Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2094
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/20/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
       (Crist) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 584 and 585
    4  insert:
    5         Section 11. Subsection (3) of section 985.664, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         985.664 Juvenile justice circuit boards and juvenile
    8  justice county councils.—
    9         (3) Juvenile justice circuit boards and county councils
   10  shall also participate in facilitating interagency cooperation
   11  and information sharing with local school authorities, law
   12  enforcement agencies, state attorneys, public defenders,
   13  judicial entities, local representatives of the department, the
   14  Department of Children and Family Services, and faith-based and
   15  community-based organizations for the purpose of forwarding the
   16  goals of the county or circuit plan. An interagency
   17  collaboration agreement shall specify how the community’s
   18  entities will cooperate, collaborate, and share information in
   19  order to achieve the goals of the juvenile justice prevention
   20  and early intervention plan or the comprehensive plan for the
   21  circuit. Juvenile justice circuit boards and county councils
   22  shall use due diligence in notifying the community of board
   23  vacancies through various community outreach outlets, such as
   24  community newspapers, churches, and free public announcements.
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 51
   29  and insert:
   30         who deliver direct-care services to children; amending
   31         s. 985.664, F.S.; specifying the persons, entities,
   32         and organizations with which the juvenile justice
   33         circuit boards and county councils are required to
   34         collaborate in order to facilitate interagency
   35         cooperation and information sharing; requiring the
   36         interagency collaboration agreement to specify how the
   37         entities will share information to achieve certain
   38         goals; requiring juvenile justice circuit boards and
   39         county councils to use due diligence in notifying the
   40         community of board vacancies;