(1) Each sheriff 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 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
$33,350
$0.07875
II
50,000
99,999
36,500
0.06300
III
100,000
199,999
39,650
0.02625
IV
200,000
399,999
42,275
0.01575
V
400,000
999,999
45,425
0.00525
VI
1,000,000
48,575
0.00400
(2)(a) There shall be an additional $2,000 per year special qualification salary for each sheriff who has met the qualification requirements established by the Department of Law Enforcement. Any sheriff who so qualifies 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 described in paragraph (a), the sheriff must complete the requirements specified in that paragraph within 6 years after first taking office.
(c) After a sheriff meets the requirements of paragraph (a), in order to remain qualified the sheriff shall thereafter be required to complete each year a course of continuing education as prescribed by the Department of Law Enforcement.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or s. 145.19, each sheriff may reduce his or her salary rate on a voluntary basis.
...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)....
...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....
...(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....
board of county commissioners. Compare Fla. Stat. § 145.071, with id. at § 951.06(4). Even more telling
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