| 1 | The Criminal Justice Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to the Criminal Justice Standards and |
| 7 | Training Commission; amending s. 943.11, F.S.; requiring |
| 8 | that the members of the commission who are sheriffs |
| 9 | appointed by the Governor be chosen from a list of |
| 10 | nominees submitted by the Florida Sheriffs Association; |
| 11 | requiring that the members of the commission who are |
| 12 | chiefs of police appointed by the Governor be chosen from |
| 13 | a list of nominees submitted by the Florida Police Chiefs |
| 14 | Association; requiring that the members of the commission |
| 15 | who are law enforcement officers of the rank of sergeant |
| 16 | or below and the member who is a correctional officer of |
| 17 | the rank of sergeant or below who are appointed by the |
| 18 | Governor be chosen from a list of nominees submitted by a |
| 19 | committee composed of certain collective bargaining |
| 20 | agents; providing selection criteria for the committee; |
| 21 | requiring lists of nominees to be submitted by a time |
| 22 | certain; providing an effective date. |
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| 24 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 26 | Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of |
| 27 | section 943.11, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 28 | 943.11 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission; |
| 29 | membership; meetings; compensation.-- |
| 30 | (1)(a) There is created a Criminal Justice Standards and |
| 31 | Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement. |
| 32 | The commission shall be composed of 19 members, consisting of |
| 33 | the Secretary of the Department of Corrections or a designated |
| 34 | assistant; the Attorney General or a designee; the Director of |
| 35 | the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol; and 16 members |
| 36 | appointed by the Governor, consisting of 3 sheriffs; 3 chiefs of |
| 37 | police; 5 law enforcement officers who are of the rank of |
| 38 | sergeant or below within the employing agency; 2 correctional |
| 39 | officers, 1 of whom is an administrator of a state correctional |
| 40 | institution and 1 of whom is of the rank of sergeant or below |
| 41 | within the employing agency; 1 training center director; 1 |
| 42 | person who is in charge of a county correctional institution; |
| 43 | and 1 resident of the state who falls into none of the foregoing |
| 44 | classifications. Prior to the appointment, the sheriff, chief of |
| 45 | police, law enforcement officer, and correctional officer |
| 46 | members must shall have had at least 4 years' experience as law |
| 47 | enforcement officers or correctional officers. |
| 48 | (b) The Governor, in making appointments under this |
| 49 | section, shall take into consideration representation by |
| 50 | geography, population, and other relevant factors in order that |
| 51 | the representation on the commission be apportioned to give |
| 52 | representation to the state at large rather than to a particular |
| 53 | area. Of the appointed members, and except for correctional |
| 54 | officers of a state institution, there may be only one |
| 55 | appointment from any employing agency. |
| 56 | 1. In appointing the 3 sheriffs, the Governor shall choose |
| 57 | each appointment from a list of 6 nominees submitted by the |
| 58 | Florida Sheriffs Association. The Florida Sheriffs Association |
| 59 | shall submit its list of 6 nominees at least 3 months before the |
| 60 | expiration of the term of any sheriff member. |
| 61 | 2. In appointing the 3 chiefs of police, the Governor |
| 62 | shall choose each appointment from a list of 6 nominees |
| 63 | submitted by the Florida Police Chiefs Association. The Florida |
| 64 | Police Chiefs Association shall submit its list of 6 nominees at |
| 65 | least 3 months before the expiration of the term of any police |
| 66 | chief member. |
| 67 | 3. In appointing the 5 law enforcement officers and 1 |
| 68 | correctional officer of the rank of sergeant or below, the |
| 69 | Governor shall choose each appointment from a list of 6 nominees |
| 70 | submitted by a committee comprised of 3 members of the |
| 71 | collective bargaining agent for the largest number of certified |
| 72 | law enforcement bargaining units, 2 members of the collective |
| 73 | bargaining agent for the second largest number of certified law |
| 74 | enforcement bargaining units, and 1 member of the collective |
| 75 | bargaining agent of the third largest number of certified law |
| 76 | enforcement bargaining units. At least one of the names |
| 77 | submitted for each of the five appointments who are law |
| 78 | enforcement officers must be an officer who is not in a |
| 79 | collective bargaining unit represented on the committee. The |
| 80 | committee shall submit its list of 6 nominees at least 3 months |
| 81 | before the expiration of the term of any law enforcement or |
| 82 | correctional officer member of the rank of sergeant or below. |
| 83 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |