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  2         An act relating to victims; creating the Task

  3         Force on Victims of Self-Inflicted Crimes

  4         within the Executive Office of the Governor;

  5         providing for membership of the task force;

  6         requiring the task force to review the problems

  7         of victims of self-inflicted crimes and propose

  8         solutions to remediate this behavior; requiring

  9         the task force to hold a specified number of

10         public meetings; providing requirements for a

11         written report by the task force; providing for

12         members of the task force to be reimbursed for

13         travel and per diem expenses; authorizing the

14         task force to employ an executive director;

15         abolishing the task force after a specified

16         date; providing an appropriation; providing an

17         effective date.

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

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21         Section 1.  Task Force on Victims of Self-Inflicted

22  Crimes.--

23         (1)(a)  The Task Force on Victims of Self-Inflicted

24  Crimes is created within the Executive Office of the Governor.

25  The task force shall be composed of 15 members. The Secretary

26  of Juvenile Justice, the Secretary of Corrections, and the

27  executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement shall

28  personally serve as members of the task force. Additional

29  members of the task force shall include the Governor's

30  Victims' Rights Advocate; the Director of the Crime Victims'

31  Services Office within the Department of Legal Affairs; a


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  1  state attorney, appointed by the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys

  2  Association; a public defender, appointed by the Public

  3  Defenders Association; a sheriff, appointed by the Florida

  4  Sheriffs Association; a police chief, appointed by the Florida

  5  Police Chiefs Association; the State Courts Administrator; a

  6  representative of the Florida Network of Victim/Witness

  7  Services, Inc., appointed by the board of the network; a

  8  commissioner of the Florida Parole Commission, appointed by

  9  the commission; and three victims of self-inflicted crimes,

10  appointed by the Governor in consultation with the President

11  of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

12         (b)  The appointments must be made within 14 days after

13  the effective date of the act, and the task force shall hold

14  its first meeting within 30 days after the effective date of

15  the act. Any vacancy that occurs on the task force shall be

16  filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

17         (2)  Members of the task force are entitled to one vote

18  each, and an action of the task force is not binding unless a

19  majority of the total number of votes that are cast are votes

20  in favor of the action. The task force may not take action

21  unless a majority of the members are present at a meeting.

22         (3)  The task force shall review the problems

23  associated with victims of self-inflicted crimes and propose

24  solutions for reducing repetitious behavior by which

25  individuals commit such acts through the provision of programs

26  designed specifically to remediate this behavior. At a

27  minimum, the task force shall investigate the following

28  issues:

29         (a)  Causes leading to self-inflicted crimes.

30         (b)  Current availability of treatment within the state

31  and outside the state.


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  1         (c)  Current methods of treatment within the state and

  2  outside the state.

  3         (d)  Numbers of victims by types of behavior.

  4         (e)  Current policies of the state and local

  5  governments with respect to victims of self-inflicted crimes.

  6         (f)  Recommendations to improve services for this

  7  population at the state and local level.

  8         (4)  The task force shall hold at least four public

  9  hearings throughout the state to solicit input from the public

10  and appropriate experts on the problems of victims of

11  self-inflicted crimes.

12         (5)  The task force shall, by January 1, 2001, provide

13  to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker

14  of the House of Representatives a written report that contains

15  specific recommendations for addressing the problems of

16  victims of self-inflicted crimes. The recommendations of the

17  task force must include proposed legislation.

18         (6)  Task force members shall not receive remuneration

19  for their services, but members other than public officers and

20  employees are entitled to reimbursement for travel and per

21  diem expenses in accordance with section 112.061, Florida

22  Statutes.

23         (7)  The task force may employ an executive director,

24  who shall receive supplemental financial and other assistance

25  from other agencies under the Governor's direct supervision.

26  The Executive Office of the Governor shall provide additional

27  assistance as appropriate.

28         (8)  The task force shall continue in existence until

29  its objectives are achieved, but not later than January 15,

30  2001.

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  1         Section 2.  The sum of $100,000 is appropriated from

  2  the General Revenue Fund to the Executive Office of the

  3  Governor for the purpose of paying the administrative expenses

  4  necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

  5         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  6  law.

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