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        By Representatives Bowen and Spratt






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to law enforcement; amending s.

  3         943.031, F.S.; renaming the Florida Violent

  4         Crime Council as the Florida Violent Crime and

  5         Drug Control Council; revising membership;

  6         providing circumstances for additional

  7         meetings; providing grants to law enforcement

  8         agencies for certain investigations; providing

  9         statutory limits on funding of investigative

10         efforts by the council; authorizing the Victim

11         and Witness Protection Review Committee to

12         conduct meetings by teleconference under

13         certain circumstances; amending s. 943.17,

14         F.S.; conforming a reference; amending s.

15         943.042, F.S.; renaming the Violent Crime

16         Emergency Account as the Violent Crime

17         Investigative Emergency and Drug Control

18         Strategy Implementation Account; revising

19         provisions relating to use of emergency

20         supplemental funds; clarifying limits on

21         disbursement of funds for certain purposes;

22         requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to

23         adopt rules pertaining to certain

24         investigations; requiring reports by recipient

25         agencies; providing circumstances for

26         limitation or termination of funding or return

27         of funds by recipient agencies; amending s.

28         943.0585, F.S., relating to court-ordered

29         expunction of certain criminal history records;

30         adding sexual offenses that require an offender

31         to register with the state to the list of

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  1         excluded offenses; amending s. 943.059, F.S.,

  2         relating to court-ordered sealing of certain

  3         criminal history records; adding offenses

  4         relating to sexual offenses that require an

  5         offender to register with the state to the list

  6         of excluded offenses; amending s. 943.325,

  7         F.S.; permitting collection of approved

  8         biological specimens other than blood for

  9         purposes of DNA testing; permitting collection

10         of specimens from certain persons who have

11         never been incarcerated; limiting liability;

12         authorizing use of force to collect specimens

13         under certain circumstances; amending s.

14         760.40, F.S., to conform to changes made by s.

15         943.325, F.S.; amending ss. 938.01 and 943.25,

16         F.S., relating to the Court Cost Clearing Trust

17         Fund and criminal justice trust funds;

18         preserving certain funding functions scheduled

19         for repeal on July 1, 2001; transferring the

20         Criminal Justice Program from the Department of

21         Community Affairs to the Department of Law

22         Enforcement; providing for adoption of rules;

23         providing an effective date.

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

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27         Section 1.  Section 943.031, Florida Statutes, is

28  amended to read:

29         943.031  Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control

30  Council.--The Legislature finds that there is a need to

31  develop and implement a statewide strategy to address violent

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  1  criminal activity and drug control efforts by state and local

  2  law enforcement agencies, including investigations of illicit

  3  money laundering. In recognition of this need, the Florida

  4  Violent Crime and Drug Control Council is created within the

  5  department. The council shall serve in an advisory capacity to

  6  the department.

  7         (1)  MEMBERSHIP.--The council shall consist of 14 12

  8  members, as follows:

  9         (a)  The Attorney General or a designate.

10         (b)  A designate of the executive director of the

11  Department of Law Enforcement.

12         (c)  The secretary of the Department of Corrections or

13  a designate.

14         (d)  The Secretary of Juvenile Justice or a designate.

15         (e)  The Commissioner of Education or a designate.

16         (f)  The president of the Florida Network of

17  Victim/Witness Services, Inc., or a designate.

18         (g)  The director of the Office of Drug Control within

19  the Executive Office of the Governor, or a designate.

20         (h)  The Comptroller, or a designate.

21         (i)(g)  Six members appointed by the Governor,

22  consisting of two sheriffs, two chiefs of police, one medical

23  examiner, and one state attorney or their designees.

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25  The Governor, when making appointments under this subsection,

26  must take into consideration representation by geography,

27  population, ethnicity, and other relevant factors to ensure

28  that the membership of the council is representative of the

29  state at large. Designates appearing on behalf of a council

30  member who is unable to attend a meeting of the council are

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  1  empowered to vote on issues before the council to the same

  2  extent the designating council member is so empowered.

