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Florida House Bill H1581

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to local government salaries and 2
1616 benefits; amending s. 145.012, F.S.; revising 3
1717 applicability; amending s. 145.031, F.S.; revising 4
1818 requirements for the board of county commissioners 5
1919 salary formula to apply to noncharter counties; 6
20-providing for the determination of salaries of members 7
21-of boards of county commissioners of certain counties; 8
22-amending s. 145.17, F.S.; providing applicability 9
23-relating to the prohibition of supplemental 10
24-compensation by certain counties; creating s. 145.20, 11
25-F.S.; requiring a referendum for a board of county 12
26-commissioners to increase the salary, retirement 13
27-benefits, or other compensation paid to its members; 14
28-requiring referendum election costs to be paid by the 15
29-county; providing applicability; amending s. 166.021, 16
30-F.S.; requiring a referendum for the governing body of 17
31-a municipality to increase the salary, retirement 18
32-benefits, or other compensation paid to its members; 19
33-requiring referendum election costs to be paid by the 20
34-municipality; providing applicability; creating s. 21
35-189.0165, F.S.; requiring a referendum for the 22
36-governing body of a special district to increase the 23
20+requiring the county population to be used to 7
21+calculate the group rate beginning on a specified 8
22+date; providing for the determination of salaries of 9
23+members of boards of county commissioners of certain 10
24+counties; amending s. 145.17, F.S.; providing 11
25+applicability relating to the prohibition of 12
26+supplemental compensation by certain counties ; 13
27+amending s. 145.19, F.S.; providing procedures for 14
28+calculating salary adjustments for members of boards 15
29+of county commissioners of certain counties; creating 16
30+s. 145.20, F.S.; requirin g a referendum for a board of 17
31+county commissioners to increase the salary, 18
32+retirement benefits, or other compensation paid to its 19
33+members; requiring referendum election costs to be 20
34+paid by the county; providing applicability; amending 21
35+s. 166.021, F.S.; req uiring a referendum for the 22
36+governing body of a municipality to increase the 23
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51-costs to be paid by the special district; provi ding 26
52-applicability; providing construction; providing an 27
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55-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 30
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57- Section 1. Section 145.012, Florida Statutes, is amended 32
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59- 145.012 Applicability. —This chapter applies to all 34
60-officials herein designated in all counties of this the state, 35
61-except those officials whose salaries are not subject to being 36
62-set by the Legislature because of the provisions of a county 37
63-home rule charter and except officials (other than the property 38
64-appraiser, clerk of the circuit court, superintendent of 39
65-schools, sheriff, supervisor of elections, and tax collector who 40
66-if qualified shall receive in addition to their salaries a 41
67-special qualification salary as provided in this chapter) of 42
68-counties which have a chartered consolidated form of government 43
69-as provided in chapter 67 -1320, Laws of Florida . 44
70- Section 2. Section 145.031, Florida Statutes, is amended 45
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72- 145.031 Board of county commissioners. — 47
73- (1) Each member of the board of county commi ssioners of a 48
74-noncharter county shall receive as salary the amount indicated, 49
75-based on the population of his or her county. In addition, 50
51+costs to be paid by the municipality; providing 26
52+applicability; creating s. 18 9.0165, F.S.; requiring a 27
53+referendum for the governing body of a special 28
54+district to increase the salary, retirement benefits, 29
55+or other compensation paid to its members; requiring 30
56+the referendum election costs to be paid by the 31
57+special district; providing applicability; providing 32
58+construction; providing an effective date. 33
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60+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 35
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62+ Section 1. Section 145.012, Florida Statutes, is amended 37
63+to read: 38
64+ 145.012 Applicability. —This chapter applies to all 39
65+officials herein designated in all counties of this the state, 40
66+except those officials whose salaries are not subject to being 41
67+set by the Legislature because of the provisions of a county 42
68+home rule charter and except officials (other than the property 43
69+appraiser, clerk of the circuit court, superintendent of 44
70+schools, sheriff, supervisor of elections, and tax collector who 45
71+if qualified shall receive in addition to their salaries a 46
72+special qualification salary as provided in this chapter) of 47
73+counties which have a chartered consolidated form of government 48
74+as provided in chapter 67 -1320, Laws of Florida . 49
75+ Section 2. Section 145.031, Florida Statutes, is amended 50
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89-minimum for each population group, which shall be determi ned by 52
90-multiplying the population in excess of the minimum for the 53
91-grouping times the group rate. 54
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89+ 145.031 Board of county commissioners. — 52
90+ (1)(a) Each member of the board of county commiss ioners of 53
91+a noncharter county shall receive as salary the amount 54
92+indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In 55
