The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 145
COMPENSATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS

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F.S. 145.031

145.031 Board of county commissioners.—

(1) Each member of the board of county commissioners shall receive as salary the amount indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In addition, compensation shall be made for population increments over the minimum for each population group, which shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of the minimum for the grouping times the group rate.

Pop. Group	County Pop. Range		Base Salary	Group Rate
	Minimum	Maximum
I	-0-	9,999	$4,500	$0.150
II	10,000	49,999	6,000	0.075
III	50,000	99,999	9,000	0.060
IV	100,000	199,999	12,000	0.045
V	200,000	399,999	16,500	0.015
VI	400,000	999,999	19,500	0.005
VII	1,000,000		22,500	0.000

(2) No member of a governing body of a chartered county or a county with a consolidated form of government shall be deemed to be the equivalent of a county commissioner for the purposes of determining the compensation of such member under his or her respective charter.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or s. 145.19, each member of the board of county commissioners may reduce his or her salary rate on a voluntary basis.

History.—s. 1, ch. 61-461; s. 1, ch. 63-560; s. 1, ch. 65-356; s. 1, ch. 67-543; s. 2, ch. 67-576; s. 5, ch. 69-346; s. 2, ch. 73-173; s. 853, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 2011-158.

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Amendments to 145.031

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 145.031

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 145.031.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

O D. ASKEW, L. G. Jr. v. GREEN, SIMMONS, GREEN AND HIGH- TOWER, P. A. Jr. P. A. A. P. A. J. E. III, d b a a F., 348 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . It is of course true that Section 145.031 specifies salaries for county commissioners which under Section . . .

L. NEWELL v. L. CARLISLE,, 298 So. 2d 568 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)

. . . Florida Statute 145.031 contains a salary schedule for members of the board of county commissioners of . . . S. 11.031(3)) Clay County moved into the next higher bracket (F.S. 145.031(4)) having a population in . . . commence paying them an annual salary of $6,000 as provided in the schedule set forth in Florida Statute 145.031 . . . several counties were entitled to commence being paid the compensation as provided by Florida Statute 145.031 . . .