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11  Senator Casas moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 17, between lines 19 and 20,

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17         Section 22.  For the purpose of implementing Specific

18  Appropriation 1656 of the 1999-2000 General Appropriations

19  Act, paragraph (k) of subsection (2) of section 110.205,

20  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

21         110.205  Career service; exemptions.--

22         (2)  EXEMPT POSITIONS.--The exempt positions which are

23  not covered by this part include the following, provided that

24  no position, except for positions established for a limited

25  period of time pursuant to paragraph (h), shall be exempted if

26  the position reports to a position in the career service:

27         (k)1.  All officers and employees in the office of the

28  Governor, including all employees at the Governor's mansion,

29  and employees within each separate budget entity, as defined

30  in chapter 216, assigned to the Governor. Unless otherwise

31  fixed by law, the salary and benefits of these positions shall

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 1  be set by the department as follows:

 2         a.1.  The chief of staff, the assistant or deputy chief

 3  of staff, general counsel, Director of Legislative Affairs,

 4  inspector general, Director of Cabinet Affairs, Director of

 5  Press Relations, Director of Planning and Budgeting, director

 6  of administration, director of state-federal relations, and

 7  chief prosecutor of the statewide grand jury, and the director

 8  of each separate budget entity shall have their salaries and

 9  benefits established by the department in accordance with the

10  rules of the Senior Management Service.

11         b.2.  The salaries and benefits of positions not

12  established in sub-subparagraph a. subparagraph 1. shall be

13  set by the employing agency.  Salaries and benefits of

14  employees whose professional training is comparable to that of

15  licensed professionals under paragraph (q), or whose

16  administrative responsibility is comparable to a bureau chief

17  shall be set by the Selected Exempt Service. The department

18  shall make the comparability determinations.  Other employees

19  shall have benefits set as if career service employees.

20         2.  For the 1999-2000 fiscal year only, all officers

21  and employees in the office of the Governor, including all

22  employees at the Governor's mansion, and employees within each

23  separate budget entity, as defined in chapter 216, assigned to

24  the Governor. Unless otherwise fixed by law, the salary and

25  benefits of these positions shall be set by the department as

26  follows:

27         a.  The chief of staff, the assistant or deputy chief

28  of staff, general counsel, Director of Legislative Affairs,

29  chief inspector general, Director of Cabinet Affairs, Director

30  of Press Relations, Director of Planning and Budgeting,

31  director of administration, director of state-federal

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 1  relations, Director of Appointments, Director of External

 2  Affairs, Deputy General Counsel, Governor's Liaison for

 3  Community Development, Chief of Staff Lieutenant Governor,

 4  Deputy Director of Planning and Budgeting, policy

 5  coordinators, and the director of each separate budget entity

 6  shall have their salaries and benefits established by the

 7  department in accordance with the rules of the Senior

 8  Management Service.

 9         b.  The salaries and benefits of positions not

10  established in sub-subparagraph a. shall be set by the

11  employing agency.  Salaries and benefits of employees whose

12  professional training is comparable to that of licensed

13  professionals under paragraph (q), or whose administrative

14  responsibility is comparable to a bureau chief shall be set by

15  the Selected Exempt Service. The department shall make the

16  comparability determinations.  Other employees shall have

17  benefits set comparable to legislative staff, except that

18  leave shall be comparable to career service.

19         c.  This subparagraph expires July 1, 2000.

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21  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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25  And the title is amended as follows:

26         On page 3, line 26, following the semicolon

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29         amending s. 110.205, F.S.; providing additional

30         exemptions from the Career Service System for

31         personnel of the office of the Governor;

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