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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title X
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS
Chapter 115
LEAVES OF ABSENCE TO OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
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115.09 Leave to public officials for military service.All officials of the state, the several counties of the state, and the municipalities or political subdivisions of the state, including district school and community college officers, which officials are also servicemembers in the National Guard or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, must be granted leave of absence from their respective offices and duties to perform active military service, with the first 30 days of any such leave of absence to be with full pay for active federal military service that is equal to or greater than 90 consecutive days.
History.ss. 1, chs. 20718, 20863, 1941; s. 1, ch. 69-300; s. 1, ch. 91-3; s. 8, ch. 2003-72; s. 1, ch. 2024-19.

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1992).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

Coast Guard of the United States . . . ."4 Section 115.09, F.S., controls leaves of absence for active
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2001).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...f a supervisor for the district is to be filled by appointment by the remaining supervisors. The question remains, however, whether a call to active military duty creates a vacancy that may be filled pursuant to section 582.18 (2), Florida Statutes. Section 115.09 , Florida Statutes, provides: "All officials of the state, the several counties of the state, and the municipalities or political subdivisions of the state, including district school and community college officers, which officials are...
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1998).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...(2) Leaves of absence granted as a matter of legal right under the provisions of this section shall not exceed 17 working days in any one annual period. . . . " This section specifically authorizes a leave of absence without loss of pay for up to 17 days for military training. Section 115.09 , Florida Statutes, controls leaves of absence for active military service by all officers of the state and its political subdivisions....
...r "a date 30 days immediately next succeeding the date of release or discharge from active military service, or upon return from active military service, whichever shall occur first." 3 The protections and privileges described for public officers in section 115.09 , Florida Statutes, are extended to public employees by section 115.14 , Florida Statutes: "All employees of the state, the several counties of the state, and the municipalities or political subdivisions of the state may, in the discre...
...d leave of absence under the terms of this law; upon such leave of absence being granted said employee shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as are hereby granted to officials under this law, insofar as may be. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 115.09 , the employing authority may supplement the military pay of its officials and employees who are reservists called to active military service for the first 30 days with full pay and, thereafter, in an amount necessary to bring their total s...
...all suffer no "loss of pay." 7 In sum, section 115.07 , Florida Statutes, authorizes the state and its subdivisions to grant leaves of absence for up to 17 working days for public employees who have been assigned to participate in military training. Section 115.09 , Florida Statutes, authorizes leaves of absence for 30 days for public officers who are called to active military service and section 115.14 , Florida Statutes, extends the same benefits to public employees....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2005).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

when they are engaged in military service. Section 115.09, Florida Statutes, controls leaves of absence
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2004).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

granted to state officials for military leave. Section 115.09, Florida Statutes, authorizes leave for public

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