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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XX
VETERANS
Chapter 295
LAWS RELATING TO VETERANS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
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F.S. 295.11
295.11 Investigation; administrative hearing for not employing preferred applicant.
(1) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs or its designee shall, upon the written request of any person specified in s. 295.07, investigate any complaint filed with the department by such person when the person has applied to any state agency or any agency of a political subdivision in the state for a position of employment which was awarded to a nonveteran and the person feels aggrieved under this chapter. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall review each case and may issue an opinion to the Public Employees Relations Commission as to the merit or lack of merit in each case. The investigation must be accomplished within existing amounts appropriated to the department.
(2) Upon completion of the investigation, the department shall furnish a copy of the investigative findings to the complainant and to the agency involved.
(3) When a satisfactory resolution to the complaint is not forthcoming, any department of the state or political subdivision in the state may testify telephonically or in person at the discretion of the Public Employees Relations Commission. The complainant, however, may be represented at the hearing by counsel of his or her choice at his or her expense.
(4) Jurisdiction to effectuate the purposes of ss. 295.07-295.09 shall vest with the Public Employees Relations Commission for appropriate administrative determination. If, upon preliminary review of the Public Employees Relations Commission, the commission agrees with the department’s determination that a case lacks merit and finds, in its discretion, that there was a complete absence of justiciable issues of either law or fact raised by the veterans’ preference complaint, the Public Employees Relations Commission shall dismiss the complaint without the necessity of holding a hearing.
History.s. 5, ch. 24201, 1947; ss. 18, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 77-422; s. 4, ch. 78-372; s. 33, ch. 79-190; s. 4, ch. 80-370; s. 79, ch. 86-163; s. 8, ch. 87-356; s. 23, ch. 88-290; s. 113, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 251, ch. 95-148; s. 6, ch. 98-33; s. 82, ch. 99-13.

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Cases Citing Statute 295.11

Total Results: 3

Clarence Edward Palmer v. The District Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg Junior College

748 F.2d 595, 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 15989, 35 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 34,820, 36 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 778

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 12, 1984 | Docket: 448165

Cited 22 times | Published

Florida Statute § 23.167(12) and Florida Statute § 295.11. 1 On February 17, 1982, the trial

School District of Collier County v. Fuqua

136 So. 3d 687, 2014 WL 444034, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 1421

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 5, 2014 | Docket: 60240059

Cited 1 times | Published

failed to afford him veterans’ preference. See § 295.11. PERC appointed a hearing officer who conducted

Ingram v. Miami-Dade Police Department

796 So. 2d 1262, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 14714, 2001 WL 1230779

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 17, 2001 | Docket: 64809400

Published

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 295.11 Fla. Slat. (2000). See also City of Miami v. Sigman, 448 So.2d 533