Florida Statute 145.031 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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.

Cases Citing F.S. 145.031

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·Askew v. Green, Simmons, Green & High-Tower, P. A., 348 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 16433
...rticipation as intervenors. Ordinance 76-10 does not authorize an unlawful supplement to the compensation of county officers provided by Article II, Section 5(c) of the Constitution and Chapter 145, Florida Statutes (1975). It is of course true that Section 145.031 specifies salaries for county commissioners which under Section 145.17 “shall be the sole and exclusive compensation of the officers whose salary is established.” But, though the compensation of sheriffs is similarly fixed by Sect...
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Cited as authoritySnowden (1983)
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Cited as authorityAgo (1982)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cert. deniedOpinion No. (2000)
phrase: "cert. denied"
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1991).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
the several county officers named herein."3 Section 145.031, F.S., provides the compensation to be paid
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Newell v. Carlisle, 298 So. 2d 568 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 8956
census in mind when the act was adopted. Florida Statute 145.031 contains a salary schedule for members

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Cases Citing F.S. 145.031

·Askew v. Green, Simmons, Green & High-Tower, P. A., 348 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977).

Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1991).

Newell v. Carlisle, 298 So. 2d 568 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974).