House Bill 1505

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1505

        By Representative Barreiro






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to juveniles; creating s.

  3         985.300, F.S.; permitting pre-arrest diversion

  4         programs for juveniles; providing an effective

  5         date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Section 985.300, Florida Statutes, is

10  created to read:

11         985.300  Pre-arrest diversion programs

12  permitted.--Nothing in this chapter or in any other provision

13  of the Florida Statutes shall prohibit law enforcement

14  agencies or local school boards, in cooperation with or with

15  the agreement of the state attorney's office, from initiating

16  and conducting pre-arrest diversion programs designed to

17  divert a juvenile from the need for department custody or

18  judicial handling.  As a part of any pre-arrest diversion

19  program, a juvenile who is alleged to have committed a

20  delinquent act may be required, as a part of participation in

21  the program, to surrender his or her driver's license or

22  refrain from applying for a driver's license.  Should the

23  juvenile fail to comply with the requirements of the

24  pre-arrest diversion program, the program may forward said

25  driver's license, along with a written statement detailing the

26  violation of the program's requirements to the Department of

27  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which shall, upon receipt

28  thereof, suspend the driver's license, or withhold the

29  juvenile's driving privilege for a period of 90 days.

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

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1505

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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Permits law enforcement agencies or local school boards,
  4    in cooperation with or with the agreement of the state
      attorney's office, to initiate and conduct pre-arrest
  5    diversion programs designed to divert a child from the
      need for custody or judicial handling.  See bill for
  6    details.

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