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Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 145
COMPENSATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS

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F.S. 145.051

145.051 Clerk of circuit court; county comptroller.—

(1) Each clerk of the circuit court and each county comptroller shall receive as salary the amount indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In addition, a 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 group times the group rate.

Pop. Group	County Pop. Range		Base Salary	Group Rate
	Minimum	Maximum
I	-0-	49,999	$21,250	$0.07875
II	50,000	99,999	24,400	0.06300
III	100,000	199,999	27,550	0.02625
IV	200,000	399,999	30,175	0.01575
V	400,000	999,999	33,325	0.00525
VI	1,000,000		36,475	0.00400

(2)(a) There shall be an additional $2,000 per year special qualification salary for each clerk of the circuit court who has met the certification requirements established by the Supreme Court. Any clerk of the circuit court who is certified during a calendar year shall receive in that year a pro rata share of the special qualification salary based on the remaining period of the year.

(b) In order to qualify for the special qualification salary provided by paragraph (a), the clerk must complete the requirements established by the Supreme Court within 6 years after first taking office.

(c) After a clerk meets the requirements of paragraph (a), in order to remain certified the clerk shall thereafter be required to complete each year a course of continuing education as prescribed by the Supreme Court.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or s. 145.19, each clerk of the circuit court and each county comptroller 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. 2, ch. 67-576; s. 5, ch. 69-346; s. 27, ch. 72-404; s. 4, ch. 73-173; s. 4, ch. 74-325; ss. 2, 12, ch. 80-377; s. 1, ch. 85-322; s. 1, ch. 88-175; s. 27, ch. 91-45; s. 854, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 2011-158.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 145.051

Total Results: 10

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2003-12-14T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: duties. 8 Section 116.03, Fla. Stat. 9 Section 145.051, Fla. Stat. 10 Section 145.071, Fla. Stat. 11 Section

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1999-10-26T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Section 145.051, Florida Statutes Finally, you question the interaction among section 145.051(1), Florida…official's tenure in his current term.18 Section 145.051(1), Florida Statutes, provides a salary scale for…145.022(1), Fla. Stat. 17 Id. 18 Id. 19 Section 145.051(2)(a), Fla. Stat. 20 Section 145.121(1), Fla. Stat

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1993-12-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: the clerk of circuit court is provided for in s. 145.051, F.S. The term "salary" is defined for

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1993-03-04T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: compensated as prescribed by s. 145.051, Florida Statutes"; and s.145.051, F.S., which provides a salary

Fla. Keys v. Pier House Jt. Venture

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-06-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 601 So. 2d 1270

Snippet: 22 (Fla. 1976); Comment, 5 Fla.St.U.L.Rev. 144, 145-51 (1977). In the present case there was already an

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1979-07-11T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the circuit court. See ss.145.011(1) and (2) and 145.051 which provided that `[t]he clerk of the circuit…145.011(1), (2), and (4),145.021(1) and (2), and 145.051, F. S. 1963. Section 3 of Ch. 63-560, Laws of Florida….145.011(1), (2), and (4), 145.021(1) and (2), 145.051, and 145.14, F. S. 1965. For the purposes of this…inquiry, ss. 145.011(1) and (2), 145.021(1) and (2), 145.051, and 145.14, F. S. 1967, were also essentially …personal income.' See s. 145.021(2). Section 145.051, F. S. 1969, reflecting this change, was amended

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1978-12-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: the clerks of circuit court is set forth in s. 145.051, F. S. Section 145.121(1), F. S., provides that

Alachua County v. Powers

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1977-10-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 351 So. 2d 32

Snippet: clerk of the circuit court and county comptroller (145.051); sheriff (145.071); property appraiser (145.10…plus that amount for his salary as permitted by 145.051 and 145.141." We feel that the proper interpretation

Cameron v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1959-06-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 112 So. 2d 864

Snippet: United States, 269 U.S. 20, 46 S.Ct. 4, 70 L.Ed. 145, 51 A.L.R. 409; United States v. Pepe, 2 Cir., 247

Brown v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1950-05-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 46 So. 2d 479

Snippet: United States, 269 U.S. 20, 46 S.Ct. 4, 70 L.Ed. 145, 51 A.L.R. 409; Husty v. United States, 282 U.S. 694