Florida Florida Statutes

§ 215.425 — Extra compensation claims prohibited; bonuses; severance pay

FS § 215.425Ch. 215

Statute text

(1)No extra compensation shall be made to any officer, agent, employee, or contractor after the service has been rendered or the contract made; nor shall any money be appropriated or paid on any claim the subject matter of which has not been provided for by preexisting laws, unless such compensation or claim is allowed by a law enacted by two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the Legislature. However, when adopting salary schedules for a fiscal year, a district school board or community college district board of trustees may apply the schedule for payment of all services rendered subsequent to July 1 of that fiscal year.

(2)This section does not apply to:(a) A bonus or severance pay that is paid wholly from nontax revenues and nonstate-appropriated funds, the payment and receipt of which does not otherwise violate part III of chapter 112, and which is paid to an officer, agent, employee, or contractor of a public hospital that is operated by a county or a special district; or

(b)A clothing and maintenance allowance given to plainclothes deputies pursuant to s. 30.49.

(3)Any policy, ordinance, rule, or resolution designed to implement a bonus scheme must:(a) Base the award of a bonus on work performance;

(b)Describe the performance standards and evaluation process by which a bonus will be awarded;

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Legislative history

Former s. 11, Art. XVI of the State Constitution of 1885, as amended; converted to statutory law by s. 10, Art. XII of the State Constitution as revised in 1968; s. 27, ch. 79-190; s. 1, ch. 80-114; s. 35, ch. 84-336; s.