SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 334, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Gutman moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 27 and 28,

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17         Section 2.  Subsection (6) of section 985.307, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         985.307  Juvenile assignment centers.--

20         (6)  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,

21  this section expires July 1, 2000 1998, unless reenacted by

22  the Legislature. The department may not create or operate a

23  juvenile assignment center after July 1, 1998, without further

24  legislative authority. Unless reenacted by the Legislature,

25  any juvenile assignment center created under this section

26  shall be converted to a high-level or maximum-level

27  residential commitment program, subject to availability of

28  funds.

29         (7)  The department may utilize juvenile assignment

30  centers to the fullest extent possible for the purpose of

31  conducting pre-adjudicatory assessments and evaluations of

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 334, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  youth referred to the department. Prior to July 1, 1999, the

 2  department must transition any assignment centers to provide

 3  the capacity necessary to perform the intake and assessment

 4  functions currently performed pursuant to s. 985.209.

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 1, line 8, after the semicolon

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14         amending s. 985.307, F.S.; postponing the date

15         on which the authority of the Department of

16         Juvenile Justice to create or operate juvenile

17         assignment centers is scheduled to expire;

18         providing for pre-adjudicatory assessments;

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