Florida Senate - 2008 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 342
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Senate
Comm: RCS
4/22/2008
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House
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The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
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Appropriations (Webster) recommended the following amendment:
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Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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Between lines 8 and 9,
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insert:
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Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 99.012,
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Florida Statutes, to read:
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99.012 Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public
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office.--
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(8) A law enforcement officer is not required to resign his
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or her law enforcement office upon qualifying as a candidate for
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public office or election to public office unless the officer is
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seeking a public office currently held by an officer who has
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authority to appoint, employ, promote, or otherwise supervise
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that person and who has qualified as a candidate for reelection
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to that office. This chapter does not prohibit a subordinate
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officer, deputy sheriff, or police officer from being reinstated
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to duty if he or she is unsuccessful in seeking public office.
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And the title is amended as follows:
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On line 2, after the semicolon,
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insert:
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amending s. 99.012, F.S.; authorizing a law enforcement
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officer to qualify as a candidate for public office
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without resigning his or her law enforcement office;
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providing an exception; providing for reinstatement to the
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law enforcement office;
3/24/2008 11:52:00 AM 606-05427-08
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.