145.051 Clerk of circuit court; county comptroller.—
(1) Each clerk of the circuit court and each county comptroller 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 population 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
$21,250
$0.07875
II
50,000
99,999
24,400
0.06300
III
100,000
199,999
27,550
0.02625
IV
200,000
399,999
30,175
0.01575
V
400,000
999,999
33,325
0.00525
VI
1,000,000
36,475
0.00400
(2)(a) There shall be an additional $2,000 per year special qualification salary for each clerk of the circuit court who has met the certification requirements established by the Supreme Court. Any clerk of the circuit court who is certified 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 provided by paragraph (a), the clerk must complete the requirements established by the Supreme Court within 6 years after first taking office.
(c) After a clerk meets the requirements of paragraph (a), in order to remain certified the clerk shall thereafter be required to complete each year a course of continuing education as prescribed by the Supreme Court.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or s. 145.19, each clerk of the circuit court and each county comptroller may reduce his or her salary rate on a voluntary basis.
...14 Thus, it is the responsibility of the counties to provide facilities and equipment for the operation of both circuit and county courts while the state is primarily responsible for charges relating to personnel under this section and 34.171 , Florida Statutes. Section 145.051 , Florida Statutes Finally, you question the interaction among section 145.051 (1), Florida Statutes, and the statutes discussed above....
...16 The official must, in turn, agree to turn over all fees collected by him or her to the board of county commissioners. 17 The resolution applies only to a county official who has concurred in its adoption and only for the length of that official's tenure in his current term. 18 Section 145.051 (1), Florida Statutes, provides a salary scale for clerks of circuit court and county comptrollers....
...1997), and In re D.B. and D.S ., 385 So.2d 83 (Fla. 1980). See also, Brevard County Board of County Commissioners v. Moxley, 526 So.2d 1023 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). 15 See , s. 145.011 (2), Fla. Stat. 16 Section 145.022 (1), Fla. Stat. 17 Id . 18 Id . 19 Section 145.051 (2)(a), Fla....
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