Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 1271, 1st Eng.
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11  Senator Haridopolos moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Between lines 61 and 62,
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17         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 20.201, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         20.201  Department of Law Enforcement.--
20         (1)  There is created a Department of Law Enforcement.
21  The head of the department is the Governor and Cabinet.  The
22  executive director of the department shall be appointed by the
23  Governor and with the approval of three members of the Cabinet
24  and subject to confirmation by the Senate.  The executive
25  director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and
26  Cabinet. The executive director may establish a command,
27  operational, and administrative services structure to assist,
28  manage, and support the department in operating programs and
29  delivering services.
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31  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1271, 1st Eng. Barcode 511942 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 Lines 2-12, delete those lines 4 5 and insert: 6 An act relating to law enforcement; amending s. 7 20.165, F.S.; requiring each employee serving 8 as a law enforcement officer for the division 9 to meet the qualifications of a law enforcement 10 officer set forth in ch. 943, F.S., for 11 employment or appointment; requiring each such 12 employee to be certified as a law enforcement 13 officer by the Department of Law Enforcement; 14 providing the law enforcement officer with 15 certain powers, authority, and jurisdiction; 16 specifying the primary and secondary 17 responsibilities of law enforcement officers of 18 the division; amending s. 20.201, F.S.; 19 revising the manner in which the executive 20 director of the Department of Law Enforcement 21 is appointed; providing an effective date. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 11:21 AM 05/04/06 h127103e1c-26-b01