Florida Senate - 2015 CS for SB 782 By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Montford 578-02381-15 2015782c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to county officials; amending s. 3 145.19, F.S.; requiring, beginning in a specified 4 fiscal year, that a county official’s adjusted salary 5 rate be identical to the official’s adjusted salary 6 rate in the prior fiscal year if the official’s 7 adjusted salary rate would otherwise be less than the 8 prior fiscal year’s adjusted salary rate due to 9 certain circumstances; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 145.19, 14 Florida Statutes, to read: 15 145.19 Annual percentage increases based on increase for 16 state career service employees; limitation.— 17 (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), s. 1001.395, s. 18 1001.47, or any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, 19 beginning in the 2015-2016 fiscal year and continuing each 20 fiscal year thereafter, a county official’s adjusted salary rate 21 shall be identical to the official’s adjusted salary rate in the 22 prior fiscal year if the official’s adjusted salary rate would 23 otherwise be less than the prior fiscal year’s adjusted salary 24 rate due to the county’s shift to a new population group as a 25 result of a population increase. 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015. 27