| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to correctional officers; amending s. |
| 3 | 943.10, F.S.; revising the definition of "correctional |
| 4 | officer" to include institutional security personnel; |
| 5 | providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 943.10, Florida |
| 10 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 943.10 Definitions; ss. 943.085-943.255.--The following |
| 12 | words and phrases as used in ss. 943.085-943.255 are defined as |
| 13 | follows: |
| 14 | (2) "Correctional officer" means any person who is |
| 15 | appointed or employed full time by the state or any political |
| 16 | subdivision thereof, or by any private entity contracting which |
| 17 | has contracted with the state or political subdivision county, |
| 18 | and whose primary responsibility is the supervision, protection, |
| 19 | care, custody, and control, or investigation, of inmates within |
| 20 | a correctional institution. The term also includes any person |
| 21 | employed full time by the state as institutional security |
| 22 | personnel as defined in s. 916.106.; however, The term |
| 23 | "correctional officer" does not include any secretarial, |
| 24 | clerical, or professionally trained personnel. |
| 25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |