Florida Statute 295.085 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XX
VETERANS

Chapter 295
LAWS RELATING TO VETERANS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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295.085 Positions for which a numerically based selection process is not used.—In all positions in which the appointment or employment of persons is not subject to a written examination, not including positions that are exempt under s. 295.07(5), first preference in appointment, employment, and retention must be given by the state and political subdivisions in the state to a person included under s. 295.07(1)(a) or (b), and second preference must be given to a person included under s. 295.07(1)(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g), who possess the minimum qualifications necessary to discharge the duties of the position involved.

History.—s. 4, ch. 24201, 1947; s. 2, ch. 77-422; s. 3, ch. 78-372; s. 3, ch. 80-370; s. 15, ch. 84-114; s. 6, ch. 87-356; s. 2, ch. 89-323; s. 4, ch. 98-33; s. 80, ch. 99-13; s. 10, ch. 2014-1; s. 4, ch. 2021-57.

Note.—Former s. 295.10.

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West Coast Reg'l Water Supply Auth. v. Harris, 604 So. 2d 892 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 9449, 1992 WL 212022

duty was performed during the wartime era. Section 295.085, Florida Statutes (1989), provides in pertinent

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Harris v. State, Pub. Employees Relations Comm'n, 568 So. 2d 475 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 7587, 1990 WL 146894

The appellant falls within the provisions of Section 295.085, dealing with positions where examinations

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1988).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

the Public Employees Relations Commission. Section 295.085(1), F.S., provides as follows: In all

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