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  2         An act relating to county and municipal jails;

  3         amending s. 951.04, F.S.; deleting provisions

  4         that require the board of county commissioners

  5         to provide a specified amount of money to a

  6         prisoner at the time of release; amending s.

  7         951.21, F.S.; authorizing the board of county

  8         commissioners to discontinue or revise

  9         gain-time policies; deleting a provision

10         requiring that the allowances awarded to county

11         prisoners for good behavior be awarded

12         according to the policy of the Department of

13         Corrections for such awards for state

14         prisoners; amending s. 951.23, F.S.; providing

15         that it is a second degree misdemeanor for a

16         prisoner to knowingly and willfully refuse to

17         obey certain rules governing prisoner conduct;

18         providing an effective date.

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

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22         Section 1.  Section 951.04, Florida Statutes, is

23  amended to read:

24         951.04  Duty of county commissioners upon discharge of

25  prisoner.--When a prisoner is discharged by reasons of having

26  served his or her sentence, or upon receiving a pardon or

27  parole, he or she shall be furnished transportation, or its

28  equivalent in money, back to the place from which the prisoner

29  was sentenced, together with the sum of $5, where the sentence

30  is for 4 months or more, and the sum of $3 where the sentence

31  is for a lesser period than 4 months, in addition to his or


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  1  her transportation, all of which shall be paid out of the

  2  general fund of the county in which he or she was convicted,

  3  and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

  4  chapter, the clerk of the board of county commissioners of

  5  each county shall, under the directions of said board, issue a

  6  check on said fund with which to pay these amounts to the

  7  prisoners being discharged at the time of their release.

  8         Section 2.  Section 951.21, Florida Statutes, is

  9  amended to read:

10         951.21  Gain-time for good conduct for county

11  prisoners.--

12         (1)  Commutation of time for good conduct of county

13  prisoners shall be granted by the board of county

14  commissioners unless, by a majority vote of the board of

15  county commissioners, the board elects to discontinue or

16  revise gain-time policies for good conduct. If the board of

17  commissioners authorizes commutation of time for good

18  conduct,, and the following deductions shall be made from the

19  term of sentence when no charge of misconduct has been

20  sustained against a county prisoner: up to 5 days per month

21  off the first and second years of the sentence; up to 10 days

22  per month off the third and fourth years of the sentence; up

23  to 15 days per month off the fifth and all succeeding years of

24  the sentence.  Where no charge of misconduct is sustained

25  against a county prisoner, the deduction shall be deemed

26  earned and the prisoner shall be entitled to credit for a

27  month as soon as the prisoner has served such time as, when

28  added to the deduction allowable, will equal a month.  A

29  county prisoner under two or more cumulative sentences shall

30  be allowed commutation as if they were all one sentence.

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  1         (2)  For each sustained charge of escape or attempted

  2  escape, mutinous conduct, or other serious misconduct, all the

  3  commutation which shall have accrued in favor of a county

  4  prisoner up to that day shall be forfeited, except that in

  5  case of escape if the prisoner voluntarily returns without

  6  expense to the state or county then such forfeiture may be set

  7  aside by the board of county commissioners if in its judgment

  8  the prisoner's subsequent conduct entitles him or her thereto.

  9         (3)  The board of county commissioners, upon

10  recommendation of the warden or sheriff, may adopt a policy to

11  allow for county prisoners, in addition to time credits, an

12  extra good-time allowance for meritorious conduct or

13  exceptional industry not to exceed five days per month , in

14  accordance with the existing policy of the Department of

15  Corrections for such awards for state prisoners.

16         (4)  All or any part of the gain-time earned by a

17  county prisoner and any extra gain-time allowed him or her, if

18  any, shall be subject to forfeiture by the board of county

19  commissioners upon recommendation of the sheriff or warden for

20  violation of any law of the state or any rule or regulation of

21  the board or institution.

