| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to special investigators; amending s. |
| 3 | 27.251, F.S.; deleting a requirement that investigators be |
| 4 | employed on a full-time basis; specifying matters that may |
| 5 | be investigated by special investigators; providing an |
| 6 | effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Section 27.251, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 11 | read: |
| 12 | 27.251 Special organized crime investigators.-The state |
| 13 | attorney of each judicial circuit is authorized to employ any |
| 14 | municipal or county police officer or sheriff's deputy on a |
| 15 | full-time basis as an investigator for the state attorney's |
| 16 | office with full powers of arrest throughout the judicial |
| 17 | circuit provided such investigator serves on a special task |
| 18 | force to investigate matters involving criminal activity the |
| 19 | detection of which might benefit from a special task force |
| 20 | organized crime, and, provided further, that the salary of such |
| 21 | municipal or county police officer or sheriff's deputy shall be |
| 22 | paid by the city, county, or sheriff by which the investigator |
| 23 | is principally employed, and with the consent of the county, |
| 24 | sheriff, or municipality. The arrest powers granted in this |
| 25 | section may herein shall be exercised only in the furtherance of |
| 26 | the conduct of the business of the special task force to which |
| 27 | such municipal or county police officer or sheriff's deputy is |
| 28 | assigned by the said state attorney. |
| 29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |