Florida HB 1375: Leon County

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HB 1375 2019

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Leon County; amending ch. 83-456, 2
Laws of Florida; providing for the Leon County 3
Sheriff's Office Career Service Employees' Act; 4
providing applicability; providing for permanent 5
status; providing cause for demotion or dismissal; 6
authorizing the Sheriff to promote, demote, transfer, 7
and determine disciplinary measures, including 8
dismissal; providing for transition to new sheriff; 9
providing beginning date of employees; revising 10
procedures of Career Service Appeals Boards; requiring 11
the Sheriff to be represented by the Sheriff's General 12
Counsel or other specified representative; prohibiting 13
certain evidence from inclusion; authorizing the 14
chairperson to rule on the admissibility of evidence; 15
exempting the actions of the board and the Sheriff 16
from the provisions of the Administrative Procedures 17
Act; deleting provisions relating to complaints 18
against employees, complaint review boards, and 19
employment status of commissioned and noncommissioned 20
employees; providing severability; providing an 21
effective date. 22
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 24
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Section 1. Chapter 83-456, Laws of Florida, is amended to 26
read: 27
Section 1. Employees of Leon County Sheriff's Office 28
Career Service Employees' Sheriff; applicability of Act; 29
permanent status of employees; administration.— 30
(1) APPLICABILITY.—The transition provisions of this act 31
shall apply to all full-time sworn commissioned and civilian 32
employees noncommissioned persons in the employ of the Office of 33
the Leon County Sheriff's Office Sheriff, including deputy 34
sheriffs. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the 35
following: Sheriff, Undersheriff, sworn personnel of the rank of 36
Captain or higher, Director of Public Information, civilian 37
Directors, Sheriff's Executive Assistant,; or to special deputy 38
sheriffs appointed pursuant to s. 30.09(4), Florida Statutes, 39
members of the Sheriff's Posse or Reserve Unit, and individuals 40
appointed as part-time deputy sheriffs, as defined by the 41
Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, unless any 42
such person is also employed full-time by the Leon County 43
Sheriff's Office of the Sheriff. As used in this act, the terms 44
"employee," "employ," and "employment," and "member" shall refer 45
to all persons, whether employed or appointed, to whom the act 46
applies. It is not, however, the intent of this act to grant the 47
right to of collective bargaining to persons in the employ of 48
the Office of the Leon County Sheriff's Office Sheriff who do 49
not otherwise have that right pursuant to law. 50

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(2) PERMANENT STATUS; CAUSE FOR DEMOTION SUSPENSION OR 51
DISMISSAL.— 52
(a) After an employee of the Sheriff to whom the 53
provisions of this act apply has served in such employment for a 54
period of 1 calendar year, such employee shall have attained 55
permanent status with in the Leon County Sheriff's Office of the 56
Sheriff; provided that if such an employee is placed on 57
disciplinary probation for a period of 6 months or more or is 58
terminated and rehired at a later date, said employee shall be 59
required to complete 1 calendar year of service from the date of 60
the action before being granted permanent status and the right 61
to of appeal, regardless of the reason for the disciplinary 62
probation or termination provided in Section 2. Any employee who 63
is required to serve a probationary period attendant to a 64
promotion shall retain permanent status in the Office of the 65
Sheriff, but may be demoted to his or her prior rank during such 66
probationary period without the right of appeal as provided in 67
Section 3 Section 2. 68
(b) Any employee who has achieved permanent status is not 69
exempt from the disciplinary provisions outlined in the Leon 70
County Sheriff's Office general orders. It is not a demotion 71
under this act or the Leon County Sheriff's Office policy to be 72
reassigned from special duties or from one shift or zone 73
assignment to another or to be transferred from one division to 74
another for the betterment of the Leon County Sheriff's Office, 75

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even if a reduction in pay results of the Sheriff may only be 76
suspended or dismissed for cause; provided that prior