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Florida House of Representatives - 2001 HB 1903
By Representative Melvin
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Escambia County; amending
3 chapter 83-405, Laws of Florida, as amended,
4 relating to the Escambia County Civil Service
5 System; providing for the discretionary
6 withdrawal of any local participating
7 governmental agency or political subdivision
8 from the Civil Service system; providing an
9 effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Subsection 7.1 of section 7 of chapter
14 83-405, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 91-335, Laws of
15 Florida, is amended to read:
16 SECTION 7. APPLICABILITY.
17 7.1 Covered Positions and Exemptions. The career
18 Civil Service system established by this Act may shall be a
19 permanent service and shall apply as determined by a county
20 constitutional officer or a majority vote of a local agency or
21 board to and include all employees serving in positions now
22 existing, or hereafter created, in Escambia County, including
23 employees of the Escambia County Utilities Authority and
24 non-instructional employees or positions of the District
25 School Board., except the following who shall be exempt from
26 the career Civil Service:
27 (a) Elected officials or persons appointed by the
28 Governor.
29 (b) Members of county and local boards and county
30 commissions.
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1 (c) Members of advisory councils or committees or
2 similar boards paid only for attendance at meetings.
3 (d) The County Attorney and any Assistant Attorneys,
4 or secretaries employed by or under him or her.
5 (e) Attorneys serving as legal counsel.
6 (f) Persons of highly technical or professional
7 training maintaining an independent practice in their chosen
8 professions and employed by the county on a part-time basis.
9 (g) Patient or inmate help in charitable, penal and
10 correctional institutions.
11 (h) District School Board:
12 The chief executive officer and all department heads as
13 approved by the District School Board.
14 Instructional personnel as defined in Section
15 228.041(9), Florida Statutes.
16 Administrative personnel as defined in Section
17 228.041(10), Florida Statutes.
18 Secretary to Superintendent of Schools.
19 Secretary to District School Board.
20 Secretary to Administrative Assistant to Superintendent
21 of Schools.
22 Director of Automated Office Systems.
23 Director of Public Information.
24 Assistant Director for School Plant Planning.
25 Auditors.
26 (i) Board of County Commissioners:
27 The chief executive officer and all department heads as
28 approved by the Board of County Commissioners.
29 (j) Property Appraiser's Office:
30 Chief Deputy Property Appraiser.
31 Secretary to the Property Appraiser.
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1 Three Deputy Appraisers to the Property Appraiser.
2 Confidential Secretary to each Deputy Property
3 Appraiser.
4 Data Managers to the Property Appraiser.
5 Data Programmers to the Property Appraiser.
6 Chief Appraiser to the Property Appraiser.
7 (k) Tax Collector's Office:
8 Ad Valorem Tax Administrator.
9 Motor Vehicle License Administrator.
10 Data Programmers.
11 Data Coordinators to the Tax Collector.
12 Three Administrative Assistants.
13 (l) Clerk of Courts' Office:
14 Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts.
15 Secretary to Clerk of Courts.
16 Five Administrative Assistants to Clerk of Courts.
17 (m) Sheriff's Department:
18 Chief Deputy Sheriff.
19 Five Administrative Assistants.
20 (n) Comptroller's Office:
21 Chief Deputy Comptroller.
22 Secretary to the Comptroller.
23 Four Administrative Assistants to Comptroller.
24 Data Coordinator to Comptroller.
25 Finance Officer.
26 Audit Supervisor.
27 General Accounting Supervisor.
28 Data Processing Manager, Programmers & Analysts.
29 Auditors.
30 (o) Supervisor of Election's Office:
31 Chief Deputy Supervisor of Elections.
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1 Secretary to Supervisor of Elections.
2 Data Coordinator to Supervisor of Elections.
3 Qualifying Officer to the Supervisor of Elections.
4 (p) Manager of Santa Rosa Island Authority.
5 (q) One secretary to each Judge of Circuit and County
6 Courts.
7 (r) The employees of Century Memorial Hospital.
8 (s) Student assistants as defined by Civil Service
9 Rule provided, however, that the appointing authorities shall
10 report the identity of any students and their general duties
11 to the Civil Service Board.
12 Section 2. Section 7.2 of section 7 of chapter 83-405,
13 Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 91-335, Laws of
14 Florida, is amended to read:
15 7.2 Option of Local Agency, Board, or Constitutional
16 Officer to Withdraw from Civil Service. Upon the effective
17 date of this act, any local agency, board, or constitutional
18 officer, including without limitation the District School
19 Board, may elect by a majority vote of the governing body, or
20 for county constitutional officers by written notice to the
21 Civil Service Board, to withdraw from the Civil Service
22 system, in which case the local agency, board, or county
23 constitutional officer shall be exempt from the provisions of
24 chapter 83-405, Laws of Florida, as amended in all its parts.
25 Further, the following shall Additional Positions Eligible for
26 Exemption. In addition to those positions described in
27 paragraphs (a) through (s) in subsection 7.1, the following
28 positions may, by rule of the Board, also be exempt from the
29 career Civil Service:
30 (a) Elected officials or persons appointed by the
31 Governor.
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1 (b) Members of county and local boards and county
2 commissions.
3 (c) Members of advisory boards.
4 (a) Registered nurses and medical doctors.
5 (b) The executive head and a deputy or deputies to the
6 executive head and other positions of each county agency as
7 warranted by the size and complexity of the organization,
8 scope of programs and nature of the positions. Where more
9 than one deputy is required in an exempt position by an
10 agency, justification must be submitted to and be approved by
11 the Board.
12 (c) Confidential assistant or secretary to an exempt
13 official.
14 (d) Employees of the Escambia County Public Health
15 Trust organized and existing pursuant to Chapter 154, Florida
16 Statutes.
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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