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The Committee on Criminal Justice (Dawson) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete everything after the enacting clause

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and insert:

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     Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 943.10, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     943.10  Definitions; ss. 943.085-943.255.--The following

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words and phrases as used in ss. 943.085-943.255 are defined as

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follows:

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     (2)  "Correctional officer" means any person who is

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appointed or employed full time by the state or any political

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subdivision thereof, or by any private entity contracting which

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has contracted with the state or political subdivision county,

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and whose primary responsibility is the supervision, protection,

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care, custody, and control, or investigation, of inmates within a

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correctional institution. The term also includes any person

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employed full time by the state as institutional security

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personnel as defined in s. 916.106.; however, The term

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"correctional officer" does not include any secretarial,

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clerical, or professionally trained personnel.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete everything before the enacting clause

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and insert:

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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to correctional officers; amending s.

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943.10, F.S.; revising the definition of "correctional

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officer" to include institutional security personnel;

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providing an effective date.

3/24/2008  12:53:00 PM     29-05480-08