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House Bill 0961




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 961

        By Representatives Miller, Martinez, Crist, Littlefield,
    Ogles, Byrd, Murman, Bradley and Culp





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Hillsborough County;

  3         amending chapter 96-519, Laws of Florida;

  4         amending provisions relating to suspension or

  5         dismissal of employees under the Civil Service

  6         Act of Hillsborough County; providing an

  7         effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section 11 of

12  chapter 96-519, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:

13         Section 11.  Suspension; dismissal.--

14         (1)  Any nontenured employee in the classified service

15  may be suspended or dismissed for any reason cause if that

16  suspension or dismissal will promote the efficiency of the

17  service.

18         (3)  Any employee may be suspended immediately, with or

19  without pay and without the benefit of advance written notice,

20  upon determination by the appointing authority that such

21  suspension is in the best interest of Hillsborough County the

22  public. The appointing authority must provide written notice

23  to the employee as soon as possible and give the employee the

24  opportunity to be heard as required in subsection (2).

25         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

26  law.

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