Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 738
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11 The Committee on Criminal Justice (Smith) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of
19 section 943.11, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20 943.11 Criminal Justice Standards and Training
21 Commission; membership; meetings; compensation.--
22 (1)(a) There is created a Criminal Justice Standards
23 and Training Commission within the Department of Law
24 Enforcement. The commission shall be composed of 19 members,
25 consisting of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections
26 or a designated assistant; the Attorney General or a designee;
27 the Director of the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol;
28 and 16 members appointed by the Governor, consisting of 3
29 sheriffs; 3 chiefs of police; 5 law enforcement officers who
30 are of the rank of sergeant or below within the employing
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1 of a state correctional institution and 1 of whom is of the
2 rank of sergeant or below within the employing agency; 1
3 training center director; 1 person who is in charge of a
4 county correctional institution; and 1 resident of the state
5 who falls into none of the foregoing classifications. Prior to
6 the appointment, the sheriff, chief of police, law enforcement
7 officer, and correctional officer members must shall have had
8 at least 4 years' experience as law enforcement officers or
9 correctional officers.
10 (b) The Governor, in making appointments under this
11 section, shall take into consideration representation by
12 geography, population, and other relevant factors in order
13 that the representation on the commission be apportioned to
14 give representation to the state at large rather than to a
15 particular area. Of the appointed members, and except for
16 correctional officers of a state institution, there may be
17 only one appointment from any employing agency.
18 1. In appointing the 3 sheriffs, the Governor shall
19 choose each appointment from a list of 6 nominees submitted by
20 the Florida Sheriff's Association. The Sheriffs Association
21 shall submit its list of 6 nominees at least 3 months before
22 the expiration of the term of any sheriff member.
23 2. In appointing the 3 police chiefs, the Governor
24 shall choose each appointment from a list of 6 nominees
25 submitted by the Florida Police Chief's Association. The
26 Chiefs Association shall submit its list of 6 nominees at
27 least 3 months before the expiration of the term of any police
28 chief member.
29 3. In appointing the 5 law enforcement officers and
30 the 1 correctional officer of the rank of sergeant or below,
31 the Governor shall choose each appointment from a list of 6
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1 nominees submitted by an eligible law enforcement
2 organization. The eligible law enforcement organization shall
3 submit its list of 6 nominees at least 3 months before the
4 expiration of the term of any law enforcement or correctional
5 member of the rank of sergeant or below. In order to be an
6 eligible organization to submit a list of nominees for an
7 appointment, a law enforcement organization must be a
8 collective bargaining agent for certified law enforcement and
9 correctional bargaining units coming under the jurisdiction of
10 the Public Employees Relations Commission and must represent
11 at least 20 percent of all such bargaining units. The number
12 of appointees allotted to each eligible organization from the
13 6 appointments shall be in direct proportion to the aggregate
14 number of actively certified law enforcement and correctional
15 bargaining units represented by the respective eligible
16 organizations, inclusive of all chapters, charters and other
17 subdivisions, and be based on the total number of such
18 certified bargaining units as of May 1 of each year. The
19 eligible organization with the largest number of bargaining
20 units shall submit its nominees first, with other eligible
21 organizations, thereafter and in descending order of size,
22 submitting nominees for the remaining allotment of appointees.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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28 And the title is amended as follows:
29 Delete everything before the enacting clause,
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Bill No. SB 738
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Criminal Justice
3 Standards and Training Commission; amending s.
4 943.11, F.S.; requiring that the members of the
5 commission who are law enforcement officers and
6 correctional officers and who are appointed by
7 the Governor be chosen from a list of nominees
8 submitted by the collective bargaining agents
9 certified by the Public Employees Relations
10 Commission; requiring the members of the
11 commission who are sheriffs and who are
12 appointed by the Governor be chosen from a list
13 of nominees submitted by the Florida Sheriffs
14 Association; requiring that the members of the
15 commission who are police chiefs and who are
16 appointed by the Governor be chosen from a list
17 of nominees submitted by the Florida Police
18 Chief's Association; providing an effective
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