§ 94-31. Classified service.

(a)

The classified service shall be a permanent service to which this article shall apply and shall comprise all tenured positions under board of county commissioners, clerk of the circuit court, property appraiser and supervisor of elections, now existing or hereafter established, except those exempt positions listed in appendix A, attached to Laws of Fla. ch. 77-642 and made a part hereof. The personnel board may establish new exempt positions or abolish existing exempt positions upon recommendations of the appropriate appointing authority. Persons serving in the classified service shall be hired, promoted, demoted, suspended or dismissed by the appropriate appointing authorities in accordance with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto.

(b)

Those persons serving in exempt positions shall be hired, promoted, demoted, suspended or dismissed at the pleasure of the appointing authority, and they shall have no right to the exercise of the grievance procedure. Employees who may be promoted from the classified service to an exempt position may return to the classified service at a position and pay grade comparable to that which such employee had attained prior to promotion to an exempt position. Any such return to the classified system shall require the approval of the appointing authority and the personnel board. Compensation for employees in exempt positions shall be determined by the appropriate appointing authority. Exempt employees as hereinafter provided shall be subject to all other provisions of the personnel policies, rules and regulations as established by the personnel board or by this article with the restrictions defined in this section.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 77-642, § 1)