93+addition, compensation shall be made for population increments 56
94+over the minimum for each population group, which shall be 57
95+determined by multiplying the population in excess of the 58
96+minimum for the grouping times the group rate. 59
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129-chartered county or a county with a consolidated form of 67
130-government shall receive as salary the amount provided by the 68
131-provisions of the county charter as of September 30, 2025. If a 69
132-county charter authorizes the governing body to set its salary 70
133-by ordinance, each member of the governing body shall receive as 71
134-salary the amount provided by the provisions of an ordinance 72
135-adopted on or before April 1, 2025. As of October 1, 2025, any 73
136-future adjustment shall be made only as provided in s. 145.20 be 74
137-deemed to be the equi valent of a county commissioner for the 75
138-purposes of determining the compensation of such member under 76
139-his or her respective charter . 77
140- (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or s. 78
141-145.19, each member of the board of county commissioners may 79
142-reduce his or her salary rate on a voluntary basis. 80
143- Section 3. Section 145.17, Florida Statutes, is amended to 81
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145- 145.17 Supplemental compensation prohibited ; exception.—83
146-The compensation provided in chapter 145 shall be the sole and 84
147-exclusive compensation of the officers whose salary is 85
148-established therein for the execution of their official duties, 86
149-and, except as specifically provided herein, the acceptance of 87
150-salary for official duties as a result of other general or 88
151-special law, general law of loca l application, resolution, or 89
152-supplement or from any other source is a misdemeanor of the 90
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132+ (b) Effective October 1, 2025, the population of the 70
133+county as of April 1, 2025, shall be used to calculate the group 71
134+rate under this subsection. 72
135+ (2) Each No member of a governing body of a charter 73
136+chartered county or a county with a consolidated form of 74
137+government shall receive as salary the amount provided by the 75
138+provisions of the county charter as of September 30, 2025. If a 76
139+county charter authorizes the governing body to set its salary 77
140+by ordinance, each member of the governing body shall receive as 78
141+salary the amount provided by an ordinance adopted on or before 79
142+April 1, 2025. As of October 1, 2025, any future adjustment 80
143+shall be made only as provided in s. 145.20 be deemed to be the 81
144+equivalent of a county commissioner for the purposes of 82
145+determining the compensation of such member under his or her 83
146+respective charter. 84
147+ (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or s. 85
148+145.19, each member of the board of county commissioners may 86
149+reduce his or her salary rate on a voluntary basis. 87
150+ Section 3. Section 145.17, Florida Statutes, is amended to 88
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152+ 145.17 Supplemental compensation prohibited ; exception.—90
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165-first degree punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and 775.083. 91
166-This section does not apply to any supplemental compensation 92
167-provided by a charter county or a county with a consolidated 93
168-form of government, provided that any increase in such 94
169-supplemental compensation on or after October 1, 2025, is made 95
170-as provided in s. 145.20. 96
171- Section 4. Section 145.20, Florida Statutes, is created to 97
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173- 145.20 Referendum to increase salary, retirement benefits, 99
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175- (1) A board of county commissioners may not increase the 101
176-salary, any retirement benefit, or any other type of 102
177-compensation paid to its members unless such increase is 103
178-approved by a majority of the electors of the county voting in a 104
179-referendum held at a general election during a presidential 105
180-election year. The election costs of the referendum shall be 106
181-paid by the county. 107
182- (2) This section does not apply to any increase in a 108
183-retirement benefit r eceived as part of the governing body's 109
184-participation in the Florida Retirement System. 110
185- Section 5. Subsection (10) is added to section 166.021, 111
186-Florida Statutes, to read: 112
187- 166.021 Powers.— 113
188- (10)(a) The governing body of a municipality may not 114
189-increase the salary, any retirement benefit, or any other type 115
165+The compensation provided in chapter 145 shall be the sole and 91
166+exclusive compensation of the officers whose salary is 92
167+established therein for the execution of their official duties, 93
168+and, except as specifically provided herein, the acceptance of 94
169+salary for official duties as a result of other general or 95
170+special law, general law of local application, resolution, or 96
171+supplement or from any other source is a misdemeanor of the 97
172+first degree punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and 775.083. 98
173+This section does not apply to any supplemental compensation 99
174+provided by a charter county or a county with a consolidated 100
175+form of government, provided that any increase in such 101
176+supplemental compensation on or after October 1, 2025 , is made 102
177+as provided in s. 145.20. 103
178+ Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 145.19, Florida 104
179+Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to that 105
180+section, to read: 106
