Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 890
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/28/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Storms) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 401.465,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         401.465 911 public safety telecommunicator certification.—
    8         (5) TEMPORARY 911 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATORS; EXCEPTION.
    9  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a public
   10  safety agency may use sworn law enforcement officers as
   11  temporary 911 public safety telecommunicators. Any officer who
   12  works as a temporary 911 public safety telecommunicator must,
   13  within 12 months after first serving as such, successfully
   14  complete a supplementary training program for temporary 911
   15  public safety telecommunicators which provides a maximum of 40
   16  hours training and is distributed by the Criminal Justice
   17  Standards and Training Commission.
   18         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
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   20  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   21         And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   23  and insert:
   24                        A bill to be entitled                      
   25         An act relating to public safety telecommunicators;
   26         amending s. 401.465, F.S.; providing for sworn state
   27         certified law enforcement officers to serve as
   28         temporary 911 public safety telecommunicators;
   29         providing training requirements; providing an
   30         effective date.