  3         (2)  TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP; OFFICERS; COMPENSATION;

  4  STAFF.--

  5         (a)  Members appointed by the Governor shall be

  6  appointed for terms of 2 years. The other members are standing

  7  members of the council. In no event shall a member serve

  8  beyond the time he or she ceases to hold the office or

  9  employment which was the basis for appointment to the council.

10  In the event of a vacancy, an appointment to fill the vacancy

11  shall be only for the unexpired term.

12         (b)  The Legislature finds that the council serves a

13  legitimate state, county, and municipal purpose and that

14  service on the council is consistent with a member's principal

15  service in a public office or employment. Membership on the

16  council does not disqualify a member from holding any other

17  public office or being employed by a public entity, except

18  that no member of the Legislature shall serve on the council.

19         (c)  The members of the council shall elect a chair and

20  a vice chair every 2 years, to serve for a 2-year term. As

21  deemed appropriate, other officers may be elected by the

22  members.

23         (d)  Members of the council or their designees shall

24  serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement

25  for per diem and travel expenses pursuant to s. 112.061.

26  Reimbursements made pursuant to this paragraph may shall be

27  paid from either the Violent Crime Investigative Emergency and

28  Drug Control Strategy Implementation Account within the

29  Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund or from

30  other appropriations provided to the department by the

31  Legislature in the General Appropriations Act.

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  1         (e)  The department shall provide the council with

  2  staff necessary to assist the council in the performance of

  3  its duties.

  4         (3)  MEETINGS.--The council must meet at least

  5  semiannually. Additional meetings may be held when it is

  6  determined deemed appropriate by the chair that extraordinary

  7  circumstances require an additional meeting of the council or

  8  a majority of the council members. A majority of the members

  9  of the council constitutes a quorum.

10         (4)  DUTIES OF COUNCIL.--The council shall provide

11  advice and make recommendations, as necessary, to the

12  executive director of the department.

13         (a)  The council may advise the executive director on

14  the feasibility of undertaking initiatives which include, but

15  are not limited to, the following:

16         1.  Establishing a program which provides grants to

17  criminal justice agencies that develop and implement effective

18  violent crime prevention and investigative programs and which

19  provides grants to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of

20  drug control and illicit money laundering investigative

21  efforts or task force efforts that are determined by the

22  council to significantly contribute to achieving the state's

23  goal of reducing drug-related crime as articulated by the

24  Office of Drug Control, that represent a significant illicit

25  money laundering investigative effort, or that otherwise

26  significantly support statewide strategies developed by the

27  Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council established under s.

28  397.333, subject to the limitations provided in this section.

29  The grant program may shall include an innovations grant

30  program to provide startup funding for new initiatives by

31  local and state law enforcement agencies to combat violent

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  1  crime or to implement drug control or illicit money laundering

  2  investigative efforts or task force efforts by law enforcement

  3  agencies, including, but not limited to, initiatives such as:

  4         a.  Providing Provision of enhanced community-oriented

  5  policing.

  6         b.  Providing Provision of additional undercover

  7  officers and other investigative officers to assist with

  8  violent crime investigations in emergency situations.

  9         c.  Providing funding for multiagency or statewide drug

10  control or illicit money laundering investigative efforts or

11  task force efforts that cannot be reasonably funded completely

12  by alternative sources and that significantly contribute to

13  achieving the state's goal of reducing drug-related crime as

14  articulated by the Office of Drug Control, that represent a

15  significant illicit money laundering investigative effort, or

16  that otherwise significantly support statewide strategies

17  developed by the Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council

18  established under s. 397.333.

19         2.  Creating a criminal justice research and behavioral

20  science center. The center shall provide key support to local

21  law enforcement agencies undertaking unique or emergency

22  violent crime investigations, including the mobilization of

23  special task forces to directly target violent crime in

24  specific areas.

25         2.3.  Expanding the use of automated fingerprint

26  identification systems at the state and local level.

27         3.4.  Identifying methods to prevent violent crime.

