benefits, or other compensation paid to its 19
members; requiring referendum election costs to be 20
paid by the county; providing applicability; amending 21
s. 166.021, F.S.; req uiring a referendum for the 22
governing body of a municipality to increase the 23
salary, retirement benefits, or other compensation 24
paid to its members; requiring referendum election 25
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costs to be paid by the municipality; providing 26
applicability; creating s. 18 9.0165, F.S.; requiring a 27
referendum for the governing body of a special 28
district to increase the salary, retirement benefits, 29
or other compensation paid to its members; requiring 30
the referendum election costs to be paid by the 31
special district; providing applicability; providing 32
construction; providing an effective date. 33
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 35
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Section 1. Section 145.012, Florida Statutes, is amended 37
to read: 38
145.012 Applicability. —This chapter applies to all 39
officials herein designated in all counties of this the state, 40
except those officials whose salaries are not subject to being 41
set by the Legislature because of the provisions of a county 42
home rule charter and except officials (other than the property 43
appraiser, clerk of the circuit court, superintendent of 44
schools, sheriff, supervisor of elections, and tax collector who 45
if qualified shall receive in addition to their salaries a 46
special qualification salary as provided in this chapter) of 47
counties which have a chartered consolidated form of government 48
as provided in chapter 67 -1320, Laws of Florida . 49
Section 2. Section 145.031, Florida Statutes, is amended 50
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to read: 51
145.031 Board of county commissioners. — 52
(1)(a) Each member of the board of county commiss ioners of 53
a noncharter county shall receive as salary the amount 54
indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In 55
addition, compensation shall be made for population increments 56
over the minimum for each population group, which shall be 57
determined by multiplying the population in excess of the 58
minimum for the grouping times the group rate. 59
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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- 9,999 $4,500 $0.150
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II 10,000 49,999 6,000 0.075
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III 50,000 99,999 9,000 0.060
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IV 100,000 199,999 12,000 0.045
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V 200,000 399,999 16,500 0.015
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VI 400,000 999,999 19,500 0.005
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VII 1,000,000 22,500 0.000
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(b) Effective October 1, 2025, the population of the 70
county as of April 1, 2025, shall be used to calculate the group 71
rate under this subsection. 72
(2) Each No member of a governing body of a charter 73
chartered county or a county with a consolidated form of 74
government shall receive as salary the amount provided by the 75
provisions of the county charter as of September 30, 2025. If a 76
county charter authorizes the governing body to set its salary 77
by ordinance, each member of the governing body shall receive as 78
salary the amount provided by an ordinance adopted on or before 79
April 1, 2025. As of October 1, 2025, any future adjustment 80
shall be made only as provided in s. 145.20 be deemed to be the 81
equivalent of a county commissioner for the purposes of 82
determining the compensation of such member under his or her 83
respective charter. 84
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or s. 85
145.19, each member of the board of county commissioners may 86
reduce his or her salary rate on a voluntary basis. 87
Section 3. Section 145.17, Florida Statutes, is amended to 88
read: 89
145.17 Supplemental compensation prohibited ; exception.—90
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The compensation provided in chapter 145 shall be the sole and 91
exclusive compensation of the officers whose salary is 92
established therein for the execution of their official duties, 93
and, except as specifically provided herein, the acceptance of 94
salary for official duties as a result of other general or 95
special law, general law of local application, resolution, or 96
supplement or from any other source is a misdemeanor of the 97
first degree punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and 775.083. 98
This section does not apply to any supplemental compensation 99
provided by a charter county or a county with a consolidated 100
form of government, provided that any increase in such 101
supplemental compensation on or after October 1, 2025 , is made 102
as provided in s. 145.20. 103
Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 145.19, Florida 104
Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to that 105
section, to read: 106
145.19 Annual percentage increases based on increase for 107
state career service employees; limitation ; exception.— 108
(2) Each fiscal year, the salaries of all officials listed 109
in this chapter, except boards of county commissioners, s. 110
1001.395, and s. 1001.47 shall be adjusted. The adjusted salary 111
rate shall be the product, rounded to the nearest dollar, of the 112
salary rate granted by the appropriate section of this chapter, 113
s. 1001.395, or s. 1001.47 multiplied first by the initial 114
factor, then by the cumulative annual factor, and finally by the 115
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annual factor. The Department of Management Services shall 116
certify the annual factor and the cu mulative annual factors. Any 117
special qualification salary received under this chapter, s. 118
1001.47, or the annual performance salary incentive available to 119
elected superintendents under s. 1001.47 shall be added to such 120
adjusted salary rate. The special qua lification salary shall be 121
$2,000, but may shall not exceed $2,000. 122
(3) The salary adjustment for each member of a board of 123
county commissioners of a noncharter county or a charter county 124
that has adopted the salary rate for noncharter counties by 125
charter or ordinance shall be calculated as provided in 126
subsection (2) until September 30, 2025. As of October 1, 2025, 127
any future adjustment shall be made only as provided in s. 128
145.20. 129
Section 5. Section 145.20, Florida Statutes, is created to 130
read: 131
145.20 Referendum to increase salary, retirement benefits, 132
or other compensation. — 133
(1) A board of county commissioners may not increase the 134
salary, any retirement benefit, or any other type of 135
compensation paid to its members unless such increase is 136
approved by a majority of the electors of the county voting in a 137
referendum held at a general election during a presidential 138
election year. The election costs of the referendum shall be 139
paid by the county. 140
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(2) This section does not apply to any increase in a 141
retirement benefit received as part of the governing body's 142
participation in the Florida Retirement System. 143
Section 6. Subsection (10) is added to section 166.021, 144
Florida Statutes, to read: 145
166.021 Powers.— 146
(10)(a) The governing body of a municipalit y may not 147
increase the salary, any retirement benefit, or any other type 148
of compensation paid to its members unless such increase is 149
approved by a majority of the electors of the municipality 150
voting in a referendum held at a general election during a 151
presidential election year. The election costs of the referendum 152
shall be paid by the municipality. 153
(b) This subsection does not apply to any increase in a 154
retirement benefit received as part of the governing body's 155
participation in the Florida Retirement System. 156
Section 7. Section 189.0165, Florida Statutes, is created 157
to read: 158
189.0165 Special districts; compensation of members of 159
governing body.— 160
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 161
governing body of a special district may not incr ease the 162
salary, any pension or other retirement benefit, or any other 163
type of compensation paid to members of the governing of a 164
special district unless such increase is approved by a majority 165
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of the electors of the special district voting in a referendum 166
held at a general election during a presidential election year. 167
The election costs of the referendum shall be paid by the 168
special district. 169
(2) This section does not apply to any increase in a 170
retirement benefit received as part of the governing body's 171
participation in the Florida Retirement System. 172
(3) This section does not authorize a referendum to 173
increase the salary, any pension or retirement benefit, or any 174
other type of compensation paid to members of the governing body 175
of a special district if t he special district's charter 176
prohibits such members from receiving compensation or benefits. 177
Section 8. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 178