HB 283

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to correctional probation officers;
3	creating s. 943.17001, F.S.; requiring the Department of
4	Corrections to provide a standardized firearm and
5	ammunition to correctional probation officers; providing
6	rulemaking authority of the department; providing an
7	effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1.  Section 943.17001, Florida Statutes, is created
12	to read:
13	943.17001  Correctional probation officers; provision of
14	standardized firearm and ammunition.--Upon completion of
15	training, certification, and approval as a correctional
16	probation officer, the Department of Corrections shall provide
17	to any correctional probation officer who chooses to carry a
18	firearm a standardized semiautomatic firearm as designated by
19	department rule, and, for the duration of the correctional
20	probation officer's employment, standardized ammunition as
21	designated by department rule for the semiautomatic firearm
22	issued to the correctional probation officer. If a correctional
23	probation officer elects to no longer carry a firearm, changes
24	the type of firearm he or she chooses to carry, or is no longer
25	employed by the department, he or she must return the firearm
26	and any unused ammunition issued by the department. The
27	department has the authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss.
28	120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this
29	section.
30	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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