Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 170
       
       
        
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       
       19-00015-14                                            2014170__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the administration of county and
    3         municipal delinquency programs and facilities;
    4         amending s. 985.688, F.S.; deleting compliance
    5         criteria for county delinquency programs and
    6         facilities; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (11) of section 985.688, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         985.688 Administering county and municipal delinquency
   13  programs and facilities.—
   14         (11)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a
   15  county is in compliance with this section if:
   16         1. The county provides the full cost for preadjudication
   17  detention for juveniles;
   18         2. The county authorizes the county sheriff, any other
   19  county jail operator, or a contracted provider located inside or
   20  outside the county to provide preadjudication detention care for
   21  juveniles;
   22         3. The county sheriff or other county jail operator is
   23  accredited by the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission
   24  or American Correctional Association; and
   25         4. The facility is inspected annually and meets the Florida
   26  Model Jail Standards.
   27         (b) A county or county sheriff may form regional detention
   28  facilities through an interlocal agreement in order to meet the
   29  requirements of this section.
   30         (c) Each county sheriff or other county jail operator must
   31  follow the federal regulations that require sight and sound
   32  separation of juvenile inmates from adult inmates.
   33         (d) A county or county sheriff that complies with this
   34  subsection is not subject to any additional training,
   35  procedures, or inspections required by this chapter.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.