Law Enforcement ; Authorizes a sheriff to transfer funds between specified categories and code levels after his or her budget is approved; revises salary minimums for county sheriffs; provides for adoption benefits for law enforcements officers; creates Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program; provides exemption from certain law enforcement officer training requirements for military veterans; provides requirements for skills training for law enforcement officers relating to officer health & safety; makes children of law enforcement officers eligible for Family Empowerment Scholarships; encourages school districts to establish public safety telecommunication training programs & offer law enforcement explorer programs; requires Board of Governors & State Board of Education to create process that enables eligible law enforcement officers or former officers to earn credit for college-level training & education acquired while serving an officer; creates Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program; provides for reimbursement for out-of-state & special operations forces law enforcement equivalency training.
Sponsored bills
Cove Behavioral Health Men's Residential Program Renovations Project; Provides an appropriation for the Cove Behavioral Health Men's Residential Program Renovations Project. APPROPRIATION: $105,000
Pediatric Vision Center - USF Eye Institute & Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research; Provides an appropriation for the Pediatric Vision Center - USF Eye Institute & Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research. APPROPRIATION: $750,275
Hillsborough Community College - Workforce Education Center; Provides an appropriation for the Hillsborough Community College - Workforce Education Center. APPROPRIATION: $3,000,000
PD&E Study for Gibsonton Drive from I-75 to US 301; Provides an appropriation for the PD&E Study for Gibsonton Drive from I-75 to US 301. APPROPRIATION: $1,200,000
Florida Trade Academy; Provides an appropriation for the Florida Trade Academy. APPROPRIATION: $503,788
Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requires history of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction.
Photographic Enforcement of School Bus Safety; Authorizes school districts to install & operate side stop signal arm enforcement systems on school buses; requires manufacturers & vendors to submit specified information to law enforcement agencies within specified timeframe; requires law enforcement agencies to review such information to determine whether violation occurred; provides notice requirements & procedures; provides payment of fine operates as final disposition of civil penalty; provides notice requirements, procedures, & actions by DSHMV for unpaid civil penalties; specifies requirements of use of recorded video & still images captured by system; provides civil penalties.
Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms; Authorizes school districts to adopt policy to place video cameras in public school classrooms; provides requirements for such policy; provides for viewing video recordings; provides DOE, school district, school, & certain employee responsibilities.
Balancing the Federal Budget; Urges Congress to take immediate actions to begin reducing the federal debt and to enact legislation requiring a balanced federal budget.