| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to salaries of law enforcement, |
| 3 | correctional, and correctional probation officers; |
| 4 | amending s. 943.25, F.S.; providing that funds from a |
| 5 | specified trust fund may be used for supplemental salary |
| 6 | increases; amending s. 948.09, F.S.; providing that a |
| 7 | specified surcharge shall be placed in the trust fund; |
| 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. Subsections (2) and (8) of section 943.25, |
| 13 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 14 | 943.25 Criminal justice trust funds; source of funds; use |
| 15 | of funds.-- |
| 16 | (2) There is created, within the Department of Law |
| 17 | Enforcement, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust |
| 18 | Fund to provide for the purpose of providing for the payment of |
| 19 | necessary and proper expenses incurred by the operation of the |
| 20 | commission and the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program and |
| 21 | providing commission-approved criminal justice advanced and |
| 22 | specialized training and criminal justice training school |
| 23 | enhancements, including and of establishing the provisions of s. |
| 24 | 943.17 and developing the specific tests provided under s. |
| 25 | 943.12(9), and for supplemental salary increases to law |
| 26 | enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers, |
| 27 | as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), and (3), who are employed in |
| 28 | sworn or certified public safety occupations by the state. The |
| 29 | program shall administer the Criminal Justice Standards and |
| 30 | Training Trust Fund and shall report the status of the fund at |
| 31 | each regularly scheduled commission meeting. |
| 32 | (8) All funds deposited in the Criminal Justice Standards |
| 33 | and Training Trust Fund shall be made available to the |
| 34 | department for implementation of training programs and |
| 35 | supplemental salary increases approved by the commission and the |
| 36 | head of the department. Any salary increases shall be additional |
| 37 | to the salary increases provided for general state employees in |
| 38 | the General Appropriations Act or other legislation implementing |
| 39 | that act and may be established at the discretion of the |
| 40 | Legislature. Only funds deposited into the fund pursuant to |
| 41 | 948.09(1)(a) 2. may be used to fund the salary increases |
| 42 | described in this subsection. All such salary increases must be |
| 43 | appropriated in the General Appropriations Act. |
| 44 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 45 | 948.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 46 | 948.09 Payment for cost of supervision and |
| 47 | rehabilitation.-- |
| 48 | (1)(a)1. Any person ordered by the court, the Department |
| 49 | of Corrections, or the parole commission to be placed on |
| 50 | probation, drug offender probation, community control, parole, |
| 51 | control release, provisional release supervision, addiction- |
| 52 | recovery supervision, or conditional release supervision under |
| 53 | chapter 944, chapter 945, chapter 947, chapter 948, or chapter |
| 54 | 958, or in a pretrial intervention program, must, as a condition |
| 55 | of any placement, pay the department a total sum of money equal |
| 56 | to the total month or portion of a month of supervision times |
| 57 | the court-ordered amount, but not to exceed the actual per diem |
| 58 | cost of the supervision. The department shall adopt rules by |
| 59 | which an offender who pays in full and in advance of regular |
| 60 | termination of supervision may receive a reduction in the amount |
| 61 | due. The rules shall incorporate provisions by which the |
| 62 | offender's ability to pay is linked to an established written |
| 63 | payment plan. Funds collected from felony offenders may be used |
| 64 | to offset costs of the Department of Corrections associated with |
| 65 | community supervision programs, subject to appropriation by the |
| 66 | Legislature. |
| 67 | 2. In addition to any other contribution or surcharge |
| 68 | imposed by this section, each felony offender assessed under |
| 69 | this paragraph shall pay a $2-per-month surcharge to the |
| 70 | department. The surcharge shall be deemed to be paid only after |
| 71 | the full amount of any monthly payment required by the |
| 72 | established written payment plan has been collected by the |
| 73 | department. These funds shall be used by the department to pay |
| 74 | for correctional probation officers' training and equipment, |
| 75 | including radios, and firearms training, firearms, and attendant |
| 76 | equipment necessary to train and equip officers who choose to |
| 77 | carry a concealed firearm while on duty, and to implement |
| 78 | supplemental salary increases to law enforcement, correctional, |
| 79 | and correctional probation officers. The receipts of these funds |
| 80 | shall be deposited into the Criminal Justice Standards and |
| 81 | Training Trust Fund pursuant to s. 943.25. Nothing in this |
| 82 | subparagraph shall be construed to limit the department's |
| 83 | authority to determine who shall be authorized to carry a |
| 84 | concealed firearm while on duty, or to limit the right of a |
| 85 | correctional probation officer to carry a personal firearm |
| 86 | approved by the department. |
| 87 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |