HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 335 CS
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12	Representative Dean offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove lines 58 through 64, and insert:
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17	Section 1. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 943.10,
18	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19	943.10 Definitions; ss. 943.085-943.255.--The following
20	words and phrases as used in ss. 943.085-943.255 are defined as
21	follows:
22	(1) "Law enforcement officer" means any person who is
23	elected, appointed, or employed full time by any municipality or
24	the state or any political subdivision thereof or who is a
25	special railroad officer appointed pursuant to chapter 354; who
26	is vested with authority to bear arms and make arrests; and
27	whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of
28	crime or the enforcement of the penal, criminal, traffic, or
29	highway laws of the state. This definition includes all
30	certified supervisory and command personnel whose duties
31	include, in whole or in part, the supervision, training,
32	guidance, and management responsibilities of full-time law
33	enforcement officers, part-time law enforcement officers, or
34	auxiliary law enforcement officers but does not include support
35	personnel employed by the employing agency.
36	(4) "Employing agency" means any agency or unit of
37	government or any municipality or the state or any political
38	subdivision thereof, or any agent thereof, which has
39	constitutional or statutory authority to employ or appoint
40	persons as officers. The term also includes any private entity
41	which has contracted with the state or county for the operation
42	and maintenance of a nonjuvenile detention facility and any
43	private entity employing a special railroad officer pursuant to
44	s. 354.01.
45	Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 943.12, Florida
46	Statutes, is amended to read:
47	943.12 Powers, duties, and functions of the commission.--
48	The commission shall:
49	(3) Certify, and revoke the certification of, officers,
50	instructors, including agency inservice training instructors and
51	special railroad officers pursuant to s. 354.01,and criminal
52	justice training schools.
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56	Remove lines 14 through 17, and insert:
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58	correctional probation officers; amending s. 943.10, F.S.;
59	including special railroad officers within the definition of
60	"law enforcement officer"; including private entities employing
61	special railroad officers within the definition of "employing
62	agency"; amending s. 943.12, F.S.; providing authority of the
63	Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to certify,
64	and revoke the certification of, agency inservice training
65	instructors and special railroad officers;