Title: Administration of County and Municipal Delinquency Programs and Facilities

Summary: Deletes compliance criteria for county delinquency programs & facilities.

Full Text:
An act relating to the administration of county and municipal delinquency programs and facilities; amending s. 985.688, F.S.; deleting compliance criteria for county delinquency programs and facilities; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (11) of section 985.688, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 985.688 Administering county and municipal delinquency programs and facilities.-(11)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a county is in compliance with this section if: 1. The county provides the full cost for preadjudication detention for juveniles; 2. The county a uthorizes the county sheriff, any other county jail operator, or a contracted provider located inside or outside the county to provide preadjudication detention care for juveniles; 3. The county sheriff or other county jail operator is accredited by the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission or American Correctional Association; and 4. The facility is inspected annually and meets the Florida Model Jail Standards. HB 4021 2014 (b) A county or county sheriff may form regional detention facilities through an in terlocal agreement in order to meet the requirements of this section. (c) Each county sheriff or other county jail operator must follow the federal regulations that require sight and sound separation of juvenile inmates from adult inmates. (d) A county or county sheriff that complies with this subsection is not subject to any additional training, procedures, or inspections required by this chapter. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.