Florida Senate - 2013                              CS for SB 496
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       590-02268-13                                           2013496c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the marshal of the Supreme Court;
    3         amending s. 25.251, F.S.; revising terminology;
    4         requiring the marshal and his or her deputies to
    5         comply with specified requirements for law enforcement
    6         officers; specifying that the marshal and his or her
    7         deputies are law enforcement officers with full powers
    8         to bear arms and make arrests under certain
    9         conditions; limiting the use of those powers to
   10         performance of official duties for the Supreme Court;
   11         amending s. 25.271, F.S.; deleting provisions relating
   12         to the marshal and his or her deputies being
   13         conservators of the peace; providing an effective
   14         date.
   15  
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. Section 25.251, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   19  read:
   20         25.251 Marshal of Supreme Court; appointment;
   21  qualification; authority training.—
   22         (1) The Supreme Court shall appoint a marshal who shall
   23  hold office during the pleasure of the court.
   24         (2) The marshal and his or her deputies must comply with s.
   25  943.13 relating to requirements for law enforcement officers in
   26  this state assistants shall attend and successfully complete a
   27  minimum standards training program approved by the Criminal
   28  Justice Standards and Training Commission within the Department
   29  of Law Enforcement.
   30         (3) The marshal and his or her deputies shall be law
   31  enforcement officers as defined in s. 943.10(1), under the
   32  direction and control of the Supreme Court with full powers to
   33  bear arms and make arrests in accordance with the laws of this
   34  state. In performance of their official duties for the Supreme
   35  Court, they may apprehend without warrant a person disturbing
   36  the peace and deliver that person to the appropriate law
   37  enforcement officer of the municipality or county in which
   38  further proceedings may be held according to law. The powers
   39  granted in this section may be exercised only in furtherance of
   40  and in connection with performance of official duties for the
   41  Supreme Court.
   42         Section 2. Section 25.271, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   43  read:
   44         25.271 Custody of Supreme Court Building and grounds.—
   45         (1) The said marshal shall, under the direction of the
   46  Supreme Court, be custodian of the Supreme Court Building and
   47  grounds and shall keep the same clean, sanitary, and free of
   48  trespassers and marauders and shall maintain the same in good
   49  state of repair and cause the grounds to be beautified and
   50  preserved against depredations and trespasses.
   51         (2) The marshal and his or her assistants shall be
   52  conservators of the peace in the Supreme Court Building, or in
   53  any building in which the Supreme Court is sitting, and shall
   54  apprehend without warrant any person disturbing the peace and
   55  deliver that person to the appropriate law enforcement officer
   56  of the municipality or county in which further proceedings may
   57  be held according to law.
   58         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.