Senate Bill 1422
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Florida Senate - 2000 SB 1422
By Senator Bronson
18-1191-00 See HB
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to law enforcement; amending s.
3 23.1225, F.S.; describing an additional
4 authorized joint city-county law enforcement
5 activity by voluntary cooperation written
6 agreement; amending s. 901.15, F.S.; specifying
7 lawful arrest without a warrant for trespass in
8 secure areas of airports; providing for
9 immunity from civil liability for arresting law
10 enforcement officers under certain
11 circumstances; amending s. 934.03, F.S.;
12 revising limited authorization for certain
13 personnel to intercept and record specified
14 incoming wire communications; providing an
15 effective date.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
20 23.1225, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
21 23.1225 Mutual aid agreements.--
22 (1) The term "mutual aid agreement," as used in this
23 part, refers to one of the following types of agreement:
24 (a) A voluntary cooperation written agreement between
25 two or more law enforcement agencies, or between one or more
26 law enforcement agencies and either a school board that
27 employs school safety officers or a state university that
28 employs or appoints university police officers in accordance
29 with s. 240.268, which agreement permits voluntary cooperation
30 and assistance of a routine law enforcement nature across
31 jurisdictional lines. The agreement must specify the nature
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1 of the law enforcement assistance to be rendered, the agency
2 or entity that shall bear any liability arising from acts
3 undertaken under the agreement, the procedures for requesting
4 and for authorizing assistance, the agency or entity that has
5 command and supervisory responsibility, a time limit for the
6 agreement, the amount of any compensation or reimbursement to
7 the assisting agency or entity, and any other terms and
8 conditions necessary to give it effect. Examples of law
9 enforcement activities that may be addressed in a voluntary
10 cooperation written agreement include, but are not limited to,
11 establishing a joint city-county task force on narcotics
12 smuggling, or authorizing school safety officers to enforce
13 laws in an area within 1,000 feet of a school or school board
14 property, or establishing a joint city-county traffic
15 enforcement task force.
16 Section 2. Subsection (15) is added to section 901.15,
17 Florida Statutes, to read:
18 901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is
19 lawful.--A law enforcement officer may arrest a person without
20 a warrant when:
21 (15) There is probable cause to believe that the
22 person has committed trespass in a secure area of an airport
23 when signs are posted in conspicuous areas of the airport or
24 oral directions are given by airport security personnel
25 advising passengers and other persons in the airport of the
26 existence and secure nature of such areas, that unauthorized
27 entry into such areas constitutes a trespass, and of the
28 methods for gaining authorized access to such areas. An
29 arrest under this subsection may be made on or off airport
30 premises. A law enforcement officer who acts in good faith
31 and exercises due care in making an arrest under this
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1 subsection is immune from civil liability that otherwise might
2 result by reason of the law enforcement officer's action.
3 Section 3. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section
4 934.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
5 934.03 Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or
6 electronic communications prohibited.--
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8 (g) It is lawful under ss. 934.03-934.09 for an
9 employee of:
10 1. An ambulance service licensed pursuant to s.
11 401.25, a fire station employing firefighters as defined by s.
12 633.30, a public utility as defined by ss. 365.01 and 366.02,
13 a law enforcement agency as defined by s. 934.02(10), or any
14 other entity with published emergency telephone numbers;
15 2. An agency operating an emergency telephone number
16 "911" system established pursuant to s. 365.171; or
17 3. The central abuse hotline operated pursuant to s.
18 39.201,
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20 to intercept and record incoming wire communications; however,
21 such employee may intercept and record incoming wire
22 communications on designated "911" telephone numbers and
23 published nonemergency emergency telephone numbers staffed by
24 trained dispatchers at public safety answering points only.
25 It is also lawful for such employee to intercept and record
26 outgoing wire communications to the numbers from which such
27 incoming wire communications were placed when necessary to
28 obtain information required to provide the emergency services
29 being requested.
30 Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.
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2 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Includes joint city-county traffic enforcement task
4 forces by voluntary cooperation written agreement in
authorized law enforcement activities. Provides for
5 lawful arrest without a warrant for trespass in secure
areas of airports. Limits authorized interception and
6 recording by authorized personnel of incoming wire
communications to "911" telephone numbers and published
7 nonemergency telephone numbers staffed by trained
dispatchers at public safety answering points only.
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