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Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 674 By the Committee on Rules; and Senator Wright 595-03807-25 2025674c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to bonuses for employees of county tax 3 collectors and property appraisers; amending s. 4 445.09, F.S.; authorizing specified county tax 5 collectors or property appraisers to budget for and 6 pay specified bonuses to employees, pending a 7 specified approval; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1.Section 445.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to 12 read: 13 445.09Bonuses for employees of county tax collectors or 14 property appraisers.Notwithstanding any other law, a county tax 15 collector or property appraiser may budget for and pay a hiring 16 or retention bonus to an employee if such expenditure is 17 approved by the Department of Revenue in the respective budget 18 of the county tax collector or property appraiser. 19 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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