Ago

QUESTION: May the property appraiser's office withdraw from the county's group insurance program and establish independently its own office group policy?

SUMMARY: A property appraiser is not within the purview of ss.112.08 and 112.12, F. S., authorizing each "county, school board, governmental unit, department, board, or bureau of this state" to provide a group insurance program for its employees and to pay "all or any portion of the premiums for such insurance out of any of its available funds." Sections 112.08-112.14, F. S., authorize the public bodies therein designated to provide certain…