Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1704
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-01075E-24                                           20241704__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sheriffs in consolidated
    3         governments; amending s. 30.49, F.S.; authorizing
    4         sheriffs in a consolidated government, as well as all
    5         other sheriffs, to transfer funds after his or her
    6         budget is approved by the board of county
    7         commissioners, city council, or budget commission;
    8         amending s. 30.53, F.S.; preserving the independence
    9         of a sheriff in a consolidated government concerning
   10         certain powers; providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 30.49, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         30.49 Budgets.—
   17         (12) Notwithstanding any other law, and in order to
   18  effectuate, fulfill, and preserve the independence of sheriffs
   19  as specified in s. 30.53, a sheriff may transfer funds between
   20  the fund and functional categories and object and subobject code
   21  levels after his or her budget has been approved by the board of
   22  county commissioners, city council, or budget commission. This
   23  subsection shall apply to a sheriff in a consolidated government
   24  as described in s. 9, Art. VIII of the State Constitution of
   25  1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State
   26  Constitution.
   27         Section 2. Section 30.53, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   28  read:
   29         30.53 Independence of constitutional officials.—The
   30  independence of the sheriffs, including a sheriff in a
   31  consolidated government as described in s. 9, Art. VIII of the
   32  State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII
   33  of the State Constitution, shall be preserved concerning the
   34  purchase of supplies and equipment, selection of personnel, and
   35  the hiring, firing, and setting of salaries of such personnel;
   36  provided that nothing herein contained shall restrict the
   37  establishment or operation of any civil service system or civil
   38  service board created pursuant to s. 14, Art. III, of the State
   39  Constitution, provided, further that nothing contained in ss.
   40  30.48-30.53 shall be construed to alter, modify or change in any
   41  manner any civil service system or board, state or local, now in
   42  existence or hereafter established.
   43         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.