Florida Senate - 2019                            (NP)    SB 1806
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       19-02521-19                                           20191806__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Hillsborough County Civil
    3         Service Act; repealing chapters 2000-445, 2007-301,
    4         and 2014-230, Laws of Florida; abolishing the act;
    5         requiring that any agency or authority previously
    6         covered under the act must provide a fair, neutral,
    7         and impartial system for administering employee
    8         discipline of a suspension, an involuntary demotion,
    9         or a dismissal, and appeals of such discipline;
   10         providing requirements; providing an 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. Chapters 2000-445, 2007-301, and 2014-230, Laws
   15  of Florida, are repealed.
   16         Section 2. The Hillsborough County Civil Service Act is
   17  abolished. Any agency or authority previously covered by
   18  chapters 2000-445, 2007-301, and 2014-230, Laws of Florida, must
   19  provide a fair, neutral, and impartial system for administering
   20  employee discipline of a suspension, an involuntary demotion, or
   21  a dismissal, and appeals of such discipline. The system for
   22  administering employee discipline and appeals will be uniform
   23  for all agencies and shall provide a tenured employee with
   24  substantially similar protections and rights as set forth in
   25  sections 11 and 12 of chapter 2000-445, Laws of Florida, as
   26  amended.
   27         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2019.