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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