Florida Senate - 2025                              CS for SB 674
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Rules; and Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       595-03807-25                                           2025674c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to bonuses for employees of county tax
    3         collectors and property appraisers; amending s.
    4         445.09, F.S.; authorizing specified county tax
    5         collectors or property appraisers to budget for and
    6         pay specified bonuses to employees, pending a
    7         specified approval; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 445.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         445.09 Bonuses for employees of county tax collectors or
   14  property appraisers.—Notwithstanding any other law, a county tax
   15  collector or property appraiser may budget for and pay a hiring
   16  or retention bonus to an employee if such expenditure is
   17  approved by the Department of Revenue in the respective budget
   18  of the county tax collector or property appraiser.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.