Florida Statute 30.50 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 30
SHERIFFS

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30.50 Payment of salaries and expenses.—

(1) The sheriff shall requisition and the board of county commissioners shall pay him or her, at the first meeting in October of each year, and each month thereafter, one-twelfth of the total amount budgeted for the office; provided, that at the first meeting in January of each year, the board shall, at the request of the sheriff, pay one-sixth of the total appropriated, and one-twelfth each month thereafter, which payments shall be not more than the total appropriation. Provided further that any part of the amount budgeted for equipment shall be paid at any time during the year upon the request of the sheriff.

(2) The sheriff shall deposit the county warrant or warrants in his or her official bank account as provided in s. 30.51(3) and draw his or her own checks thereon in payment of the salaries of the sheriff and his or her deputies, clerks, and employees and the expenses of office. All salaries paid shall be supported by payrolls, and all expenses paid shall be supported by approved bills; provided, that the sheriff may draw a check to himself or herself for the expense of an investigation, and may note on the voucher only the information that he or she may consider proper to divulge.

(3) The sheriff may set up a revolving fund for payment in cash of small items. The revolving fund shall be reimbursed from time to time by payment of the vouchers representing the cash payments.

(4) The sheriff shall keep necessary budget accounts and records, and shall charge all paid bills and payrolls to the proper budget accounts. The reserve for contingencies, or any part thereof, may be transferred to any of the budget appropriations, in the discretion of the sheriff. With the approval of the board of county commissioners, or of the budget commission if there is a budget commission in the county, the budget may be amended as provided for county budgets in s. 129.06(2).

(5) All expenses incurred in the fiscal year for which the budget is made shall be vouchered and charged to the budget for that year, and to carry out this purpose the books may be held open for 30 days after the end of the year.

(6) All unexpended balances at the end of each fiscal year shall be refunded to the board of county commissioners, and deposited to the county fund or funds from which payment was originally made.

History.—s. 4, ch. 57-368; s. 189, ch. 95-147.

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Abusaid v. Hillsborough Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 405 F.3d 1298 (11th Cir. 2005).

Cited 60 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 6341, 2005 WL 858296

...2d at 297 (holding that board of county commissioners still had power to reduce sheriff’s budget more than 31 days after it was submitted, even though § 30.49 provides for a 31-day limit). 27 Id. § 30.50(1). Any amount remaining at the end of the fiscal year “shall be refunded to the board of commissioners, and deposited to the county fund or funds from which payment was originally made.” Id. § 30.50(6). This residual control the state retains over the sheriffs’ budgets, while not insignificant, leaves unaltered the fundamental fact that the sheriffs’ funds are derived entirely from their respective counties....

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Hufford v. Rodgers, 912 F.2d 1338 (11th Cir. 1990).

Cited 7 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1990 WL 128215

...We discern in these *1342 statutes no intent for state officials- to control or supervise the sheriff. C. Funding Source. County taxes fund the sheriffs budget, which the county pays in monthly installments. Any excess at the year’s end returns to the county. See §§ 30.49, 30.50, Fla.Stat. (1987). The county also pays the sheriffs salary. See § 30.50, Fla.Stat....

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Alachua Cnty., etc. v. Clovis Watson, Jr., etc. (Fla. 2022).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Each county’s budget “must be balanced, so that the total 2. See, e.g., § 30.49(1), Fla Stat. (2020) (“Pursuant to s. 129.03(2), each sheriff shall annually prepare and submit to the board of county commissioners a proposed budget . . . .”); § 30.50(4) (“ [T]he budget may be amended as provided for county budgets in s....

...the matter before us—it does not supply the meaning of that provision in the context of the whole text at issue. The Legislature did not write section 129.06(5) on a blank slate in 1988. See ch. 88-85, § 2, at 365, Laws of Fla. The provisions contained in sections 30.49(8) and 30.50(4) were already there, contemplating that the sheriffs would request amendments to appropriations as needed, and would apply to their respective boards of county commissioners for the appropriation of additional funds....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1993).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

the appropriation of additional amounts). 8 Section 30.50(2), F.S. A limited exception for the requirement

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1978).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

checks — may not be employed for such purposes. Section 30.50(2), F. S., authorizes the sheriff to deposit

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1976).

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and218.36, which you suggest are in conflict. Section 30.50(5), F. S., originally enacted by Ch. 57-368

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