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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to the City of Jacksonville; amending | ||
| 3 | chapter 92-341, Laws of Florida, as amended; clarifying | ||
| 4 | exemptions provided in the Charter of the City of | ||
| 5 | Jacksonville to the civil service status of designated | ||
| 6 | positions; providing an effective date. | ||
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| 8 | WHEREAS, the City of Jacksonville has determined that it is | ||
| 9 | in its best interest to consolidate its housing programs within | ||
| 10 | a new housing commission, and | ||
| 11 | WHEREAS, the city has determined that it is in its best | ||
| 12 | interest to provide for appointed employees for the new | ||
| 13 | agencies, while ensuring that present employees retain the right | ||
| 14 | to revert to their civil service positions, and | ||
| 15 | WHEREAS, the city and the property appraiser wish to codify | ||
| 16 | the status of appointed employees in that office and to confirm | ||
| 17 | reversion rights for said employees, NOW, THEREFORE, | ||
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| 19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 21 | Section 1. Subsections (gg) and (hh) are added to section | ||
| 22 | 17.06 of the Charter of the City of Jacksonville, as created by | ||
| 23 | chapter 92-341, Laws of Florida, as amended, to read: | ||
| 24 | ARTICLE 17. CIVIL SERVICE | ||
| 25 | Section 17.06 Applicability of civil service system to | ||
| 26 | employees of consolidated government.--The civil service | ||
| 27 | provisions of this charter shall be applicable to all employees | ||
| 28 | of the consolidated government except: | ||
| 29 | (gg) All persons employed by the Housing and Community | ||
| 30 | Development Commission (HCDC) and the Housing and Community | ||
| 31 | Development Finance Commission (HCDFC), except those employees | ||
| 32 | of organizations who were transferred into the HCDC or the HCDFC | ||
| 33 | on July 1, 2003, as a result of the creation of the HCDC and the | ||
| 34 | HCDFC pursuant to Ordinance Code Chapter and who | ||
| 35 | elected to retain civil service status. | ||
| 36 | (hh) All persons employed in the Office of the Property | ||
| 37 | Appraiser, except those employees who elected to retain civil | ||
| 38 | service status prior to January 1, 2000. | ||
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| 40 | Any person in the classified civil service who is appointed to a | ||
| 41 | position exempted from the civil service system by this section | ||
| 42 | shall be entitled to return to the same or a comparable civil | ||
| 43 | service classification, with the same rights and status as held | ||
| 44 | immediately prior to such appointment. Compensation for an | ||
| 45 | employee returning to a civil service classification under this | ||
| 46 | provision will be based upon the rate that he or she would have | ||
| 47 | been receiving had the appointment not been made. This paragraph | ||
| 48 | shall not apply to employees exempted from civil service | ||
| 49 | provisions by subsections (a), (c), (e), (f), (i), or (q). | ||
| 50 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. | ||
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