Bill Text: FL H0129 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Military Affairs

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-21 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/SB 464; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 464 (Ch. 2010-79), CS/HB 7129 (Ch. 2010-182) -HJ 00806 [H0129 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0129-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 129

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to military affairs; amending s. 115.07,
3	F.S.; revising the amount of annual leave of absence
4	granted to officers and employees of the state, counties,
5	municipalities, and political subdivisions of the state
6	who are commissioned reserve officers or reserve enlisted
7	personnel in the United States military or naval service
8	or who are members of the National Guard; removing an
9	obsolete provision relating to calculation of leave of
10	absence; amending s. 250.10, F.S.; authorizing the
11	Adjutant General to appoint a second Assistant Adjutant
12	General for Army; providing a finding that the act
13	fulfills an important state interest; providing an
14	effective date.
15
16	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18	Section 1. Section 115.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to
19	read:
20	115.07 Officers and employees' leaves of absence for
21	reserve or guard training.-
22	(1) All officers or employees of the state, of the several
23	counties of the state, and of the municipalities or political
24	subdivisions of the state who are commissioned reserve officers
25	or reserve enlisted personnel in the United States military or
26	naval service or members of the National Guard are entitled to
27	leaves of absence from their respective duties, without loss of
28	vacation leave, pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days
29	during which they are engaged in training ordered under the
30	provisions of the United States military or naval training
31	regulations for such personnel when assigned to active or
32	inactive duty.
33	(2) Leaves of absence granted as a matter of legal right
34	under the provisions of this section may shall not exceed 240 17
35	working hours days in any one annual period. Administrative
36	leaves of absence for additional or longer periods of time for
37	assignment to duty functions of a military character shall be
38	without pay and shall be granted by the employing or appointing
39	authority of any state, county, municipal, or political
40	subdivision employee and when so granted shall be without loss
41	of time or efficiency rating.
42	(3) With respect to any officer or employee whose working
43	day consists of a shift measured in hours, each such 12-hour
44	shift or less shall equal 1 working day leave of absence. All
45	other shifts over 12 hours and up to 24 hours shall equal 2
46	working days leave of absence.
47	(3)(4) When an employee's assigned employment duty
48	conflicts with ordered active or inactive duty training, it is
49	shall be the responsibility of the employing agency of the
50	state, county, municipal, or political subdivision to provide a
51	substitute employee, if necessary, for the assumption of such
52	employment duty while the employee is on assignment for the such
53	training.
54	(4)(5) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state,
55	its several counties, and its municipalities and political
56	subdivisions shall grant leaves of absence for active or
57	inactive training to all employees who are members of the United
58	States Reserve Forces or the National Guard, to ensure the state
59	and national security at all times through a strong armed force
60	of qualified and mobilization-ready personnel.
61	Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 250.10, Florida
62	Statutes, is amended to read:
63	250.10 Appointment and duties of the Adjutant General.-
64	(4)(a) The Adjutant General shall, subject to confirmation
65	by the Senate, employ a federally recognized officer of the
66	Florida National Guard, who has served in the Florida Army Guard
67	for the preceding 5 years and attained the rank of colonel or
68	higher at the time of appointment, to be the Assistant Adjutant
69	General for Army.
70	(b) The Adjutant General may, subject to confirmation by
71	the Senate, employ an additional federally recognized officer of
72	the Florida National Guard, who has served in the Florida Army
73	Guard for the preceding 5 years and attained the rank of colonel
74	or higher at the time of appointment, to be a second Assistant
75	Adjutant General for Army.
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77	Each The officer shall perform the duties required by the
78	Adjutant General.
79	Section 3. The Legislature finds and declares that this
80	act fulfills an important state interest.
81	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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