Senate Bill 1540
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Florida Senate - 2000 SB 1540
By Senator Brown-Waite
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Department of
3 Corrections; amending s. 944.31, F.S.;
4 authorizing the Secretary of Corrections to
5 designate department personnel as law
6 enforcement officers; prescribing the powers
7 and duties of such persons; providing
8 prerequisites for such designation; providing
9 an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Section 944.31, Florida Statutes, is
14 amended to read:
15 944.31 Inspector general; inspectors; power and
16 duties.--The inspector general shall be responsible for prison
17 inspection and investigation, internal affairs investigations,
18 and management reviews. The office of the inspector general
19 shall be charged with the duty of inspecting the penal and
20 correctional systems of the state. The office of the inspector
21 general shall inspect each correctional institution or any
22 place in which state prisoners are housed, worked, or kept
23 within the state, with reference to its physical conditions,
24 cleanliness, sanitation, safety, and comfort; the quality and
25 supply of all bedding; the quality, quantity, and diversity of
26 food served and the manner in which it is served; the number
27 and condition of the prisoners confined therein; and the
28 general conditions of each institution. The office of
29 inspector general shall see that all the rules and regulations
30 issued by the department are strictly observed and followed by
31 all persons connected with the correctional systems of the
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1 state. The office of the inspector general shall coordinate
2 and supervise the work of inspectors throughout the state. The
3 inspector general and inspectors may enter any place where
4 prisoners in this state are kept and shall be immediately
5 admitted to such place as they desire and may consult and
6 confer with any prisoner privately and without molestation.
7 The inspector general and inspectors shall be responsible for
8 criminal and administrative investigation of matters relating
9 to the Department of Corrections. The secretary has the
10 authority to designate persons occupying any appropriate
11 position within the office of the inspector general as law
12 enforcement officers, as necessary, to enforce any criminal
13 law or to conduct any criminal investigation involving an
14 alleged violation of law occurring on property owned or leased
15 by the department or involving matters over which the
16 department has jurisdiction. Persons designated as law
17 enforcement officers must be certified under s. 943.1395.
18 During In such investigations, the inspector general and
19 inspectors may consult and confer with any prisoner or staff
20 member privately and without molestation and shall have the
21 authority to arrest detain any person for violations of the
22 criminal laws of the state. Such detention shall be made only
23 on properties owned or leased by the department, and The
24 arrested detained person shall be surrendered without delay to
25 the sheriff of the county in which the arrest detention is
26 made, with a formal complaint subsequently made against her or
27 him in accordance with law.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
29 law.
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Authorizes the Secretary of Corrections to designate
employees of the Department of Corrections as law
4 enforcement officers to investigate alleged offenses
occurring on land under the control of the department or
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