Senate Bill sb1796

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1796

    By Senator Baker





    20-1408-06                                          See HB 581

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public benefits; amending s.

  3         110.123, F.S., relating to the state group

  4         insurance program; prohibiting funding for

  5         benefits granted under the program from being

  6         used to provide benefits for any individuals

  7         other than enrollees and the spouses and

  8         dependent children of enrollees; amending s.

  9         1001.64, F.S.; prohibiting community college

10         boards of trustees from establishing benefits

11         programs that use state funding to provide

12         benefits for any individuals other than

13         enrollees and the spouses and dependent

14         children of enrollees; amending s. 1001.74,

15         F.S.; prohibiting university boards of trustees

16         from establishing benefits programs that use

17         state funding to provide benefits for any

18         individuals other than enrollees and the

19         spouses and dependent children of enrollees;

20         providing an effective date.

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22  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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24         Section 1.  Subsection (13) is added to section

25  110.123, Florida Statutes, to read:

26         110.123  State group insurance program.--

27         (13)  CERTAIN BENEFITS PROHIBITED.--No state funding

28  for benefits granted under this section shall be used to

29  provide benefits for any individuals other than enrollees and

30  the spouses and dependent children of enrollees.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1796
    20-1408-06                                          See HB 581




 1         Section 2.  Subsection (18) of section 1001.64, Florida

 2  Statutes, is amended to read:

 3         1001.64  Community college boards of trustees; powers

 4  and duties.--

 5         (18)  Each board of trustees shall establish the

 6  personnel program for all employees of the community college,

 7  including the president, pursuant to the provisions of chapter

 8  1012 and rules and guidelines of the State Board of Education,

 9  including: compensation and other conditions of employment;

10  recruitment and selection; nonreappointment; standards for

11  performance and conduct; evaluation; benefits and hours of

12  work; leave policies; recognition; inventions and work

13  products; travel; learning opportunities; exchange programs;

14  academic freedom and responsibility; promotion; assignment;

15  demotion; transfer; ethical obligations and conflict of

16  interest; restrictive covenants; disciplinary actions;

17  complaints; appeals and grievance procedures; and separation

18  and termination from employment. The boards of trustees are

19  prohibited from establishing benefits programs that use state

20  funding to provide benefits for any individuals other than

21  enrollees and the spouses and dependent children of enrollees.

22         Section 3.  Subsection (19) of section 1001.74, Florida

23  Statutes, is amended to read:

24         1001.74  Powers and duties of university boards of

25  trustees.--

26         (19)  Each board of trustees shall establish the

27  personnel program for all employees of the university,

28  including the president, pursuant to the provisions of chapter

29  1012 and, in accordance with rules and guidelines of the State

30  Board of Education, including: compensation and other

31  conditions of employment, recruitment and selection,

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1796
    20-1408-06                                          See HB 581




 1  nonreappointment, standards for performance and conduct,

 2  evaluation, benefits and hours of work, leave policies,

 3  recognition and awards, inventions and works, travel, learning

 4  opportunities, exchange programs, academic freedom and

 5  responsibility, promotion, assignment, demotion, transfer,

 6  tenure and permanent status, ethical obligations and conflicts

 7  of interest, restrictive covenants, disciplinary actions,

 8  complaints, appeals and grievance procedures, and separation

 9  and termination from employment. The boards of trustees are

10  prohibited from establishing benefits programs that use state

11  funding to provide benefits for any individuals other than

12  enrollees and the spouses and dependent children of enrollees.

13  The Department of Management Services shall retain authority

14  over state university employees for programs established in

15  ss. 110.123, 110.161, 110.1232, 110.1234, and 110.1238 and in

16  chapters 121, 122, and 238.

17         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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