Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 470
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/09/2018           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 63 - 83
    4  and insert:
    5         (1) Be at least 19 years of age, except that any person
    6  employed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional
    7  officer may be at least 18 years of age.
    8         (9) Complete a commission-approved basic recruit training
    9  program for the applicable criminal justice discipline, unless
   10  exempt under this subsection. An applicant who has:
   11         (a)1. Completed a comparable basic recruit training program
   12  for the applicable criminal justice discipline in another state
   13  or for the Federal Government; and
   14         2.(b) Served as a full-time sworn officer in another state
   15  or for the Federal Government for at least 1 year provided there
   16  is no more than an 8-year break in employment, as measured from
   17  the separation date of the most recent qualifying employment to
   18  the time a complete application is submitted for an exemption
   19  under this section; or,
   20         (b) Successfully completed a special operations forces
   21  training course, served in the special operations forces for a
   22  minimum of 5 years, and no more than 4 years have passed from
   23  the last date of service in the special operations forces to the
   24  date that a complete application is submitted for an exemption
   25  under this subsection,
   26  
   27  is exempt in accordance with s. 943.131(2) from completing a the
   28  commission-approved basic recruit training program.
   29         Section 3. Section 944.145, Florida Statutes, is created to
   30  read:
   31         944.145 Correctional officers under the age of 19.—A
   32  correctional officer who is under the age of 19 years may not
   33  supervise inmates, but may perform all of the other duties
   34  performed by a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional
   35  officer.
   36  
   37  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   38  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   39         Delete lines 51 - 52
   40  and insert:
   41         Section 2. Subsections (1) and (9) of section 943.13,
   42  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   43  
   44  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   45  And the title is amended as follows:
   46         Delete lines 2 - 8
   47  and insert:
   48         An act relating to law enforcement and correctional
   49         officers; amending s. 943.10, F.S.; defining the term
   50         “special operations forces”; amending s. 943.13, F.S.;
   51         authorizing a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary
   52         correctional officer to be employed at 18 years of
   53         age; exempting former special operations forces
   54         members who meet certain requirements from the
   55         Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission
   56         approved basic recruit training program; creating s.
   57         944.145, F.S.; prohibiting a correctional officer who
   58         is under 19 years of age from supervising inmates;
   59         authorizing a correctional officer who is under 19
   60         years of age to perform all other tasks performed by a
   61         full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional
   62         officer; amending s.