House Bill 0391

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 391

        By the Committee on Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention and
    Representative Futch





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to criminal justice

  3         information; amending s. 943.053, F.S.;

  4         providing each office of the Public Defender

  5         on-line access to criminal records which are

  6         not exempt from disclosure and not confidential

  7         under law; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsections (6), (7), and (8) of section

12  943.053, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are renumbered as

13  subsections (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and a new

14  subsection (6) is added to said section, to read:

15         943.053  Dissemination of criminal justice information;

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17         (6)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

18  department shall provide to each office of the Public Defender

19  on-line access to criminal records of this state which are not

20  exempt from disclosure under chapter 119 or confidential under

21  law. Such access shall be used solely in support of the duties

22  of a public defender as provided in s. 27.51 or of any

23  attorney specially assigned as authorized in s. 27.53 in the

24  representation of any person who is determined indigent as

25  provided in s. 27.52. The costs of establishing and

26  maintaining such on-line access shall be borne by the office

27  to which the access has been provided.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1999.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 391

    604-135-99






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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to provide to
  4    public defenders on-line access to criminal records not
      exempt from disclosure or confidential under law, such
  5    access to be used only in support of the duties of a
      public defender or of any attorney specially assigned in
  6    the representation of any person who is determined
      indigent. Requires the costs of such access to be borne
  7    by the office provided access. See bill for details.

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