Florida Statute 30.079 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title V
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Chapter 30
SHERIFFS

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30.079 Effects of act; no property interest or expectancy in office; sheriff’s authority.—The provisions of this act shall not be construed to provide deputy sheriffs with a property interest or expectancy of continued appointment as a deputy sheriff, nor shall these provisions serve as a limitation of the sheriff’s authority as a constitutional officer to determine unilaterally the purpose of the office or department, to such standards of service to be offered to the public, and to exercise control and discretion over the organization and operations of the sheriff’s office or department.

History.—s. 10, ch. 94-143.

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Brown v. Wheeler, 669 So. 2d 318 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 2332, 1996 WL 106345

...Neither shall the provisions of chapter 93-19, Laws of Florida, be construed to grant collective bargaining rights to deputy sheriffs or to provide them with a property interest or continued expectancy in their appointment as deputy sheriff. § 112.535, Fla.Stat. (1995). And, section 30.079, Florida Statutes (1995), covering sheriffs, which was amended in 1994, specifically provides that [t]he provisions of this act shall not be construed to provide deputy sheriffs with a property interest or expectancy of continued appoi...

...al officer to determine unilaterally the purpose of the office or department, to such standards of service to be offered to the public, and to exercise control and discretion over the organization and operations of the sheriffs office or department. § 30.079, Fla.Stat....

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Clements v. Crawford, 247 So. 2d 515 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6701

a delivery van qualify for the exception to Section 30-79, Code of Metropolitan Dade County, (copy attached)

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