The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 30
SHERIFFS

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F.S. 30.079

30.079 Effects of act; no property interest or expectancy in office; sheriff’s authority.—The provisions of this act shall not be construed to provide deputy sheriffs with a property interest or expectancy of continued appointment as a deputy sheriff, nor shall these provisions serve as a limitation of the sheriff’s authority as a constitutional officer to determine unilaterally the purpose of the office or department, to such standards of service to be offered to the public, and to exercise control and discretion over the organization and operations of the sheriff’s office or department.

History.—s. 10, ch. 94-143.

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Amendments to 30.079

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 30.079

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 30.079.

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 . . . consequently, appellant is not entitled to the due process procedures afforded by sections 30.071 through 30.079 . . .

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

. . . , the incoming sheriff may not terminate the employment of any deputy sheriff covered by ss. 30.071-30.079 . . .

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

. . . [e]ach sheriff shall establish a review board to review, pursuant to appeals taken under ss. 30.071-30.079 . . . 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 . . . The circuit court’s interpretation extended the application of sections 30.071 through 30.079 to a situation . . .

SAMARCO, v. NEUMANN,, 44 F. Supp. 2d 1276 (S.D. Fla. 1999)

. . . VIII, § 1(d); §§ 30.073, 30.079, 30.15, 30.53, Fla.Stat. . . . .

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

. . . the incoming sheriff may not terminate the employment of any deputy sheriff covered by §§ 30.071 — 30.079 . . .

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

. . . , the incoming sheriff may not terminate the employment of any deputy sheriff covered by ss. 30.071-30.079 . . .

BROWN, v. WHEELER,, 669 So. 2d 318 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . And, section 30.079, Florida Statutes (1995), covering sheriffs, which was amended in 1994, specifically . . . control and discretion over the organization and operations of the sheriffs office or department. § 30.079 . . .