Senate Bill sb0410

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 410

    By Senator Baker





    20-470-06                                           See HB 237

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to continued employment

  3         requirements for law enforcement personnel;

  4         amending s. 943.135, F.S.; revising the

  5         presumption of disability for certain law

  6         enforcement, correctional, and correctional

  7         probation officers for purposes of workers'

  8         compensation and authorizing establishment of

  9         tobacco-use standards; providing an effective

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsections (5) and (6) are added to

15  section 943.135, Florida Statutes, to read:

16         943.135  Requirements for continued employment.--

17         (5)  An employing agency as defined in s. 943.10 may

18  require a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or

19  correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10 who is

20  employed full time to successfully pass a physical examination

21  in order to be eligible for the presumption set forth in s.

22  112.18. The employing agency shall have the physical

23  examination performed prior to or immediately upon employment

24  of the officer. This provision shall not affect the

25  applicability of the presumption set forth in s. 112.18 for

26  law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or

27  correctional probation officers who are currently employed by

28  an employing agency.

29         (6)  An employing agency as defined in s. 943.10 may

30  set tobacco-use standards for law enforcement officers,

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 410
    20-470-06                                           See HB 237




 1  correctional officers, and correctional probation officers as

 2  defined in s. 943.10 who are employed full time.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2006.

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