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QUESTION: For payroll purposes, if a person has signed a loyalty oath and has been sworn in as a circuit judge and assumed his duties on that date, should his official date of commission be the date he was sworn in as a circuit judge or the date he made the required payment of a commission fee under s. 15.08, F. S.?

SUMMARY: A circuit judge who received a written appointment to the office from the Governor stating that it was to be effective upon a date certain and who qualified in all respects for and began the performance of the duties of the office on that date is entitled to be compensated…