House Bill 1917

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1917

        By the Committee on Crime & Punishment and Representative
    Ball





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to compelled testimony;

  3         creating s. 112.3232, F.S.; authorizing the

  4         Commission on Ethics to seek immunity for

  5         certain witnesses; providing an effective 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 112.3232, Florida Statutes, is

10  created to read:

11         112.3232 Compelled testimony.--If any person called to

12  give evidence in a commission proceeding shall refuse to give

13  evidence because of a claim of possible self-incrimination,

14  the commission, with the written authorization of the

15  appropriate state attorney, may apply to the chief judge of

16  the appropriate judicial circuit for a judicial grant of

17  immunity ordering the testimony or other evidence of such

18  person notwithstanding his or her objection, but in such case

19  no testimony or other information compelled under the order,

20  or any information directly or indirectly derived from such

21  testimony or other information compelled under the order, may

22  be used against the witness in any criminal prosecution or

23  commission proceeding.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.

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27                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes the Commission on Ethics to apply to the chief
29    judge for a judicial grant of immunity ordering testimony
      when a witness refuses to testify because of a claim of
30    self-incrimination, under described circumstances. See
      bill for details.
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