State Statutes of Interest
State Statutes of Interest - HEART BILL
Title X - PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS
Chapter 112 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES: GENERAL PROVISIONS
112.18 Firefighters and law enforcement or correctional officers; special provisions relative to disability.
- Any condition or impairment of health of any Florida state, municipal, county, port authority, special tax district, or fire control district firefighter or any law enforcement officer or correctional officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), or (3) caused by tuberculosis, heart disease, or hypertension resulting in total or partial disability or death shall be presumed to have been accidental and to have been suffered in the line of duty unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence. However, any such firefighter or law enforcement officer shall have successfully passed a physical examination upon entering into any such service as a firefighter or law enforcement officer, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of any such condition. Such presumption shall not apply to benefits payable under or granted in a policy of life insurance or disability insurance, unless the insurer and insured have negotiated for such additional benefits to be included in the policy contract.
- This section shall be construed to authorize the above governmental entities to negotiate policy contracts for life and disability insurance to include accidental death benefits or double indemnity coverage which shall include the presumption that any condition or impairment of health of any firefighter, law enforcement officer, or correctional officer caused by tuberculosis, heart disease, or hypertension resulting in total or partial disability or death was accidental and suffered in the line of duty, unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence.
History. - s 1, ch. 65-480; s. 1, ch. 73-125; s. 32, ch. 77-104; s. 692, ch. 95-147; s. 21, ch. 99-392; s. 3, ch. 2002-236.
State Statutes of Interest - INSURANCE RATES OR RENEWALS BASED ON PERSON'S EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING ON DUTY
Title XXXVII - INSURANCE
Chapter 627 - INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS
627.7286 Renewal of policy and setting of rates; certain experience not a factor.
No insurer providing motor vehicle liability coverage shall refuse to renew any policy providing coverage for a personal motor vehicle of any person based solely on such a person's experience while operating a vehicle as part of her or his employment for any local transit system or as a part of her or his employment as a bus operator for any nonpublic sector bus company or as a law enforcement officer or firefighter; and no points assessed against such person under s. 322.27 in connection with such experience shall be construed as a factor in the setting of such a person's personal motor vehicle liability insurance rates. The burden of demonstrating that such points were assessed in connection with such experience shall lie with the insured.
History. -s.1, ch.78-75; ss. 1,2, ch. 79-389; ss. 1,2, ch. 80-330; ss. 6,8, ch. 81-209; ss. 1,2, ch.81-253; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 563, 809(2nd), 810, ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 360, ch.97-102.
State Statutes of Interest - RIGHT TO CARRY
Title XLVI - CRIMES
Chapter 790 - WEAPONS AND FIREARMS
790.052 Carrying concealed firearms; off-duty law enforcement officers.
- All persons holding active certifications from the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission as law enforcement officers or correctional officers as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (6), (7), (8), or (9) shall have the right to carry, on or about their persons, concealed firearms, during off-duty hours, at the discretion of their superior officers, and may perform those law enforcement functions that they normally perform during duty hours, utilizing their weapons in a manner which is reasonably expected of on-duty officers in similar situations. However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the right of a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional probation officer to carry a concealed firearm off duty as a private citizen under the exemption provided in s. 790.06 that allows a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (6), (7), (8), or (9) to carry a concealed firearm without a concealed weapon or firearm license. The appointing or employing agency or department of an officer carrying a concealed firearm as a private citizen under s. 790.06 shall not be liable for the use of the firearm in such capacity. Nothing herein limits the authority of the appointing or employing agency or department from establishing policies limiting law enforcement officers or correctional officers from carrying concealed firearms during off-duty hours in their capacity as appointees or employees of the agency or department.
- The superior officer of any police department or sheriff's office or the Florida Highway Patrol, if he or she elects to direct the officers under his or her supervision to carry concealed firearms while off-duty, shall file a statement with the governing body of such department of his or her instructions and requirements relating to the carrying of said firearms.