SPECIFIC
APPROPRIATION
The moneys contained herein are appropriated from the named funds to the
Department of Corrections, Justice Administration, Department of
Juvenile Justice, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Department of
Legal Affairs/Attorney General, and Florida Commission on Offender
Review as the amounts to be used to pay the salaries, other operational
expenditures, and fixed capital outlay of the named agencies.
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
Funds in Specific Appropriations 598 through 753 shall not be used to
pay for unoccupied space currently being leased by the Department of
Corrections in the event the leases are vacant on or after July 1, 2023,
and for which it is determined by the Secretary of the department that
there is no longer a need.
From the funds in Specific Appropriations 619, 633, 646, 658, 670, 683,
and 706, $107,179,272 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund
is provided for the Department of Corrections to adjust the minimum
annual base rate of pay and address compression issues for certified
officers in the following position classifications:
Correctional Officer (8003); Correctional Officer Sergeant (8005);
Correctional Officer Lieutenant (8011); Correctional Officer Captain
(8013); Correctional Officer Major-SES (8015); Correctional Officer
Colonel-SES (8017); Assistant Warden (7941); Warden (7948); Assistant
Regional Director (8273); Regional Director of Institutions (8271);
Classification Supervisor (8053); Correctional Service Administrator
(8058); Inspector (8026); Senior Inspector (8028); Inspector Supervisor
(8029); Assistant Chief of Investigations (9019); Chief of
Investigations (9032); Deputy Inspector General (8019); Correctional
Probation Officer (8036); Correctional Probation Senior Officer (8039);
Correctional Probation Specialist (8040); Correctional Probation
Supervisor (8045); and Correctional Probation Senior Supervisor (8046);
Deputy Circuit Administrator (5258); Circuit Administrator (5256);
Assistant Regional Director of Community Corrections (5259); and
Regional Director of Community Corrections (8272).
From the funds in Specific Appropriations 619, 658, 683, and 706,
$3,365,322 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided
to implement a retention pay plan for correctional officers,
correctional probation officers, and inspectors, effective July 1, 2023.
The plan provides a $1,000 pay increase at two years of continuous
service in one or a combination of the classification codes described
below, a $500 pay increase at five years of continuous service in one or
a combination of the classification codes described below, and a $1,000
pay increase at eight years of continuous service in one or a
combination of the classification codes described below.
For purposes of retention pay plan implementation, the term
"correctional officer" means an employee of the Department of
Corrections in the following classification codes: Correctional Officer
(8003); Correctional Officer Sergeant (8005); Correctional Officer
Lieutenant (8011); Correctional Officer Captain (8013); Correctional
Officer Major (8015); and Correctional Officer Colonel (8017). For
purposes of retention pay plan implementation, the term "correctional
probation officer" means an employee of the Department of Corrections in
the following classification codes: Correctional Probation Officer
(8036); Correctional Probation Senior Officer (8039); Correctional
Probation Specialist (8040); Correctional Probation Supervisor (8045);
and Correctional Probation Senior Supervisor (8046). For purposes of
retention pay plan implementation, the term "inspector" means an
employee of the Department of Corrections in the following
classification codes: Inspector-DC (8026); Senior Inspector-DC (8028);
and Inspector Supervisor-DC (8029).
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 691, $1,146,753 in recurring
funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided for maintenance staff
pay increases, effective July 1, 2023. For purposes of the maintenance
pay increase implementation, the term "maintenance staff" means an
employee of the Department Of Corrections in the following
classification codes: Vocational Instructor III - F/C (1315);
Engineering Technician IV (4612); Construction Projects Consultant I
(4691); Construction Projects Consultant II (4692); Maintenance &