Senate Bill 0138e1

    SB 138                                         First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to guidelines for fair

  3         treatment of victims and witnesses in the

  4         justice system; amending s. 960.001, F.S.;

  5         allowing specified state agencies to

  6         participate in crime prevention and educational

  7         activities; providing for use of funds;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (r) is added to subsection (1) of

13  section 960.001, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

14         960.001  Guidelines for fair treatment of victims and

15  witnesses in the criminal justice and juvenile justice

16  systems.--

17         (1)  The Department of Legal Affairs, the state

18  attorneys, the Department of Corrections, the Department of

19  Juvenile Justice, the Parole Commission, the State Courts

20  Administrator and circuit court administrators, the Department

21  of Law Enforcement, and every sheriff's department, police

22  department, or other law enforcement agency as defined in s.

23  943.10(4) shall develop and implement guidelines for the use

24  of their respective agencies, which guidelines are consistent

25  with the purposes of this act and s. 16(b), Art. I of the

26  State Constitution and are designed to implement the

27  provisions of s. 16(b), Art. I of the State Constitution and

28  to achieve the following objectives:

29         (r)  Implementing crime prevention efforts to enhance

30  the protection of individual personal safety and property as

31  prescribed by s. 187.201(7)(b)9., State Comprehensive


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    SB 138                                         First Engrossed



  1  Plan.--By preventing future crimes that either produce new

  2  victims or further harm former victims, crime prevention

  3  efforts are an essential part of providing victims and

  4  witnesses with effective service; therefore, the agencies

  5  identified in this subsection may participate in and expend

  6  funds for crime prevention, public awareness, public

  7  participation, and educational activities.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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