Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (535720) for CS for SB 1396
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Steube) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 80 and 81
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Subsection (4) is added to section 30.15,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations.—
    8         (4)(a) Sheriffs, in their respective counties, shall
    9  provide security for trial court facilities. Sheriffs shall
   10  coordinate with the chief judge of the judicial circuit in which
   11  their county is located on all security matters for such
   12  facilities, but shall retain operational control over the manner
   13  in which security is provided. The chief judge of the judicial
   14  circuit shall retain decision-making authority to ensure the
   15  protection of due process rights, including, but not limited to,
   16  the scheduling and conduct of trials and other judicial
   17  proceedings, as part of his or her responsibility for the
   18  administrative supervision of the trial courts under s. 43.26.
   19         (b) Sheriffs and their deputies, employees, and contractors
   20  are officers of the court when providing security for trial
   21  court facilities under this subsection.
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   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 23
   26  and insert:
   27         Circuit Court; amending s. 30.15, F.S.; requiring
   28         sheriffs to provide security for trial court
   29         facilities; requiring sheriffs to coordinate with a
   30         certain the chief judge on security matters for trial
   31         court facilities and to retain operational control
   32         over how they provide security for such facilities;
   33         specifying that the chief judge has certain decision
   34         making authority as part of his or her administrative
   35         supervision responsibility; specifying that sheriffs
   36         and their deputies, employees, and contractors are
   37         officers of the court when providing security for
   38         trial court facilities; amending s. 34.01, F.S.;
   39         increasing the