| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Department of Corrections; amending |
| 3 | s. 945.0311, F.S.; deleting a reference to the youthful |
| 4 | offender basic training program; amending s. 951.231, |
| 5 | F.S.; removing a reference to the youthful offender basic |
| 6 | training program; amending s. 958.04, F.S.; deleting |
| 7 | references to the youthful offender basic training |
| 8 | program; repealing s. 958.045, F.S., relating to the |
| 9 | youthful offender basic training program; providing an |
| 10 | effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section |
| 15 | 945.0311, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 16 | 945.0311 Employment of relatives.- |
| 17 | (1) For the purposes of this section, the term: |
| 18 | (c) "Organizational unit" includes: |
| 19 | 1. A unit of a state correctional institution such as |
| 20 | security, medical, dental, classification, maintenance, |
| 21 | personnel, or business. A work camp, boot camp, or other annex |
| 22 | of a state correctional institution is considered part of the |
| 23 | institution and not a separate unit. |
| 24 | 2. An area of a regional office such as personnel, |
| 25 | medical, administrative services, probation and parole, or |
| 26 | community facilities. |
| 27 | 3. A correctional work center, road prison, or work |
| 28 | release center. |
| 29 | 4. A probation and parole circuit office or a suboffice |
| 30 | within a circuit. |
| 31 | 5. A bureau of the Office of the Secretary or of any of |
| 32 | the assistant secretaries. |
| 33 | Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 951.231, Florida |
| 34 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 35 | 951.231 County residential probation program.- |
| 36 | (1) Any prisoner who has been sentenced under s. 921.18 to |
| 37 | serve a sentence in a county residential probation center as |
| 38 | described in s. 951.23 shall: |
| 39 | (a) Reside at the center at all times other than during |
| 40 | employment hours and reasonable travel time to and from his or |
| 41 | her place of employment, except that supervisory personnel at a |
| 42 | county residential probation center may extend the limits of |
| 43 | confinement to include, but not be limited to, probation, |
| 44 | community control, or other appropriate supervisory techniques. |
| 45 | (b) Seek and obtain employment on an 8-hours-a-day basis |
| 46 | and retain employment throughout the period of time he or she is |
| 47 | housed at the center. |
| 48 | (c) Participate in and complete the program required by s. |
| 49 | 958.045, if required by the supervisor of the center. |
| 50 | (c)(d) Participate in the education program provided at |
| 51 | the center, if required by the supervisor of the center. |
| 52 | (d)(e) Participate in the drug treatment program provided |
| 53 | at the center, if required by the supervisor of the center. |
| 54 | Section 3. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 958.04, |
| 55 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 56 | 958.04 Judicial disposition of youthful offenders.- |
| 57 | (4) Due to severe prison overcrowding, the Legislature |
| 58 | declares the construction of a basic training program facility |
| 59 | is necessary to aid in alleviating an emergency situation. |
| 60 | (5) The department shall provide a special training |
| 61 | program for staff selected for the basic training program. |
| 62 | Section 4. Section 958.045, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
| 63 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |