| 1 | The Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee recommends the |
| 2 | following: |
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| 4 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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| 7 | A bill to be entitled |
| 8 | An act relating to correctional probation officers; |
| 9 | creating s. 943.17001, F.S.; requiring the Department of |
| 10 | Corrections to provide a standardized firearm and |
| 11 | ammunition to correctional probation officers; providing |
| 12 | rulemaking authority of the department; providing an |
| 13 | appropriation; providing an effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. Section 943.17001, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 18 | to read: |
| 19 | 943.17001 Correctional probation officers; provision of |
| 20 | standardized firearm and ammunition.--Upon completion of |
| 21 | training, certification, and approval as a correctional |
| 22 | probation officer, the Department of Corrections shall provide |
| 23 | to any correctional probation officer who chooses to carry a |
| 24 | firearm a standardized semiautomatic firearm as designated by |
| 25 | department rule, and, for the duration of the correctional |
| 26 | probation officer's employment, standardized ammunition as |
| 27 | designated by department rule for the semiautomatic firearm |
| 28 | issued to the correctional probation officer. If a correctional |
| 29 | probation officer elects to no longer carry a firearm or is no |
| 30 | longer employed by the department, he or she must return the |
| 31 | firearm and any unused ammunition issued by the department. The |
| 32 | department has the authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. |
| 33 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this |
| 34 | section. |
| 35 | Section 2. The sum of $1 million in nonrecurring funds is |
| 36 | appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of |
| 37 | Corrections for the 2006-2007 fiscal year for expenses for the |
| 38 | purpose of providing a standardized firearm and ammunition to |
| 39 | correctional probation officers. |
| 40 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |