Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1062
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11 The Committee on Domestic Security (Hill) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 and insert: security officer.--
18 (1) Any facility security officer as designated under
19 33 C.F.R. part 105 for each seaport identified in s. 311.09,
20 or any employee or agent holding a Class D or Class G license
21 and certification as a seaport security officer who is
22 designated by the facility security officer to maintain order
23 and provide security within the seaport, who has probable
24 cause to believe that a person is trespassing in a designated
25 restricted-access area of a seaport under s. 810.08 or s.
26 810.09, may take the person into custody and detain him or her
27 in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time pending
28 the arrival of a law enforcement officer. Taking a person into
29 custody or detention for trespassing does not render the
30 seaport security officer criminally or civilly liable for
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1 trespasser is taken into custody, a law enforcement officer
2 shall be called to the scene immediately after the person is
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4 (2) If an employee who is authorized to work at a
5 seaport is unreasonably taken into custody and detained for
6 trespassing in a designated restricted-access area by a
7 seaport security officer, the seaport authority shall pay the
8 salary of the employee during the time the employee is
9 detained while awaiting the arrival of a law enforcement
10 officer to take the employee into custody.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 requiring that a seaport authority pay an
19 employee's salary if the employee is
20 unreasonably taken into custody and detained
21 for being in a restricted-access area;
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