22         Section 3.  Subsection (11) is added to section 951.23,

23  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

24         951.23  County and municipal detention facilities;

25  definitions; administration; standards and requirements.--

26         (11)  It is a misdemeanor of the second degree,

27  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for a

28  county prisoner or a municipal prisoner in a county detention

29  facility to knowingly, on two or more occasions, violate a

30  posted jail rule governing the conduct of prisoners, if the

31  rule prohibits any of the following acts:


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  1         (a)  Assaulting any person;

  2         (b)  Fighting with another person;

  3         (c)  Threatening another with bodily harm, or any

  4  offense against another person or property;

  5         (d)  Extortion, blackmail, protection, demanding or

  6  receiving money or anything of value in return for protection

  7  against others to avoid bodily harm, or under threat of

  8  informing;

  9         (e)  Engaging in sexual acts with others;

10         (f)  Making sexual proposals or threats to another;

11         (g)  Indecent exposure;

12         (h)  Escape;

13         (i)  Attempting or planning escape;

14         (j)  Wearing a disguise or mask;

15         (k)  Setting a fire;

16         (l)  Destroying, altering, damaging, or defacing

17  government property or the property of another person;

18         (m)  Stealing (theft);

19         (n)  Tampering with or blocking any locking device;

20         (o)  Adulteration of any food or drink;

21         (p)  Possession or introduction of any explosive,

22  ammunition, firearm or weapon;

23         (q)  Possession of contraband;

24         (r)  Misuse of authorized medication;

25         (s)  Loaning of property or anything of value for

26  profit or increased return;

27         (t)  Possession of anything not authorized for

28  retention or receipt by the inmate and not issued to them

29  through regular institutional channels;

30         (u)  Mutilating or altering issued clothing, bedding,

31  linen or mattresses;


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  1         (v)  Rioting;

  2         (w)  Encouraging other to riot;

  3         (x)  Engaging in or encouraging a group demonstration;

  4         (y)  Refusing to work;

  5         (z)  Encouraging others to refuse to work or

  6  participating in work stoppage;

  7         (aa)  Refusing to obey a reasonable order of any staff

  8  member;

  9         (bb)  Unexcused absence from work or any assignment;

10         (cc)  Malingering, feigning an illness or injury;

11         (dd)  Failing to perform work as instructed by a

12  supervisor;

13         (ee)  Lying or providing a false statement to a staff

14  member;

15         (ff)  Conduct which disrupts or interferes with the

16  security or orderly running of the institution;

17         (gg)  Counterfeiting, forging, or unauthorized

18  reproduction of any document, article, or identification,

19  money, security, or official paper;

20         (hh)  Participating in an unauthorized meeting or

21  gathering;

22         (ii)  Being in an unauthorized area;

23         (jj)  Failure to follow safety or sanitation

24  regulations;

25         (kk)  Using any equipment or machinery contrary  to

26  instructions or posted safety standards;

27         (ll)  Failing to stand count;

28         (mm)  Interfering with the taking of count;

29         (nn)  Making intoxicants or being intoxicated;

30         (oo)  Smoking where prohibited;

31         (pp)  Using abusive or obscene language;


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  1         (qq)  Gambling, preparing or conducting a gambling

  2  pool, possession of gambling paraphernalia;

  3         (rr)  Being unsanitary or untidy; failing to keep one's

  4  person and one's quarters in accordance with posted standards;

  5         (ss)  Tattooing or self-mutilation;

  6         (tt)  Unauthorized use of mail or telephone;

  7         (uu)  Unauthorized contacts with the public;

  8         (vv)  Correspondence or conduct with a visitor in

  9  violation of posted regulations;

10         (ww)  Giving or offering any official or staff member a

11  bribe, or anything of value; or

12         (xx)  Giving money or anything of value to, or

13  accepting money or anything of value from another inmate, a

14  member of his or her family, or his or her friend.

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16  Punishment for a violation of this subsection shall run

17  consecutive to any other sentence.

18         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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