The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 30
SHERIFFS

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F.S. 30.071

30.071 Applicability and scope of act.—

(1) This act applies to all deputy sheriffs, with the following exceptions:

(a) Deputy sheriffs in a county that, by special act of the Legislature, local charter, ordinance, or otherwise, has established rights and procedures for deputy sheriffs which are equivalent to or greater than those prescribed by this act.

(b) Deputy sheriffs in a county that, by special act of the Legislature, local charter, ordinance, or otherwise, has established a civil or career service system which grants collective bargaining rights for deputy sheriffs, including, but not limited to, deputy sheriffs in the following counties: Broward, Miami-Dade, Duval, Escambia, and Volusia.

(d) Members of a sheriff’s posse or reserve unit.

(e) Part-time deputy sheriffs.

(2) This act does not grant to deputy sheriffs the right of collective bargaining.

(3) This act does not change the alter ego relationship which exists between a deputy sheriff and the appointing sheriff.

History.—s. 2, ch. 94-143; s. 10, ch. 2008-4.

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Amendments to 30.071

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 30.071

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 30.071.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

YORK, v. MASCARA, St., 125 So. 3d 219 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Collectively, sections 30.071 through 30.079, Florida Statutes (2010), govern the Sheriffs power to appoint . . . procedures for deputy sheriffs which are equivalent to or greater than those pi'escribed by this act.” § 30.071 . . . 30 and, consequently, appellant is not entitled to the due process procedures afforded by sections 30.071 . . .

MASCHMEIER, v. SCOTT,, 508 F. Supp. 2d 1180 (M.D. Fla. 2007)

. . . office, the incoming sheriff may not terminate the employment of any deputy sheriff covered by ss. 30.071 . . .

COASTAL FLORIDA POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC. v. B. WILLIAMS, B. v., 838 So. 2d 543 (Fla. 2003)

. . . First, section 30.071(1) states that chapter 30, Florida Statutes (2002), applies to all deputy sheriffs . . . To the extent that is not sufficiently clear, section 30.071(2) unambiguously states, “This act does . . . Section 30.071, Florida Statutes (2002), further provides that "[t]his act does not change the alter . . .

J. McDOUGALL, v. D. VAN HOUSE,, 801 So. 2d 118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . Section 30.071(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1997), provides that it applies to all deputy sheriffs except . . . that “[e]ach sheriff shall establish a review board to review, pursuant to appeals taken under ss. 30.071 . . . Those sections reflect that the protections afforded under sections 30.071 through 30.079 specifically . . . The provisions of chapter 95-514 and sections 30.071 through 30.079 are, by their terms, related. . . . Chapter 95-514 and sections 30.071 through 30.079 may be understood and harmonized based on their plain . . .

CUTCLIFFE, Jr. v. COCHRAN,, 128 F.3d 1465 (11th Cir. 1997)

. . . assumes office, the incoming sheriff may not terminate the employment of any deputy sheriff covered by §§ 30.071 . . .

CUTCLIFFE, Jr. v. COCHRAN,, 117 F.3d 1353 (11th Cir. 1997)

. . . office, the incoming sheriff may not terminate the employment of any deputy sheriff covered by ss. 30.071 . . .