Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Fasano moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 112.533, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 112.533 Receipt and processing of complaints.--
20 (1)(a) Every law enforcement agency and correctional
21 agency shall establish and put into operation a system for the
22 receipt, investigation, and determination of complaints
23 received by such agency from any person, which shall be the
24 procedure for investigating a complaint against a law
25 enforcement and correctional officer and for determining
26 whether to proceed with disciplinary action or to file
27 disciplinary charges, notwithstanding any other law or
28 ordinance to the contrary. This subsection does not preclude
29 the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission from
30 exercising its authority under chapter 943.
31 (b)1. Any political subdivision that initiates or
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Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 492
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1 receives a complaint against a law enforcement officer or
2 correctional officer must, within 48 hours after receiving the
3 complaint, forward the complaint to the employing agency of
4 the officer who is the subject of the complaint for review or
5 investigation by such employing agency.
6 2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "political
7 subdivision" means a separate agency or unit of local
8 government created or established by law or ordinance and the
9 officers thereof and includes, but is not limited to, an
10 authority, board, branch, bureau, city, commission,
11 consolidated government, county, department, district,
12 institution, metropolitan government, municipality, office,
13 officer, public corporation, town, or village.
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19 And the title is amended as follows:
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23 amending s. 112.533, F.S.; requiring a
24 political subdivision that initiates or
25 receives a complaint against a law enforcement
26 officer or correctional officer to forward the
27 complaint to the officer's employer within a
28 specified period; providing a definition;
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