Florida Senate - 2014 SB 170 By Senator Joyner 19-00015-14 2014170__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the administration of county and 3 municipal delinquency programs and facilities; 4 amending s. 985.688, F.S.; deleting compliance 5 criteria for county delinquency programs and 6 facilities; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Subsection (11) of section 985.688, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 985.688 Administering county and municipal delinquency 13 programs and facilities.— 14(11)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a15county is in compliance with this section if:161. The county provides the full cost for preadjudication17detention for juveniles;182. The county authorizes the county sheriff, any other19county jail operator, or a contracted provider located inside or20outside the county to provide preadjudication detention care for21juveniles;223. The county sheriff or other county jail operator is23accredited by the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission24or American Correctional Association; and254. The facility is inspected annually and meets the Florida26Model Jail Standards.27(b) A county or county sheriff may form regional detention28facilities through an interlocal agreement in order to meet the29requirements of this section.30(c) Each county sheriff or other county jail operator must31follow the federal regulations that require sight and sound32separation of juvenile inmates from adult inmates.33(d) A county or county sheriff that complies with this34subsection is not subject to any additional training,35procedures, or inspections required by this chapter.36 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.