House Bill 0449

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 449

        By Representative Warner






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Palm Beach County; amending

  3         ch. 93-367, Laws of Florida, as amended;

  4         revising provisions relating to career service

  5         status of employees of the Palm Beach County

  6         Sheriff; clarifying provisions which define the

  7         minimum service period of employment required

  8         for the attainment of career service status;

  9         excluding specified training periods for

10         purposes of calculating minimum service;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section

16  1 of chapter 93-367, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

17         Section 1.  Employees of the Palm Beach County Sheriff;

18  applicability of act; permanent status of employees;

19  transition; administration.--

20         (3)  CAREER SERVICE STATUS; CAUSE FOR SUSPENSION OR

21  DISMISSAL.--

22         (a)  When an employee of the Sheriff to whom the

23  provisions of this act apply has served in such employment for

24  a period of 1 calendar year from the date the employee first

25  enters the Sheriff's orientation program or the beginning of

26  field training, whichever comes first, such employee shall

27  have attained career service status in the Office of the

28  Sheriff; however, if an employee is placed on disciplinary

29  probation for a period of 6 months or more or is terminated

30  and rehired at a later date, the employee shall be required to

31  complete 1 calendar year of service from the date of the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 449

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  1  disciplinary action before being granted the right to appeal

  2  as provided in section 2.  Any employee who is required to

  3  serve a probationary period attendant to a promotion shall

  4  retain permanent status in the Office of the Sheriff, but may

  5  be returned to his prior rank during such probationary period

  6  without the right of appeal as provided in section 2. For the

  7  purpose of determining career service status as defined by the

  8  provisions of this act, all time in the employment of the

  9  Office of the Sheriff while in the police academy or other

10  comparable training for certification as a sworn officer or

11  deputy sheriff shall not be counted or considered in any

12  manner in determining whether the employee has attained 1

13  calendar year of minimum service for career service

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

16  law.

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