Senate Bill sb2928

    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SB 2928

    By Senators Crist, Justice, Joyner and Storms





    12-1884-07                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Hillsborough County

  3         Civil Service Board; amending chapter 2000-445,

  4         Laws of Florida; providing a definition; adding

  5         a class of employment exempt from the

  6         classified service; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsections (19) through (32) of section 5

12  of chapter 2000-445, Laws of Florida, are renumbered as

13  subsections (20) through (33), respectively, and a new

14  subsection (19) is added to that section, to read:

15         Section 5.  Definitions.--As used in this act:

16         (19)  "Information technology professional" means a

17  position designated by an appointing authority after July 1,

18  2007, for which a qualified applicant would have demonstrable

19  and creditable experience in the development or management of

20  computer, telecommunication, or data-sharing systems and

21  generally including graduation from an accredited college or

22  university in an appropriately related field or recognized

23  industry standard certification and excluding, notwithstanding

24  any other provision of law, any information technology

25  position in the classified service as of January 1, 2007,

26  except and unless that position is vacant at the time a

27  designation is made or an incumbent in any such position

28  concurs with a transfer to the exempt service as a designated

29  information technology professional.

30         Section 2.  Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (2) of

31  section 6 of chapter 2000-445, Laws of Florida, are

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SB 2928
    12-1884-07                                              See HB




 1  redesignated as paragraphs (f) and (g), respectively, and a

 2  new paragraph (e) is added to that subsection, to read:

 3         Section 6.  Classes of employees.--

 4         (2)  The following classes of employment are exempt

 5  from the classified service and are subject to any rights

 6  provided by their appointing authority. The exempt service

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 8         (e)  Information technology professionals;

 9         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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