Senate Bill 2162

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2162

    By Senator Silver





    14-1302-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Parole Commission;

  3         amending s. 947.04, F.S.; providing for the

  4         rate of pay for temporary duty on the

  5         commission to be established each year in the

  6         General Appropriations Act; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 947.04, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         947.04  Organization of commission; officers;

14  offices.--

15         (1)  Before July 1 of each even-numbered year, the

16  Governor and Cabinet shall select a chair who shall serve for

17  a period of 2 years and until a successor is selected and

18  qualified. The Governor and Cabinet shall, at the same time

19  that a chair is selected, select a vice chair to serve during

20  the same 2-year period as the chair, in the absence of the

21  chair. The chair may succeed himself or herself.  The chair,

22  as chief administrative officer of the commission, has the

23  authority and responsibility to plan, direct, coordinate, and

24  execute the powers, duties, and responsibilities assigned to

25  the commission, except those of granting and revoking parole

26  as provided for in this chapter. Subject to approval by the

27  Governor and the Cabinet, the chair may assign consenting

28  retired commissioners or former commissioners to temporary

29  duty when there is a workload need.  Any such commissioner

30  shall be paid $100 for each day or portion of a day spent on

31  the work of the commission and are entitled to reimbursement

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  1  shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in s.

  2  112.061. The amount paid to a commissioner for performing

  3  temporary duty shall be established each year in the General

  4  Appropriations Act. The chair may is authorized to provide or

  5  disseminate information relative to parole by means of

  6  documents, seminars, programs, or otherwise as he or she

  7  determines necessary. The chair shall establish, execute, and

  8  be held accountable for all administrative policy decisions.

  9  However, decisions to grant or revoke parole shall be made in

10  accordance with the provisions of ss. 947.172, 947.174, and

11  947.23. The commissioners shall be directly accountable to the

12  chair in the execution of their duties as commissioners, and

13  the chair may has authority to recommend to the Governor

14  suspension of a commissioner who fails to perform the duties

15  provided for by statute.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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20                          SENATE SUMMARY

21    Provides for the amount paid to a retired or former
      commissioner assigned to temporary duty on the Parole
22    Commission to be set each year in the General
      Appropriations Act.
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