Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 576
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/07/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Ingoglia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 19
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 30.61, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         30.61 Establishment of civilian oversight boards.—
    8         (1) A county sheriff may establish a civilian oversight
    9  board to review the policies and procedures of his or her office
   10  and its subdivisions.
   11         (2) The board must be composed of at least three and up to
   12  seven members appointed by the sheriff.
   13         Section 2. Section 166.0486, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         166.0486 Establishment of civilian oversight boards.—
   16         (1) The chief of a municipal police department may
   17  establish a civilian oversight board to review the policies and
   18  procedures of his or her department and its subdivisions.
   19         (2) The board must be composed of at least three and up to
   20  seven members appointed by the chief of the municipal police
   21  department.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete lines 2 - 3
   26  and insert:
   27         An act relating to law enforcement and correctional
   28         officers; creating s. 30.61, F.S.; authorizing county
   29         sheriffs to establish civilian oversight boards to
   30         review the policies and procedures of the sheriff’s
   31         office and its subdivisions; providing for membership
   32         of such boards; creating s. 166.0486, F.S.;
   33         authorizing the chief of a municipal police department
   34         to establish a civilian oversight board to review the
   35         policies and procedures of the chief’s department and
   36         its subdivisions; providing for membership of such
   37         boards;