Senate Bill sb0728c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 728

    By the Committee on Governmental Operations; and Senators
    Fasano and Baker




    585-2076-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to veterans' employment

  3         preference; repealing s. 295.101, F.S.,

  4         relating to the expiration of a veteran's

  5         preference in public employment after one

  6         application; amending s. 110.2135, F.S.;

  7         deleting a reference to the repealed statute;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 295.101, Florida Statutes, is

13  repealed.

14         Section 2.  Section 110.2135, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         110.2135  Preference in employment, reemployment,

17  promotion, and retention.--

18         (1)  Preference in employment, reemployment, promotion,

19  and retention shall be given to an eligible veteran pursuant

20  to ss. 295.07, 295.08, 295.085, and 295.09, and 295.101 as

21  long as the veteran meets the minimum eligibility requirements

22  and has the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the

23  particular position.

24         (2)  A disabled veteran employed as the result of being

25  placed at the top of the appropriate employment list under the

26  provisions of s. 295.08 or s. 295.085 shall be appointed for a

27  probationary period of 1 year.  At the end of such period, if

28  the work of the veteran has been satisfactorily performed, the

29  veteran will acquire permanent employment status and will be

30  subject to the employment rules of the Department of

31  Management Services and the veteran's employing agency.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 728
    585-2076-07




 1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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 3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 4                         Senate Bill 728

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