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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 1735, 1st Eng.

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11  Senator Silver moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (23) of section 163.503, Florida

18  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

19         163.340  Definitions.--The following terms, wherever

20  used or referred to in this part, have the following meanings:

21         (23)  "Community policing innovation" means a policing

22  technique or strategy designed to reduce crime by reducing

23  opportunities for, and increasing the perceived risks of

24  engaging in, criminal activity through visible presence of

25  police in the community, including, but not limited to,

26  community mobilization, neighborhood block watch, citizen

27  patrol, university police patrol, as defined in s.

28  163.503(10), citizen contact patrol, foot patrol, neighborhood

29  storefront police stations, field interrogation, or

30  intensified motorized patrol.

31         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 163.503, Florida

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 1  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended and a new subsection

 2  (10) is added to that section, to read:

 3         163.503  Safe neighborhoods; definitions.--

 4         (1)  "Safe neighborhood improvement district,"

 5  "district," or "neighborhood improvement district" means a

 6  district located in an area in which more than 75 percent of

 7  the land is used for residential purposes, or in an area in

 8  which more than 75 percent of the land is used for commercial,

 9  office, business, postsecondary education, or industrial

10  purposes, excluding the land area used for public facilities,

11  and where there is a plan to reduce crime through the

12  implementation of crime prevention through environmental

13  design, environmental security, or defensible space

14  techniques, or through community policing innovations or the

15  use of a university police patrol.  Nothing in this section

16  shall preclude the inclusion of public land in a neighborhood

17  improvement district although the amount of land used for

18  public facilities is excluded from the land use acreage

19  calculations.

20         (10)  "University police patrol" means one that

21  services a safe neighborhood district that is coterminous with

22  the campus boundaries of a nonpublic college or university

23  with an enrollment of more than 10,000 full-time students

24  within the district boundaries and is funded by the

25  institution or otherwise, as authorized by law.

26         Section 3.  Section 163.5035, Florida Statutes, is

27  amended to read:

28         163.5035  Safe neighborhood improvement districts;

29  compliance with special district provisions.--Any special

30  district created pursuant to this part shall comply with all

31  applicable provisions contained in chapter 189.  In cases

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 1  where a provision contained in this part conflicts with a

 2  provision in chapter 189, the provision in chapter 189 shall

 3  prevail. However, notwithstanding any provision in this

 4  chapter or chapter 189, a university police patrol, as defined

 5  in s. 163.503, created by a safe neighborhood improvement

 6  district, may exercise law enforcement powers within the

 7  district.

 8         Section 4.  Subsection (3) of section 163.506, Florida

 9  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended and a new subsection (5)

10  is added to that section to read:

11         163.506  Local government neighborhood improvement

12  districts; creation; advisory council; dissolution.--

13         (3)  As an alternative to designating the local

14  governing body as the board of directors, a majority of the

15  local governing body of a city or county may appoint a board

16  of three to seven directors for the district who shall be

17  residents of the proposed area and who are subject to ad

18  valorem taxation in the residential neighborhood improvement

19  district or who are property owners in a commercial

20  neighborhood improvement district.  The directors shall be

21  appointed for staggered terms of 3 years.  The initial

22  appointments shall be as follows:  one director for a 1-year

23  term; one director for a 2-year term; and one director for a

24  3-year term. If more than three directors are to be appointed,

25  the additional members shall initially be appointed for 3-year

26  terms.  Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired portion of

27  a term in the same manner as the initial appointments were

28  made. Each director shall hold office until his or her

29  successor is appointed and qualified unless the director

30  ceases to be qualified or is removed from office.  Upon

31  appointment and qualification and in January of each year, the

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 1  directors shall organize by electing from their number a chair

 2  and a secretary. The board of directors of a district that has

 3  a university police patrol has the qualifications in the

 4  ordinance that creates the district.

 5         (5)  Members of a university police patrol are law

 6  enforcement officers with arrest powers and may bear arms.

 7  They must meet the standards adopted by the Criminal Justice

 8  Standards and Training Commission and be certified as law

 9  enforcement officers. Those who are police officers are

10  district employees.

11         Section 5.  Subsection (5) is added to section

12  163.5151, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         163.5151  Fiscal management; budget preparation.--

14         (5)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section,

15  budget and fiscal matters of a safe neighborhood district that

16  has a university police patrol may be prescribed by an

17  interlocal agreement between the district and the local

18  governing body.

19         Section 6.  A safe neighborhood improvement district

20  that has a university police patrol may enter into an

21  interlocal agreement pursuant to section 163.01, Florida

22  Statutes, with the unit of local government that created the

23  district and other units of local government, pertaining to

24  the operation of the district. The agreement may include

25  provisions regarding mutual aid, cooperation, sharing of

26  resources, budgeting, and financial assistance.

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

 3         On page 1, lines 2 and 3, delete those lines

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 6         An act relating to the State University System;

 7         amending s. 163.340, F.S.; providing

 8         definitions; amending s. 163.503, F.S.;

 9         providing a definition; amending s. 163.5035,

10         F.S.; authorizing university police patrols to

11         exercise law enforcement powers in certain

12         districts; amending s. 163.506, F.S.; providing

13         that certain district boards of directors have

14         certain powers; providing that university

15         police patrol members have certain powers and

16         must meet certain standards; amending s.

17         163.5151, F.S.; authorizing certain safe

18         neighborhood districts to prescribe certain

19         fiscal matters and operation of the district by

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