28         4.  Identifying methods to enhance multiagency or

29  statewide drug control or illicit money laundering

30  investigative efforts or task force efforts that significantly

31  contribute to achieving the state's goal of reducing

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  1  drug-related crime as articulated by the Office of Drug

  2  Control, that represent a significant illicit money laundering

  3  investigative effort, or that otherwise significantly support

  4  statewide strategies developed by the Statewide Drug Policy

  5  Advisory Council established under s. 397.333.

  6         5.  Enhancing criminal justice training programs which

  7  address violent crime, drug control, or illicit money

  8  laundering investigative techniques or efforts.

  9         6.  Developing and promoting crime prevention services

10  and educational programs that serve the public, including, but

11  not limited to:

12         a.  Enhanced victim and witness counseling services

13  that also provide crisis intervention, information referral,

14  transportation, and emergency financial assistance.

15         b.  A well-publicized rewards program for the

16  apprehension and conviction of criminals who perpetrate

17  violent crimes.

18         7.  Enhancing information sharing and assistance in the

19  criminal justice community by expanding the use of community

20  partnerships and community policing programs. Such expansion

21  may include the use of civilian employees or volunteers to

22  relieve law enforcement officers of clerical work in order to

23  enable the officers to concentrate on street visibility within

24  the community.

25         (b)  Additionally, The council shall:

26         1.  Receive periodic reports from Advise the executive

27  director on the creation of regional violent crime

28  investigation and statewide drug control strategy

29  implementation coordinating teams which relate to violent

30  crime trends or the investigative needs or successes in the

31  regions, factors and trends relevant to the implementation of

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  1  the statewide drug strategy, and the results of drug control

  2  and illicit money laundering investigative efforts funded in

  3  part by the council.

  4         2.  Maintain and utilize Develop criteria for the

  5  disbursement of funds from the Violent Crime Investigative

  6  Emergency and Drug Control Strategy Implementation Account

  7  within the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund

  8  or other appropriations provided to the Department of Law

  9  Enforcement by the Legislature in the General Appropriations

10  Act. The criteria shall allow for the advancement of funds as

11  approved by the council. Funds available in the Violent Crime

12  Investigative Emergency and Drug Control Strategy

13  Implementation Account within the Department of Law

14  Enforcement Operating Trust Fund shall be earmarked for use to

15  the extent that funds are not available from other

16  appropriations provided by the Legislature to the department.

17         3.  Review and approve all requests for disbursement of

18  funds from the Violent Crime Investigative Emergency and Drug

19  Control Strategy Implementation Account within the Department

20  of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund and from other

21  appropriations provided to the department by the Legislature

22  in the General Appropriations Act. An expedited approval

23  procedure shall be established for rapid disbursement of funds

24  in violent crime emergency situations.

25         4.  Advise the executive director on the development of

26  a statewide violent crime information system.

27         (5)  REPORTS.--The council shall report annually on its

28  activities, on or before December 30 of each calendar year, to

29  the executive director, the President of the Senate, the

30  Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the

31  Senate and House committees having principal jurisdiction over

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  1  criminal law chairs of the Committees on Criminal Justice in

  2  both chambers. Comments and responses of the executive

  3  director to the report are to be included must respond to the

  4  annual report and any other recommendations of the council in

  5  writing. All written responses must be forwarded to the

  6  council members, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of

  7  the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the Committees

  8  on Criminal Justice in both chambers.

  9         (6)  VICTIM AND WITNESS PROTECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE.--

10         (a)  The Victim and Witness Protection Review Committee

11  is created within the Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control

12  Council, consisting of the statewide prosecutor or a state

13  attorney, a sheriff, a chief of police, and the designee of

14  the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement.

15  The committee shall be appointed from the membership of the

16  council by the chair of the council after the chair has

17  consulted with the executive director of the Department of Law

18  Enforcement. Committee members shall meet in conjunction with

19  the meetings of the council.

20         (b)  The committee shall:

21         1.  Maintain and utilize Develop criteria for

22  disbursing funds to reimburse law enforcement agencies for

23  costs associated with providing victim and witness protective

24  or temporary relocation services.

