Senate Bill sb0558

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 558

    By Senator Wise





    5-522-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Highway Patrol

  3         Auxiliary; amending s. 321.24, F.S.;

  4         incorporating by reference the definition of

  5         the term "auxiliary law enforcement officer";

  6         authorizing the director of the Florida Highway

  7         Patrol to issue certain items to specified

  8         retiring auxiliary officers; reenacting s.

  9         943.10(8), F.S., which defines the term

10         "auxiliary law enforcement officer"; providing

11         an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 321.24, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is added to that

17  section, to read:

18         321.24  Members of an auxiliary to Florida Highway

19  Patrol.--

20         (1)  The director of the Florida Highway Patrol is

21  hereby authorized to establish an auxiliary to the Florida

22  Highway Patrol to be composed of such persons as who may

23  volunteer to serve as members of an auxiliary to the Florida

24  Highway Patrol as defined in s. 943.10(8). Such service to be

25  without compensation to the individual so volunteering.

26         (6)  The director of the Florida Highway Patrol may

27  present to an officer who retires from the Florida Highway

28  Patrol Auxiliary after a minimum of 20 years of service one

29  complete uniform, including the badge worn by that officer;

30  the officer's service handgun, if one was issued as part of

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 558
    5-522-07




 1  the officer's equipment; and an identification card clearly

 2  marked "RETIRED."

 3         Section 2.  Subsection (8) of section 943.10, Florida

 4  Statutes, reads:

 5         943.10  Definitions; ss. 943.085-943.255.--The

 6  following words and phrases as used in ss. 943.085-943.255 are

 7  defined as follows:

 8         (8)  "Auxiliary law enforcement officer" means any

 9  person employed or appointed, with or without compensation,

10  who aids or assists a full-time or part-time law enforcement

11  officer and who, while under the direct supervision of a

12  full-time or part-time law enforcement officer, has the

13  authority to arrest and perform law enforcement functions.

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

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Authorizes the director of the Florida Highway Patrol to
      present a uniform, service handgun, and identification
19    card to a member of the Florida Highway Patrol Auxiliary
      who retires after at least 20 years' service.
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