Williams v. Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement

We have for review Williams v. Department of Management Services, 647 So.2d 317 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994), wherein the district court certified:

Whether transcription fees collected by court reporters in criminal cases constitute *1283compensation for the purpose of calculating retirement benefits pursuant to the Florida retirement system?

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer in the negative and approve Williams.

Priscilla Williams was an official court reporter in the Second Judicial Circuit in Gadsden County (the county) for seventeen years and was paid a salary by both the…