25         2.  Review and approve or deny, in whole or in part,

26  all reimbursement requests submitted by law enforcement

27  agencies.

28         (c)  The lead law enforcement agency providing victim

29  or witness protective or temporary relocation services

30  pursuant to the provisions of s. 914.25 may submit a request

31  for reimbursement to the Victim and Witness Protection Review

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  1  Committee in a format approved by the committee. The lead law

  2  enforcement agency shall submit such reimbursement request on

  3  behalf of all law enforcement agencies that cooperated in

  4  providing protective or temporary relocation services related

  5  to a particular criminal investigation or prosecution. As part

  6  of the reimbursement request, the lead law enforcement agency

  7  must indicate how any reimbursement proceeds will be

  8  distributed among the agencies that provided protective or

  9  temporary relocation services.

10         (d)  The committee, in its discretion, may use funds

11  available to the committee to provide all or partial

12  reimbursement to the lead law enforcement agency for such

13  costs, or may decline to provide any reimbursement.

14         (e)  The committee may conduct its meeting by

15  teleconference or conference phone calls when the chair of the

16  committee finds that the need for reimbursement is such that

17  delaying until the next scheduled council meeting will

18  adversely affect the requesting agency's ability to provide

19  the protection services.

20         (7)  CONFIDENTIALITY; EXEMPTED PORTIONS OF COUNCIL

21  MEETINGS AND RECORDS.--

22         (a)1.  The Legislature finds that during limited

23  portions of the meetings of the Florida Violent Crime and Drug

24  Control Council it is necessary that the council be presented

25  with and discuss details, information, and documents related

26  to active criminal investigations or matters constituting

27  active criminal intelligence, as those concepts are defined by

28  s. 119.011. These presentations and discussions are necessary

29  for the council to make its funding decisions as required by

30  the Legislature. The Legislature finds that to reveal the

31  contents of documents containing active criminal investigative

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  1  or intelligence information or to allow active criminal

  2  investigative or active criminal intelligence matters to be

  3  discussed in a meeting open to the public negatively impacts

  4  the ability of law enforcement agencies to efficiently

  5  continue their investigative or intelligence gathering

  6  activities. The Legislature finds that information coming

  7  before the council that pertains to active criminal

  8  investigations or intelligence should remain confidential and

  9  exempt from public disclosure. The Legislature finds that the

10  Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control Council may, by

11  declaring only those portions of council meetings in which

12  active criminal investigative or active criminal intelligence

13  information is to be presented or discussed closed to the

14  public, assure an appropriate balance between the policy of

15  this state that meetings be public and the policy of this

16  state to facilitate efficient law enforcement efforts.

17         2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity

18  that portions of the meetings of the Florida Violent Crime and

19  Drug Control Council be closed when the confidential details,

20  information, and documents related to active criminal

21  investigations or matters constituting active criminal

22  intelligence are discussed. The Legislature further finds that

23  it is no less a public necessity that portions of public

24  records generated at closed council meetings, such as tape

25  recordings, minutes, and notes, memorializing the discussions

26  regarding such confidential details, information, and

27  documents related to active criminal investigations or matters

28  constituting active criminal intelligence, also shall be held

29  confidential.

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  1         (b)  The Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control Council

  2  shall be considered a "criminal justice agency" within the

  3  definition of s. 119.011(4).

  4         (c)1.  The Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control

  5  Council may close portions of meetings during which the

  6  council will hear or discuss active criminal investigative

  7  information or active criminal intelligence information, and

  8  such portions of meetings shall be exempt from the provisions

  9  of s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution,

10  provided that the following conditions are met:

11         a.  The chair of the council shall advise the council

12  at a public meeting that, in connection with the performance

13  of a council duty, it is necessary that the council hear or

14  discuss active criminal investigative information or active

15  criminal intelligence information.

16         b.  The chair's declaration of necessity for closure

17  and the specific reasons for such necessity shall be stated in

18  writing in a document that shall be a public record and shall

19  be filed with the official records of the council.

