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Florida Senate - 2005 SB 738
By Senator Fasano
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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 who are appointed by the Governor be chosen
7 from a list of nominees submitted by a
8 collective bargaining agent certified by the
9 Public Employees Relations Commission;
10 providing an 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. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of
15 section 943.11, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
16 943.11 Criminal Justice Standards and Training
17 Commission; membership; meetings; compensation.--
18 (1)(a) There is created a Criminal Justice Standards
19 and Training Commission within the Department of Law
20 Enforcement. The commission shall be composed of 19 members,
21 consisting of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections
22 or a designated assistant; the Attorney General or a designee;
23 the Director of the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol;
24 and 16 members appointed by the Governor, consisting of 3
25 sheriffs; 3 chiefs of police; 5 law enforcement officers who
26 are of the rank of sergeant or below within the employing
27 agency; 2 correctional officers, 1 of whom is an administrator
28 of a state correctional institution and 1 of whom is of the
29 rank of sergeant or below within the employing agency; 1
30 training center director; 1 person who is in charge of a
31 county correctional institution; and 1 resident of the state
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1 who falls into none of the foregoing classifications. Prior to
2 the appointment, the sheriff, chief of police, law enforcement
3 officer, and correctional officer members must shall have had
4 at least 4 years' experience as law enforcement officers or
5 correctional officers.
6 (b) The Governor, in making appointments under this
7 section, shall take into consideration representation by
8 geography, population, and other relevant factors in order
9 that the representation on the commission be apportioned to
10 give representation to the state at large rather than to a
11 particular area. In appointing the 5 law enforcement
12 officers, the Governor shall choose each appointment from a
13 list of 6 nominees. The list shall be submitted by the law
14 enforcement organization, inclusive of charters and chapters,
15 which the Public Employees Relations Commission certifies as
16 the collective bargaining agent for the largest number of
17 certified law enforcement bargaining units on the date the
18 list is submitted. The law enforcement organization shall
19 submit its list of 6 nominees at least 3 months before the
20 expiration of the term of any law enforcement officer member.
21 Of the appointed members, and except for correctional officers
22 of a state institution, there may be only one appointment from
23 any employing agency.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Requires that the Governor appoint the members of the
Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission who
4 are law enforcement officers from a list of nominees
submitted by the collective bargaining agent that is
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representing the largest number of bargaining units for
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