Bill Text: FL S0152 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0152 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0152-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 152
       
       
        
       By Senator Grimsley
       
       
       
       
       
       21-00266-14                                            2014152__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to law enforcement and correctional
    3         officers; amending s. 92.525, F.S.; conforming a
    4         provision to changes made by the act; making technical
    5         changes; amending s. 117.10, F.S.; authorizing certain
    6         law enforcement and correctional officers to
    7         administer oaths through electronic means; providing
    8         requirements; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 92.525, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         92.525 Verification of documents; perjury by false written
   15  declaration, penalty.—
   16         (1) If When it is authorized or required by law, by rule of
   17  an administrative agency, or by rule or court order of court
   18  that a document be verified by a person, the verification may be
   19  accomplished in the following manner:
   20         (a) Under oath or affirmation taken or administered before
   21  an officer authorized under s. 92.50 or s. 117.10 to administer
   22  oaths; or
   23         (b) By the signing of the written declaration prescribed in
   24  subsection (2).
   25         Section 2. Section 117.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   26  read:
   27         117.10 Law enforcement and correctional officers;
   28  administration of oaths.—Law enforcement officers, correctional
   29  officers, and correctional probation officers, as defined in s.
   30  943.10, and traffic accident investigation officers and traffic
   31  infraction enforcement officers, as described in s. 316.640, are
   32  authorized to administer oaths through electronic means or in
   33  the physical presence of an affiant when engaged in the
   34  performance of official duties. An oath may be administered
   35  through electronic means if an affiant signs and transmits a
   36  document by electronic means and is issued an electronic receipt
   37  indicating the date and time the document was submitted.
   38  Sections 117.01, 117.04, 117.045, 117.05, and 117.103 do not
   39  apply to the provisions of this section. An officer may not
   40  notarize his or her own signature.
   41         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.