Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1084
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/03/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Stargel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 633.415, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         633.415Lifetime Firefighter designation.—
    8         (1)A firefighter or volunteer firefighter may apply for a
    9  Lifetime Firefighter designation if he or she:
   10         (a)Has at least 20 years of service;
   11         (b)Has been employed by a fire service provider, as
   12  defined in s. 633.102(13), and is in good standing with his or
   13  her most recent fire service provider;
   14         (c) Has not been convicted of a felony under s. 633.412(2),
   15  and so attests; and
   16         (d)1.Is recorded on a fire service provider roster in the
   17  division’s online electronic database; or
   18         2.Was previously certified as a firefighter or volunteer
   19  firefighter in this state.
   20         (2)A firefighter may have his or her Firefighter
   21  Certificate of Compliance or a Volunteer Firefighter Certificate
   22  of Completion placed into a Lifetime Firefighter designation by
   23  applying to the division at the time required to renew the
   24  certificate. The application shall be made on a form prescribed
   25  by the division.
   26         (3)A Lifetime Firefighter may not engage in firefighting
   27  activities with a fire department unless he or she holds a
   28  current and valid Firefighter Certificate of Compliance or
   29  Special Certificate of Compliance issued by the division under
   30  s. 633.408.
   31         (4)After the division approves a currently employed
   32  firefighter’s Lifetime Firefighter designation, the division
   33  shall, after the firefighter’s 4-year period pursuant to s.
   34  633.414, issue in its online electronic database the Lifetime
   35  Firefighter designation upon the end of such period.
   36         (5)If a firefighter’s Firefighter Certificate of
   37  Compliance or Volunteer Firefighter Certificate of Completion is
   38  current upon the approval of a Lifetime Firefighter designation
   39  and he or she applies to renew such certification within the
   40  first 4 years after the date of such approval, he or she must
   41  successfully complete the Minimum Standards Course Examination
   42  for a firefighter or a volunteer firefighter task book for a
   43  volunteer firefighter, and meet all requirements in s. 633.412.
   44         (6)If a firefighter’s Firefighter Certificate of
   45  Compliance or Volunteer Firefighter Certificate of Completion
   46  has expired upon receiving the Lifetime Firefighter designation
   47  and he or she desires to perform firefighting services within
   48  the first 4 years after the date of approval of the Lifetime
   49  Firefighter designation, the firefighter must successfully
   50  complete the Minimum Standards Course Examination for a
   51  firefighter or a volunteer firefighter task book for a volunteer
   52  firefighter, and meet all requirements in s. 633.412.
   53         (7) The division may investigate any report, complaint, or
   54  felony conviction concerning a Lifetime Firefighter pursuant to
   55  s. 633.412 or s. 633.426.
   56         (8)The division may adopt rules pursuant to its authority
   57  under s. 633.104(1) to implement this section.
   58         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
   59  
   60  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   61  And the title is amended as follows:
   62         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   63  and insert:
   64                        A bill to be entitled                      
   65         An act relating to firefighters; creating s. 633.415,
   66         F.S.; providing for the designation as a Lifetime
   67         Firefighter; providing requirements for such
   68         designation; providing responsibilities of the
   69         Division of State Fire Marshal within the Department
   70         of Financial Services; authorizing the division to
   71         investigate reports, complaints, or felony convictions
   72         concerning Lifetime Firefighters; authorizing the
   73         division to adopt rules; providing an effective date.