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	appropriation; providing an 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 or is no
24	longer employed by the department, he or she must return the
25	firearm and any unused ammunition issued by the department. The
26	department has the authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss.
27	120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this
28	section.
29	Section 2.  The sum of $1 million in nonrecurring funds is
30	appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of
31	Corrections for the 2006-2007 fiscal year for expenses for the
32	purpose of providing a standardized firearm and ammunition to
33	correctional probation officers.
34	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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