Florida Senate - 2018                              CS for SB 854
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Brandes
       
       
       
       
       
       591-01944-18                                           2018854c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to correctional officers; amending s.
    3         943.13, F.S.; authorizing a full-time, part-time, or
    4         auxiliary correctional officer to be employed at 18
    5         years of age; creating s. 944.145, F.S.; prohibiting a
    6         correctional officer who is under 19 years of age from
    7         supervising inmates; authorizing a correctional
    8         officer who is under 19 years of age to perform all
    9         other tasks performed by a full-time, part-time, or
   10         auxiliary correctional officer; providing an effective
   11         date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 943.13, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read
   17         943.13 Officers’ minimum qualifications for employment or
   18  appointment.—On or after October 1, 1984, any person employed or
   19  appointed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary law
   20  enforcement officer or correctional officer; on or after October
   21  1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time, part-time, or
   22  auxiliary correctional probation officer; and on or after
   23  October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time, part-time,
   24  or auxiliary correctional officer by a private entity under
   25  contract to the Department of Corrections, to a county
   26  commission, or to the Department of Management Services shall:
   27         (1) Be at least 19 years of age, except that any person
   28  employed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional
   29  officer may be at least 18 years of age.
   30         Section 2. Section 944.145, Florida Statutes, is created to
   31  read:
   32         944.145 Correctional officers under the age of 19.—A
   33  correctional officer who is under the age of 19 years may not
   34  supervise inmates, but may perform all of the other duties
   35  performed by a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary correctional
   36  officer.
   37         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.