Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 854
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 943.13, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read
    7         943.13 Officers’ minimum qualifications for employment or
    8  appointment.—On or after October 1, 1984, any person employed or
    9  appointed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary law
   10  enforcement officer or correctional officer; on or after October
   11  1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time, part-time, or
   12  auxiliary correctional probation officer; and on or after
   13  October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time, part-time,
   14  or auxiliary correctional officer by a private entity under
   15  contract to the Department of Corrections, to a county
   16  commission, or to the Department of Management Services shall:
   17         (1) Be at least 19 years of age, except that any person
   18  employed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional
   19  officer may be at least 18 years of age.
   20         Section 2. Section 944.145, Florida Statutes, is created to
   21  read:
   22         944.145 Correctional officers under the age of 19.—A
   23  correctional officer who is under the age of 19 years shall not
   24  supervise inmates, but may perform all of the other duties
   25  performed by a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional
   26  officer.
   27         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   32  and insert:
   33                        A bill to be entitled                      
   34         An act relating to correctional officers; amending s.
   35         943.13, F.S.; permitting a full-time, part-time, or
   36         auxiliary correctional officer to be employed at 18
   37         years of age; creating s. 944.145, F.S.; prohibiting a
   38         correctional officer who is under 19 years of age from
   39         supervising inmates; permitting an officer who is
   40         under 19 years of age to perform all other tasks
   41         performed by a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary
   42         correctional officer; providing an effective date.