SB 470 — Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

Florida Senate - 2018 CS for CS for SB 470 By the CommitteeCommittees on MilitaryAppropriations; and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security;

and SenatorMilitary Stargeland 583-02202-18Veterans 2018470c1Affairs, ASpace, billand toDomestic beSecurity; entitled An act relating to minimum basic recruit training exemptions;

and Senator Stargel 576-03298-18 2018470c2 A bill to be entitled An act relating to law enforcement and correctional officers;

authorizing a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional officer to be employed at 18 years of age;

creating s.

944.145, F.S.;

prohibiting a correctional officer who is under 19 years of age from supervising inmates;

authorizing a correctional officer who is under 19 years of age to perform all other tasks performed by a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional officer;

3239 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

3441 Section 1. Subsection (22) is added to section 943.10, Florida Statutes, to read:

Section 2. Subsection2. Subsections (1) and (9) of section 943.13, Florida Statutes, isare amended to read:

(1) Be at least 19 years of age, except that any person employed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional officer may be at least 18 years of age.

or, (b) Successfully completed a special operations forces training course, served in the special operations forces for a minimum of 5 years, and no more than 4 years have passed from the last date of service in the special operations forces to the date that a complete application is submitted for an exemption under this subsection, 8292 is exempt in accordance with s.

172182 The commission shall adopt rules that establish criteria and procedures to determine if the applicant is exempt from completing the commission-approved basic recruit training program and, upon making a determination, shall notify the employing agency, training center, or criminal justice selection center, as appropriate.

Section 4. For4. Section the944.145, purpose of incorporating the amendment made by this act to section 943.13, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, subsection (3) of section 943.1395, Florida Statutes, is reenactedcreated to read:

944.145 Correctional officers under the age of 19.—A correctional officer who is under the age of 19 years may not supervise inmates, but may perform all of the other duties performed by a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional officer.

Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment made by this act to section 943.13, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, subsection (3) of section 943.1395, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:

Section 5. For6. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment made by this act to section 943.13, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, section 943.17296, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:

Section 6. For7. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment made by this act to section 943.131, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, subsection (7) of section 626.989, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:

Section 7. For8. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment made by this act to section 943.131, Florida Statutes, in references thereto, subsections (1) and (6) of section 943.133, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read:

Section 8. For9. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment made by this act to section 943.131, Florida Statutes, in references thereto, subsections (3), (9), and (10) of section 943.1395, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read:

Section 9. This10. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.