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Fla. Stat. § 30.48 (2025)

Salaries.

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30.48 Salaries.Each sheriff shall receive for the performance of official duties as sheriff an annual salary, which shall be payable monthly, twice per month, or biweekly; provided, that compensation for service in office for a part of a calendar month shall be paid in the proportion that the days served bear to the number of days in that month.
History.s. 2, ch. 57-368; s. 1, ch. 59-216; s. 16, ch. 77-104; s. 1, ch. 88-212; s. 187, ch. 95-147.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1965–1994 · leading case: McRae v. Douglas, 644 So. 2d 1368 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).
McRae v. Douglas, 644 So. 2d 1368 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). “111 of the Constitution of Florida, provided, further that nothing contained in § 30.48-30.53 shall be construed to alter, modify or change in any manner any civil service system or board, state or local, now in existence or hereafter established.”
Pridgeon v. Folsom, 181 So. 2d 222 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965). “§ 30.48(2), F.S .A. “The annual salary of each sheriff shall be fixed by the legislature; provided, however, that until otherwise so fixed, the annual salary of each sheriff shall be equal to the compensation earned by such officer or his predecessor in office and payable to him…”
— 30.48(2) — 1 case
Pridgeon v. Folsom, 181 So. 2d 222 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965). “§ 30.48(2), F.S .A. “The annual salary of each sheriff shall be fixed by the legislature; provided, however, that until otherwise so fixed, the annual salary of each sheriff shall be equal to the compensation earned by such officer or his predecessor in office and payable to him…”
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