Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 496
       
       
       
       By Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       5-00797-13                                             2013496__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the marshal of the Supreme Court;
    3         amending s. 25.251, F.S.; revising terminology;
    4         requiring the marshal and his or her deputies to
    5         comply with specified requirements for law enforcement
    6         officers; specifying that the marshal and his or her
    7         deputies are law enforcement officers with statewide
    8         authority to bear arms and perform official duties and
    9         apprehend without warrant under certain conditions;
   10         amending s. 25.271, F.S.; deleting provisions relating
   11         to the marshal and his or her deputies being
   12         conservators of the peace; providing an effective
   13         date.
   14  
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   16  
   17         Section 1. Section 25.251, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   18  read:
   19         25.251 Marshal of Supreme Court; appointment;
   20  qualification; authority training.—
   21         (1) The Supreme Court shall appoint a marshal who shall
   22  hold office during the pleasure of the court.
   23         (2) The marshal and his or her deputies must comply with s.
   24  943.13 relating to requirements for law enforcement officers in
   25  this state assistants shall attend and successfully complete a
   26  minimum standards training program approved by the Criminal
   27  Justice Standards and Training Commission within the Department
   28  of Law Enforcement.
   29         (3) The marshal and his or her deputies shall be law
   30  enforcement officers of the state with statewide authority to
   31  bear arms and perform official duties for the Supreme Court and,
   32  in connection with those duties, may apprehend without warrant a
   33  person disturbing the peace and deliver that person to the
   34  appropriate law enforcement officer of the municipality or
   35  county in which further proceedings may be held according to
   36  law.
   37         Section 2. Section 25.271, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   38  read:
   39         25.271 Custody of Supreme Court Building and grounds.—
   40         (1) The said marshal shall, under the direction of the
   41  Supreme Court, be custodian of the Supreme Court Building and
   42  grounds and shall keep the same clean, sanitary, and free of
   43  trespassers and marauders and shall maintain the same in good
   44  state of repair and cause the grounds to be beautified and
   45  preserved against depredations and trespasses.
   46         (2) The marshal and his or her assistants shall be
   47  conservators of the peace in the Supreme Court Building, or in
   48  any building in which the Supreme Court is sitting, and shall
   49  apprehend without warrant any person disturbing the peace and
   50  deliver that person to the appropriate law enforcement officer
   51  of the municipality or county in which further proceedings may
   52  be held according to law.
   53         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.