| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to chiefs of police; creating s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 166.0494, F.S.; prohibiting a municipality from 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | terminating a chief of police without providing the 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | chief of police written notice; requiring a 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | municipality to allow a chief of police to appear and 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | provide a full and complete response to his or her 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | termination at a specified public meeting; prohibiting 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | an employment contract from including certain 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | provisions; providing an effective date. 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1. Section 166.0494, Florida Statutes, is created 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | to read: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 166.0494 Chiefs of police; termination. — 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) A municipality may not terminate a ch ief of police 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | without providing the chief of police written notice of his or 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | her termination. 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) After providing a chief of police written notice of 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | his or her termination, a municipality must allow the chief of 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | police to appear at the next regularly sc heduled public meeting 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of the governing body of the municipality and provide a full and 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | complete response to his or her termination at the meeting. 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) An employment contract between a municipality and a 25 |
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