Florida Senate - 2017 SB 1486
By Senator Rouson
19-01365A-17 20171486__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public safety coordinating
3 councils; amending s. 951.26, F.S.; specifying an
4 additional member for public safety coordinating
5 councils; providing for the member’s appointment and
6 term; providing an 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. Subsection (1) of section 951.26, Florida
11 Statutes, is amended to read:
12 951.26 Public safety coordinating councils.—
13 (1) Each board of county commissioners shall establish a
14 county public safety coordinating council for the county or
15 shall join with a consortium of one or more other counties to
16 establish a public safety coordinating council for the
17 geographic area represented by the member counties.
18 (a)1. The public safety coordinating council for a county
19 shall consist of:
20 a. The state attorney, or an assistant state attorney
21 designated by the state attorney.
22 b. The public defender, or an assistant public defender
23 designated by the public defender.
24 c. The chief circuit judge, or another circuit judge
25 designated by the chief circuit judge.
26 d. The chief county judge, or another county judge
27 designated by the chief county judge.
28 e. The chief correctional officer.
29 f. The sheriff, or a member designated by the sheriff, if
30 the sheriff is not the chief correctional officer.
31 g. The state probation circuit administrator, or a member
32 designated by the state probation circuit administrator, to be
33 appointed to a 4-year term.
34 h. The chairperson of the board of county commissioners, or
35 another county commissioner as designee.
36 i. If the county has such program available, the director
37 of any county probation or pretrial intervention program, to be
38 appointed to a 4-year term.
39 j. The director of a local substance abuse treatment
40 program, or a member designated by the director, to be appointed
41 to a 4-year term.
42 k. Representatives from county and state jobs programs and
43 other community groups who work with offenders and victims,
44 appointed by the chairperson of the board of county
45 commissioners to 4-year terms.
46 l. A person with expertise in the field of inmate reentry
47 appointed by the chairperson of the board of county
48 commissioners to a 4-year term.
49 2. The chairperson of the board of county commissioners, or
50 another county commissioner as designee, shall serve as the
51 chairperson of the council until the council elects a
52 chairperson from the membership of the council.
53 (b)1. The public safety coordinating council for a
54 consortium of two or more counties shall consist of the
55 following members, appointed with the approval of each board of
56 county commissioners within the consortium:
57 a. A chief circuit judge, or a circuit judge designated by
58 a chief circuit judge.
59 b. A chief county judge, or a county judge designated by a
60 chief county judge.
61 c. A state attorney, or an assistant state attorney
62 designated by a state attorney.
63 d. A public defender, or an assistant public defender
64 designated by a public defender.
65 e. A state probation circuit administrator, or a member
66 designated by a state probation circuit administrator, to be
67 appointed to a 4-year term.
68 f. A physician who practices in the area of alcohol and
69 substance abuse, to be appointed to a 4-year term.
70 g. A mental health professional who practices in the area
71 of alcohol and substance abuse, to be appointed to a 4-year
72 term.
73 h. A sheriff or a jail administrator for a county within
74 the consortium.
75 i. A chief of police for a municipality within the
76 geographic area of the consortium.
77 j. A county commissioner from each member county of the
78 consortium.
79 k. An elected member of the governing body of the most
80 populous municipality within the geographic area of the
81 consortium.
82 l. An elected member of a school board within the
83 geographic area of the consortium.
84 m. A person with expertise in the field of inmate reentry
85 appointed in a manner and for a term determined by the boards of
86 county commissioners within the consortium.
87 2. The members of the public safety coordinating council
88 shall elect a chairperson from among its members.
89 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.