Florida Senate - 2024                      CS for CS for SB 1704
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Rules; and Community Affairs; and Senator
       Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       595-03348-24                                          20241704c2
    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 their budgets
    6         are approved by the board of county commissioners,
    7         city council, or budget commission; amending s. 30.53,
    8         F.S.; preserving the independence of a sheriff in a
    9         consolidated government concerning certain powers;
   10         providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13  
   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
   24  government, consolidated pursuant to s. 3 or s. 6(e), Art. VIII
   25  of the State Constitution or s. 9, Art. VIII of the State
   26  Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the
   27  State Constitution.
   28         Section 2. Section 30.53, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   29  read:
   30         30.53 Independence of constitutional officials.—The
   31  independence of the sheriffs, including a sheriff in a
   32  consolidated government, consolidated pursuant to s. 3 or s.
   33  6(e), Art. VIII of the State Constitution or s. 9, Art. VIII of
   34  the State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art.
   35  VIII of the State Constitution, shall be preserved concerning
   36  the purchase and procurement of supplies and equipment,
   37  selection of personnel, and the hiring, firing, and setting of
   38  salaries of such personnel; provided that nothing herein
   39  contained shall restrict the establishment or operation of any
   40  civil service system or civil service board created pursuant to
   41  s. 14, Art. III, of the State Constitution, provided, further
   42  that nothing contained in ss. 30.48-30.53 shall be construed to
   43  alter, modify or change in any manner any civil service system
   44  or board, state or local, now in existence or hereafter
   45  established.
   46         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.