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House Bill 0783

Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 783 By Representatives Fuller, Dennis, Thrasher, Hill, Crady, King and Arnall 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the City of Jacksonville, 3 Duval County; amending chapter 92-341, Laws of 4 Florida, as amended; amending the Charter of 5 the City of Jacksonville; clarifying the 6 exemptions provided by the charter to 7 designated employees; providing an effective 8 date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Subsections (k), (l), (t), (u), and (aa) of 13 section 17.06 of Article 17 of chapter 92-341, Laws of 14 Florida, as amended, are amended, and subsection (gg) is added 15 to said section, to read: 16 ARTICLE 17. CIVIL SERVICE 17 Section 17.06. Applicability of civil service system 18 to employees of consolidated government.--The civil service 19 provisions of this charter shall be applicable to all 20 employees of the consolidated government except: 21 (k) Assistant council auditor, council secretary, 22 council assistant secretaries, the secretary to the president 23 of the council, the council director of staff services, chief 24 of research, senior research associate, the council research 25 assistants, and the chief of council administration, and 26 executive council assistants appointed by council members, 27 upon approval of the City Council, council aids, provided that 28 any person holding the position fo council aid on July 1, 29 1996, and who previous to that date had civil service status, 30 shall retain protection from dismissal without cause as 31 provided in the civil service and personnel rules and 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 783 527-127-97 1 regulations until July 1, 1999, at which time all council aids 2 shall be appointed and exempt from civil service. 3 (1) Assistant information computer technology 4 officers. 5 (t) The following persons employed within the judicial 6 branch of government: 7 (1) Mediators. Mediator. 8 (u) The following persons employed within the 9 department of administration and finance: 10 (1) Minority business coordinator. 11 (2) Information technology analysts provided that a 12 person holding such position at the time of exemption from 13 civil service may elect to retain civil service status for the 14 duration of continuous employment in the position. Assistant 15 communications officer. 16 (3) Quality standards specialist. 17 (4) Internal auditors. 18 (5) Industrial psychologist and managers of personnel 19 services employed in the personnel division. 20 (6) Managers of accounting services. 21 (aa) The following persons employed by the office of 22 the sheriff: 23 (7) Chaplains, except that any person serving as a 24 chaplain on January 1, 1997, may remain in the classified 25 civil service. 26 (gg) The following positions exempted by previous 27 legislation: 28 (1) The executive director, heads of activities, and 29 professional employees of the Downtown Development Authority 30 appointed under section 20. 31 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 783 527-127-97 1 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 2 law. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3