SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 334

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Gutman moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (8) is added to section 943.053,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         943.053  Dissemination of criminal justice information;

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21         (8)  Notwithstanding s. 943.0525 or any user agreement

22  adopted under s. 943.0525, and notwithstanding the

23  confidentiality of sealed records provided in s. 943.059, the

24  Department of Juvenile Justice and any other state or local

25  criminal justice agency may provide a copy of the criminal

26  history records of a juvenile offender currently or formerly

27  detained or housed in a contracted juvenile assessment center

28  or detention facility, or treated through a treatment program,

29  or the criminal history records of an employee or other

30  individual who has access to a contracted juvenile assessment

31  center, detention facility, or treatment program, only to an

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 334

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 1  entity under direct contract with the Department of Juvenile

 2  Justice to operate a juvenile assessment center, detention

 3  facility, or treatment program. The criminal justice agency

 4  may assess a charge for providing the records as provided in

 5  chapter 119. A sealed record received by a private entity

 6  under this subsection remains confidential and exempt from s.

 7  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

 8  Information provided under this subsection may be used only

 9  for the criminal justice purpose for which it was requested

10  and may not be further disseminated.

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12  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 1, line 2, delete that line

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20         An act relating to juvenile justice; amending

21         s. 943.053, F.S.; authorizing the release of

22         certain juvenile criminal history records to a

23         private entity under contract with the

24         Department of Juvenile Justice; providing that

25         such records remain confidential and exempt

26         from the public records law;

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