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Fla. Stat. § 145.16 (2025)
Special laws or general laws of local application prohibited.
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145.16 Special laws or general laws of local application prohibited.—
(1) The Legislature declares that the preservation of statewide uniformity of county officials’ salaries is essential to the fulfillment of the legislative intent expressed in this chapter and intends by this section to prevent any laws which would allow officials in individual counties to be excepted from the uniform classification provided in this chapter.
(2) Pursuant to s. 11(a)(21), Art. III of the State Constitution, the Legislature hereby prohibits special laws or general laws of local application pertaining to the compensation of the following officials:
(a) Members of the board of county commissioners;
(b) Clerk of the circuit court;
(c) Sheriff;
(d) Superintendent of schools;
(e) Supervisor of elections;
(f) Property appraiser;
(g) Tax collector; and
(h) District school board members.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1977–1977 · leading case: Alachua Cnty. v. Powers, 351 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 1977).
Alachua Cnty. v. Powers, 351 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 1977). “" Further, Section 145.16, Florida Statutes (1975), provides in part: "Special laws or general laws of local application prohibited (2) Pursuant to § 11(a)(21), Art.”
Sch. Bd. of Escambia Cnty. v. State, 353 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 1977). “Accordingly, under the doctrine of expressio unius est exclusio alterius, Section 145.16 offers no impediment to establishing by local law a different salary for those officers in Escambia County.”
Sch. Bd. of Escambia Cty. v. State, 353 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 1977). “Accordingly, under the doctrine of expressio unius est exclusio alterius, Section 145.16 offers no impediment to establishing by local law a different salary for those officers in Escambia County.”
— 145.16(1) — 2 cases
Sch. Bd. of Escambia Cnty. v. State, 353 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 1977). “Accordingly, under the doctrine of expressio unius est exclusio alterius, Section 145.16 offers no impediment to establishing by local law a different salary for those officers in Escambia County.”
Sch. Bd. of Escambia Cty. v. State, 353 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 1977). “Accordingly, under the doctrine of expressio unius est exclusio alterius, Section 145.16 offers no impediment to establishing by local law a different salary for those officers in Escambia County.”
— 145.16(2) — 2 cases
Sch. Bd. of Escambia Cnty. v. State, 353 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 1977). “Accordingly, under the doctrine of expressio unius est exclusio alterius, Section 145.16 offers no impediment to establishing by local law a different salary for those officers in Escambia County.”
Sch. Bd. of Escambia Cty. v. State, 353 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 1977). “Accordingly, under the doctrine of expressio unius est exclusio alterius, Section 145.16 offers no impediment to establishing by local law a different salary for those officers in Escambia County.”
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