181+ 145.19 Annual percentage increases based on increase for 107
182+state career service employees; limitation ; exception.— 108
183+ (2) Each fiscal year, the salaries of all officials listed 109
184+in this chapter, except boards of county commissioners, s. 110
185+1001.395, and s. 1001.47 shall be adjusted. The adjusted salary 111
186+rate shall be the product, rounded to the nearest dollar, of the 112
187+salary rate granted by the appropriate section of this chapter, 113
188+s. 1001.395, or s. 1001.47 multiplied first by the initial 114
189+factor, then by the cumulative annual factor, and finally by the 115
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204-voting in a referendum held at a general election during a 118
205-presidential election year. The election costs of the referendum 119
206-shall be paid by the municipality. 120
207- (b) This subsection does not apply to any increase in a 121
208-retirement benefit received as part of the governing body's 122
209-participation in the Florida Retirement System. 123
210- Section 6. Section 189.0165, Florida Statutes, is created 124
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212- 189.0165 Special districts; compensation of members of 126
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214- (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 128
215-governing body of a special district may not increase the 129
216-salary, any pension or other retirement benefit, or any other 130
217-type of compensation paid to members of the governing of a 131
218-special district unless such increase is approved by a majority 132
219-of the electors of the special district voting in a referendum 133
220-held at a general election during a presidential election year. 134
221-The election costs of the referendum shall be paid by the 135
222-special district. 136
223- (2) This section does not apply to any increase in a 137
224-retirement benefit received as part of the governing body's 138
225-participation in the Florida Retirement System. 139
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202+annual factor. The Department of Management Services shall 116
203+certify the annual factor and the cu mulative annual factors. Any 117
204+special qualification salary received under this chapter, s. 118
205+1001.47, or the annual performance salary incentive available to 119
206+elected superintendents under s. 1001.47 shall be added to such 120
207+adjusted salary rate. The special qua lification salary shall be 121
208+$2,000, but may shall not exceed $2,000. 122
209+ (3) The salary adjustment for each member of a board of 123
210+county commissioners of a noncharter county or a charter county 124
211+that has adopted the salary rate for noncharter counties by 125
212+charter or ordinance shall be calculated as provided in 126
213+subsection (2) until September 30, 2025. As of October 1, 2025, 127
214+any future adjustment shall be made only as provided in s. 128
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216+ Section 5. Section 145.20, Florida Statutes, is created to 130
217+read: 131
218+ 145.20 Referendum to increase salary, retirement benefits, 132
219+or other compensation. — 133
220+ (1) A board of county commissioners may not increase the 134
221+salary, any retirement benefit, or any other type of 135
222+compensation paid to its members unless such increase is 136
223+approved by a majority of the electors of the county voting in a 137
224+referendum held at a general election during a presidential 138
225+election year. The election costs of the referendum shall be 139
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239-increase the salary, any pension or retirement benefit, or any 141
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241-of a special district if the special district' s charter 143
242-prohibits such members from receiving compensation or benefits. 144
243- Section 7. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 145
239+ (2) This section does not apply to any increase in a 141
240+retirement benefit received as part of the governing body's 142
241+participation in the Florida Retirement System. 143
242+ Section 6. Subsection (10) is added to section 166.021, 144
243+Florida Statutes, to read: 145
244+ 166.021 Powers.— 146
245+ (10)(a) The governing body of a municipalit y may not 147
246+increase the salary, any retirement benefit, or any other type 148
247+of compensation paid to its members unless such increase is 149
248+approved by a majority of the electors of the municipality 150
249+voting in a referendum held at a general election during a 151
250+presidential election year. The election costs of the referendum 152
251+shall be paid by the municipality. 153
252+ (b) This subsection does not apply to any increase in a 154
253+retirement benefit received as part of the governing body's 155
254+participation in the Florida Retirement System. 156
255+ Section 7. Section 189.0165, Florida Statutes, is created 157
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257+ 189.0165 Special districts; compensation of members of 159
258+governing body.— 160
259+ (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 161
260+governing body of a special district may not incr ease the 162
261+salary, any pension or other retirement benefit, or any other 163
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278+The election costs of the referendum shall be paid by the 168
279+special district. 169
280+ (2) This section does not apply to any increase in a 170
281+retirement benefit received as part of the governing body's 171
282+participation in the Florida Retirement System. 172
283+ (3) This section does not authorize a referendum to 173
284+increase the salary, any pension or retirement benefit, or any 174
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