Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 842
       
       
        
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       
       34-00952-26                                            2026842__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to local government official salaries;
    3         amending ss. 145.051 and 145.09, F.S.; revising the
    4         base salaries used to calculate the compensation of a
    5         clerk of the circuit court and a county comptroller
    6         and the compensation of a supervisor of elections,
    7         respectively; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 145.051, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         145.051 Clerk of circuit court; county comptroller.—
   14         (1) Each clerk of the circuit court and each county
   15  comptroller shall receive as salary the amount indicated, based
   16  on the population of his or her county. In addition, a
   17  compensation shall be made for population increments over the
   18  minimum for each population group, which shall be determined by
   19  multiplying the population in excess of the minimum for the
   20  group times the group rate.
   21  
   22  Pop. Group      County Pop. Range        Base Salary     Group Rate
   23                     Minimum      Maximum                            
   24  I                      -0-       49,999$26,250 $21,250       $0.07875
   25  II                  50,000       99,99929,400 24,400        0.06300
   26  III                100,000      199,99932,550 27,550        0.02625
   27  IV                 200,000      399,99935,175 30,175        0.01575
   28  V                  400,000      999,99938,325 33,325        0.00525
   29  VI               1,000,000             41,475 36,475        0.00400
   30         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 145.09, Florida
   31  Statutes, is amended to read:
   32         145.09 Supervisor of elections.—
   33         (1) Each supervisor of elections shall receive as salary
   34  the amount indicated, based on the population of his or her
   35  county. In addition, a compensation shall be made for population
   36  increments over the minimum for each population group, which
   37  shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of
   38  the minimum for the group times the group rate.
   39  
   40  Pop. Group      County Pop. Range        Base Salary     Group Rate
   41                     Minimum      Maximum                            
   42  I                      -0-       49,999$26,250 $21,250       $0.07875
   43  II                  50,000       99,99929,400 24,400        0.06300
   44  III                100,000      199,99932,550 27,550        0.02625
   45  IV                 200,000      399,99935,175 30,175        0.01575
   46  V                  400,000      999,99938,325 33,325        0.00525
   47  VI               1,000,000             41,475 36,475        0.00400
   48         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026.