Senate Bill 0800

    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 800

    By Senator Grant





    13-644-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to workers' compensation;

  3         amending s. 440.092, F.S.; specifying special

  4         requirements for compensability with respect to

  5         officers who are going to or coming from work

  6         in law enforcement or corrections vehicles;

  7         providing an 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 (2) of section 440.092, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         440.092  Special requirements for compensability;

14  deviation from employment; subsequent intervening accidents.--

15         (2)  GOING OR COMING.--An injury suffered while going

16  to or coming from work is not an injury arising out of and in

17  the course of employment whether or not the employer provided

18  transportation if such means of transportation was available

19  for the exclusive personal use by the employee, unless the

20  employee was engaged in a special errand or mission for the

21  employer. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

22  contrary, an officer as defined in s. 943.10(14) who is going

23  to or coming from work in an official law enforcement or

24  corrections vehicle is considered to be engaged in a special

25  errand or mission for the officer's employer.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 800
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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Provides that, for purposes of compensability under
      workers' compensation provisions, certain officers are
  4    considered to be engaged in special errands or missions
      for their respective employers when the officers are
  5    going to or coming from work in official law enforcement
      or corrections vehicles.
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