Florida Senate - 2011         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7122
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Budget
       
       
       
       
       576-02265D-11                                         20117122__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to criminal justice; repealing s.
    3         16.61, F.S., relating to the Cybercrime Office within
    4         the Department of Legal Affairs; amending s. 943.13,
    5         F.S.; limiting the number of hours in the basic
    6         recruit training program required for correctional
    7         officers, unless the officer is otherwise exempt;
    8         repealing ss. 951.231(1)(c) and 958.045, F.S.,
    9         relating to the basic training program for youthful
   10         offenders within the Department of Corrections;
   11         transferring and reassigning functions and
   12         responsibilities of the Cybercrime Office from the
   13         Department of Legal Affairs to the Department of Law
   14         Enforcement; providing an effective date.
   15  
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. Section 16.61, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   19         Section 2. Subsection (9) of section 943.13, Florida
   20  Statutes, is amended to read:
   21         943.13 Officers’ minimum qualifications for employment or
   22  appointment.—On or after October 1, 1984, any person employed or
   23  appointed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary law
   24  enforcement officer or correctional officer; on or after October
   25  1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time, part-time, or
   26  auxiliary correctional probation officer; and on or after
   27  October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time, part-time,
   28  or auxiliary correctional officer by a private entity under
   29  contract to the Department of Corrections, to a county
   30  commission, or to the Department of Management Services shall:
   31         (9) Complete a commission-approved basic recruit training
   32  program for the applicable criminal justice discipline, unless
   33  exempt under this subsection. The basic recruit training for
   34  state correctional officers and correctional officers employed
   35  by a private entity under chapter 957 is limited to 360 hours of
   36  training. An applicant who has:
   37         (a) Completed a comparable basic recruit training program
   38  for the applicable criminal justice discipline in another state
   39  or for the Federal Government; and
   40         (b) Served as a full-time sworn officer in another state or
   41  for the Federal Government for at least 1 year provided there is
   42  no more than an 8-year break in employment, as measured from the
   43  separation date of the most recent qualifying employment to the
   44  time a complete application is submitted for an exemption under
   45  this section,
   46  
   47  is exempt in accordance with s. 943.131(2) from completing the
   48  commission-approved basic recruit training program.
   49         Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   50  951.231, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   51         Section 4. Section 958.045, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   52         Section 5. All powers, duties, functions, records,
   53  personnel, property, pending issues and existing contracts,
   54  administrative authority, and unexpended balances of
   55  appropriations, allocations, and other funds for the
   56  administration of the Cybercrime Office are transferred by a
   57  type two transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes,
   58  from the Department of Legal Affairs to the Department of Law
   59  Enforcement.
   60         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.