Senate Bill sb1684er

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  2         An act relating to additional employment by

  3         state correctional employees; amending s.

  4         944.38, F.S.; providing that an officer or

  5         employee of the Department of Corrections is

  6         not prohibited from accepting other employment

  7         or secondary employment under certain

  8         conditions; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 944.38, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         944.38  Acceptance of remuneration from contractor;

15  dealing or barter with prisoners; interest in contract;

16  penalty.--

17         (1)(a)  An No officer or employee of the department may

18  not shall receive any compensation whatsoever, directly or

19  indirectly, for any act or service that which she or he may do

20  or perform for or on behalf of any officer or employee or

21  agent, or employee of a contractor. An; nor shall any officer

22  or employee of the department or the state may not have an

23  interest be interested, directly or indirectly, in any

24  contract or purchase made, or authorized to be made, by anyone

25  for or on behalf of the department.

26         (b)  This subsection does not prevent an officer or

27  employee of the department from accepting other employment or

28  following any pursuit that does not interfere with the full

29  and faithful discharge by the officer or employee of his or

30  her duties to the department. This subsection does not prevent

31  an officer or employee of the department from accepting


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 1  secondary employment with an entity contracting with the

 2  department if the officer or employee does not have

 3  responsibilities or involvement with the department's award or

 4  management of the contract or with the process of making

 5  referrals to or evaluating the contracting entity.

 6         (2)  An No officer or employee of the department or of

 7  the state, or any contractor, or employee of a contractor, may

 8  not shall, without permission of the department, make any gift

 9  or present to a prisoner, or receive a gift or present the

10  same from any prisoner, or have any barter or dealings with

11  any prisoner.

12         (3)  For any violation of the provisions of this

13  section the officer or employee of the state shall be

14  discharged from her or his office or service; and every

15  contractor, or employee, or agent of a contractor engaged

16  therein, and a party thereto, shall be expelled from the

17  institutional grounds, and not again permitted within the same

18  as a contractor, agent, or employee.

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

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