Florida Senate - 2012                              CS for SB 596
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Commerce and Tourism; and Senators Storms,
       Bennett, Detert, Negron, Altman, Norman, Evers, and Oelrich
       
       
       
       577-02443-12                                           2012596c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to compensation of employees; limiting
    3         salaries of employees of an entity created under ch.
    4         348, F.S., or an entity defined in s. 315.02(1) or
    5         (2), F.S.; limiting salaries of employees of nonprofit
    6         organizations that enter into contracts with the
    7         state; providing a means for approval of salaries in
    8         excess of such limitation; providing an effective
    9         date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. (1) An employee of an entity created under
   14  chapter 348, Florida Statutes, or an entity defined in s.
   15  315.02(1) or (2), Florida Statutes, may not receive a salary,
   16  whether base pay or base pay combined with any bonus or
   17  incentive payments, in excess of the salary paid to the highest
   18  paid statewide elected official, as established in the General
   19  Appropriations Act, unless an employee of that entity receives
   20  approval from the Legislative Budget Commission.
   21         (2) An employee of an organization, other than a for-profit
   22  business entity, which enters into a contract with the state or
   23  any of its agencies or other statutorily created entities may
   24  not receive a salary, whether base pay or base pay combined with
   25  any bonus or incentive payments, in excess of the salary paid to
   26  the highest-paid statewide elected official, as established in
   27  the General Appropriations Act, if such organization receives
   28  two-thirds or more of its budget from state-appropriated funds,
   29  including state-appropriated federal funds, unless that
   30  organization or entity receives approval from the Legislative
   31  Budget Commission. This provision does not apply to hospitals,
   32  as defined in s. 395.002(12), Florida Statutes.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.