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           HB 1553                                                                                               2024
    1                                         A bill to be entitled
    2                An act relating to county budget officers; amending s.
    3                129.025, F.S.; specifying that the county budget
    4                officer reports directly to the board of county
    5                commissioners; prohibiting such officer from being a
    6                member of the executive branch of county government
    7                unless otherwise authorized; specifying the powers of
    8                certain county entities while acting as ex-officio
    9                budget officers; providing that any actions by such
10                   officers do not violate specified prohibitions;
11                   providing an effective date.
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13         Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15                   Section 1.       Subsection (1) of section 129.025, Florida
16         Statutes, is amended to read:
17                   129.025      County budget officer.—
18                   (1)(a)      Each board of county commissioners may designate a
19         county budget officer to carry out the duties set forth in this
20         chapter. The county budget officer reports directly to the board
21         and may not be a member of any executive branch of county
22         government, except as authorized in paragraph (b).
23                   (b)       Unless the board designates a different officer, the
24         clerk of the circuit court or the county comptroller, if
25         applicable, shall be the ex-officio budget officer for the
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        HB 1553                                                                                               2024
26      purposes of this chapter. The clerk of the circuit court or the
27      county comptroller, while acting as the ex-officio budget
28      officer, reports to the board in a strictly legislative
29      capacity, and any action taken by the clerk of the circuit court
30      or the county comptroller acting as an ex-officio budget officer
31      does not violate any prohibition on that individual also working
32      in an executive branch capacity.
33                Section 2.       This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected: 
H 1553 Filed: 129.025