Senate Bill sb1262

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1262

    By Senator Mitchell





    4-1379-01                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state employment; amending

  3         s. 110.205, F.S.; providing that prospective

  4         members of the Selected Exempt Service and the

  5         Senior Management Service be subject to

  6         background checks prior to employment in either

  7         service; providing for an audit of both

  8         services by the Office of Program Policy

  9         Analysis and Governmental Accountability;

10         providing for a report; providing an effective

11         date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (7) is added to section 110.205,

16  Florida Statutes, to read:

17         110.205  Career service; exemptions.--

18         (7)  BACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED.--Any other provision

19  of law to the contrary notwithstanding, prior to the

20  employment of any person in the Selected Exempt Service or the

21  Senior Management Service, the employing agency shall conduct

22  a background check of the applicant or appointee for such a

23  position.

24         Section 2.  Office of Program Policy Analysis and

25  Governmental Accountability (OPPAGA) to perform audit.--On or

26  before January 1, 2002, the Office of Program Policy Analysis

27  and Governmental Accountability shall conduct a performance

28  audit of the Selected Exempt Service and the Senior Management

29  Service established pursuant to chapter 110, Florida Statutes.

30  OPPAGA shall also prepare a report, to be submitted to the

31  Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1262
    4-1379-01                                               See HB




  1  President of the Senate, on or before January 1, 2001,

  2  detailing the findings of the audit required pursuant to this

  3  section. The report shall also include recommendations, in the

  4  form of suggested rules or legislation, on limiting the

  5  expansion of both the Selected Exempt Service and the Senior

  6  Management Service, on providing for the promotion of persons

  7  to those services from within the system, on suggested

  8  intervals for background checks on current members of the

  9  system who have never been the subject of a background check,

10  and any suggested rule changes necessary to enhance both

11  services.

12         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

13  law.

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16                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that prior to the employment of any person in
18    the Selected Exempt Service or the Senior Management
      Service, the employing agency shall conduct a background
19    check of the prospective employee or prospective
      appointee. Directs the Office of Program Policy Analysis
20    and Governmental Accountability to do a performance audit
      of both services and requires a report. See bill for
21    details.

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