Senate Bill 1636

    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SB 1636

    By Senators Hargrett, Sebesta, Grant and Lee





    21-771-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Hillsborough County;

  3         amending section 18 of chapter 96-519, Laws of

  4         Florida, relating to the Civil Service Act;

  5         deleting provisions that prohibit a classified

  6         employee from serving in an elected public

  7         office; authorizing such service in the absence

  8         of a conflict in the performance of duties or a

  9         conflict of interest; requiring that the

10         appointing authority determine whether any such

11         conflict exists; authorizing a classified

12         employee to file a grievance or appeal if the

13         employee disagrees with a finding relating to a

14         conflict in the performance of duties;

15         providing an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Section 18 of chapter 96-519, Laws of

20  Florida, is amended to read:

21         Section 18.  Restriction on individual qualifying for

22  public office.--No subordinate personnel need resign upon

23  qualifying for any compensated, elected public office unless

24  such individual is seeking to qualify for a public office

25  which is currently held by an individual who has the authority

26  to appoint, employ, promote, or otherwise supervise that

27  subordinate personnel and who has qualified as a candidate for

28  reelection to that public office. No subordinate personnel of

29  the county administrator need resign upon qualifying for any

30  compensated, elected public office unless such individual is

31  seeking to qualify for a position on the board of county

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  1  commissioners in which the incumbent has qualified as a

  2  candidate for reelection. However, any such personnel shall

  3  take a leave of absence without pay from employment during the

  4  period in which the person is seeking election to public

  5  office. A classified employee may serve in an elected public

  6  office if service in such elected office does not conflict

  7  with the performance of the employee's duties in the

  8  classified service or present a conflict of interest between

  9  the elected office and the classified position. If a

10  classified employee is elected, the appointing authority where

11  that employee is employed shall determine whether the

12  employee's service in public office conflicts with the

13  performance of his or her duties with the appointing

14  authority. If the employee disagrees with any finding that

15  relates to a conflict with the performance of duties, the

16  employee may file a grievance or appeal under the applicable

17  processes. Employment in the classified service shall

18  terminate upon election to any compensated, elected public

19  office.

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

21  law.

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