CopyCited 60 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 6341, 2005 WL 858296
...Like the power to remove a sheriff, this power applies only in
exceptional circumstances, and does not alter that under Florida’s regime the
Sheriff generally functions as a county official.
State law also fixes a salary scale for sheriffs, see Fla. Stat. § 145.071(1),
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and provides for a bonus for sheriffs meeting certain statewide qualification
standards, see id. § 145.071(2)(a)....
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CopyCited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6905
.... Barrow v. Holland,
125 So.2d 749 (Fla. 1960). .Laws of Florida 57-368 § 2 (1957 Statute §§
30.49-30.54). . Laws of Florida 59-216. . Shelton v. Reeder,
121 So.2d 145 (Fla. 1960). . Laws of Florida 61-461 § 1 (1961 Statute §§
145.011-145.11; §
145.071 dealing specifically with sheriffs).
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CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 16433
...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 Section
145.071, and is subject to the same prohibition of additional compensation, the legislature has authorized reimbursement of attorney fees incurred by law enforcement officers in successfully defending civil or criminal actions against them for conduct arising out of the performance of their duties....
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Cited as authoritySnowden (1983)phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityAgo (1982)phrase: "rule_authority"
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2008).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...(e.s.) The salary schedules set forth in Chapter 145 , Florida Statutes, are based on "a classification of counties according to each county's population, which the Legislature determines to be the most practical basis from which to arrive at an adequate, uniform salary system." 3 Section 145.071 , Florida Statutes, sets forth the salary for the sheriff, stating in part that "[e]ach sheriff shall receive as salary the amount indicated, based on the population of his or her county....
...he sheriff does not have the authority to alter such compensation. Nothing, however, precludes a sheriff from donating his or her salary, or a portion thereof, to the county once the sheriff has received the statutorily prescribed salary pursuant to section 145.071 , Florida Statutes....
...perintendents. The payment of the costs of life, health, accident, hospitalization, or annuity insurance, as authorized in s.
112.08 , for county officials and employees, however, is not deemed to be compensation within the purview of the chapter. 4 Section
145.071 (1), Fla. Stat. And see s.
145.071 (2), Fla....
