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  2         An act relating to Santa Rosa County; amending

  3         chapter 79-561, Laws of Florida, as amended,

  4         relating to the Santa Rosa County Civil Service

  5         Board; providing a revised definition of

  6         "disciplinary action"; providing an extended

  7         probationary period for entry-level

  8         communications dispatcher positions; expanding

  9         training program provisions; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (13) of section 1, subsection

15  (8) of section 19, and subsection (9) of section 20 of chapter

16  79-561, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters 81-487,

17  94-490, and 95-487, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:

18         Section 1.  Definitions.--As used in this act:

19         (13)  "Disciplinary action" means either demotion,

20  fine, written reprimand, suspension, or dismissal, or any

21  combination thereof.

22         Section 19.  Filling vacancies in the classified

23  service.--

24         (8)  No appointment, promotion, or reinstatement shall

25  be deemed complete until after the expiration of a

26  probationary period of 1 year for sworn law

27  enforcement/corrections law enforcement and corrections

28  positions, and entry-level communications dispatcher

29  positions. All other classified service positions shall serve

30  a probationary period of 6 months.  The appointing authority

31  may terminate or demote the employee, if during the


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  1  probationary service the appointing authority deems the

  2  employee unfit or unsatisfactory for service with the

  3  following provisions:

  4         (a)  Appointing authorities shall be required at the

  5  end of the first 3 months of probationary service to submit a

  6  performance evaluation of the probationary employee to the

  7  board.  Such report, along with the termination of employment,

  8  shall serve as the basis for consideration by the board in

  9  determining whether upon removal, for reasons not

10  discreditable, the employee may have his name returned to the

11  register from which it was certified.

12         (b)  All employees shall serve the required

13  probationary period; however, when an employee is removed from

14  a position during probation for promotion, that employee shall

15  forthwith be returned to duty in the position held immediately

16  prior to promotion unless such removal was for discreditable

17  reasons, in which case the employee shall be entitled to a

18  hearing before the board.

19         (c)  Nonstatus employees removed from positions during

20  their probationary periods shall not be entitled to a hearing

21  before the board.

22         Section 20.  Extraordinary appointments.--The following

23  types of extraordinary appointments may be made in accordance

24  with provisions herein described:

25         (9)  TRAINEE APPOINTMENT.--The rules of the board may

26  provide for the establishment of training programs, including

27  programs designed to attract and use persons with minimal

28  qualifications, but with potential for development, in order

29  to provide career development opportunities for such

30  disadvantaged groups as handicapped persons, returning

31  veterans, older workers, or other minority group


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  1  representatives as may be designated by the board. Training

  2  programs may also be developed to overcome a shortage of

  3  skills in the labor market. Such programs shall be strictly

  4  controlled by the board to prevent abuse of the merit system

  5  by limiting the number of and duration for such appointments;

  6  however, such programs may provide for permanent appointment

  7  to established positions upon satisfactory completion of the

  8  training period and qualification in the required examination

  9  and certification procedure.  If given a permanent

10  appointment, the employee shall receive credit for service

11  rendered under the trainee appointment.

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

13  law.

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