20         c.  The entire closed session shall be recorded. The

21  recording shall include the times of commencement and

22  termination of the closed session, all discussion and

23  proceedings, and the names of all persons present. No portion

24  of the session shall be off the record. Such recording shall

25  be maintained by the council, and is exempt from the

26  provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

27  Constitution until such time as the criminal investigative

28  information or criminal intelligence information that

29  justifies closure ceases to be active, at which time the

30  portion of the record related to the no longer active

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  1  information or intelligence shall be open for public

  2  inspection and copying.

  3

  4  The exemption in this paragraph is subject to the Open

  5  Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s.

  6  119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2002, unless

  7  reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the

  8  Legislature.

  9         2.  Only members of the council, Department of Law

10  Enforcement staff supporting the council's function, and other

11  persons whose presence has been authorized by chair of the

12  council shall be allowed to attend the exempted portions of

13  the council meetings. The council shall assure that any

14  closure of its meetings as authorized by this section is

15  limited so that the general policy of this state in favor of

16  public meetings is maintained.

17         (d)  Those portions of any public record, such as a

18  tape recording, minutes, and notes, generated during that

19  portion of a Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control Council

20  meeting which is closed to the public pursuant to this

21  section, which contain information relating to active criminal

22  investigations or matters constituting active criminal

23  intelligence, are confidential and exempt from the provisions

24  of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution

25  until such criminal investigative information or criminal

26  intelligence information ceases to be active. The exemptions

27  in this paragraph are subject to the Open Government Sunset

28  Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall

29  stand repealed on October 2, 2002, unless reviewed and saved

30  from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

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  1         Section 2.  Subsection (5) of section 943.17, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         943.17  Basic recruit, advanced, and career development

  4  training programs; participation; cost; evaluation.--The

  5  commission shall, by rule, design, implement, maintain,

  6  evaluate, and revise job-related curricula and performance

  7  standards for basic recruit, advanced, and career development

  8  training programs and courses.  The rules shall include, but

  9  are not limited to, a methodology to assess relevance of the

10  subject matter to the job, student performance, and instructor

11  competency.

12         (5)  The commission, in consultation with the Florida

13  Violent Crime and Drug Control Council, shall establish

14  standards for basic and advanced training programs for law

15  enforcement officers in the subjects of investigating and

16  preventing violent crime. After January 1, 1995, every basic

17  skills course required in order for law enforcement officers

18  to obtain initial certification must include training on

19  violent crime prevention and investigations.

20         Section 3.  Section 943.042, Florida Statutes, is

21  amended to read:

22         943.042  Violent Crime Investigative Emergency and Drug

23  Control Strategy Implementation Account within the Department

24  of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund.--

25         (1)  There is created a Violent Crime Investigative

26  Emergency and Drug Control Strategy Implementation Account

27  within the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund.

28  The account shall be used to provide emergency supplemental

29  funds to:

30         (a)  State and local law enforcement agencies which are

31  involved in complex and lengthy violent crime investigations,

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  1  or matching funding to multiagency or statewide drug control

  2  or illicit money laundering investigative efforts or task

  3  force efforts that significantly contribute to achieving the

  4  state's goal of reducing drug-related crime as articulated by

  5  the Office of Drug Control, that represent a significant

  6  illicit money laundering investigative effort, or that

  7  otherwise significantly support statewide strategies developed

  8  by the Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council established

  9  under s. 397.333;

10         (b)  State and local law enforcement agencies which are

11  involved in violent crime investigations which constitute a

12  significant emergency within the state; or

13         (c)  Counties which demonstrate a significant hardship

14  or an inability to cover extraordinary expenses associated

15  with a violent crime trial.

16         (2)  In consultation with the Florida Violent Crime and

17  Drug Control Council, the department must maintain promulgate

18  rules which, at minimum, address the following:

19         (a)  Criteria for determining what constitutes a

20  complex and lengthy violent crime investigation for the

21  purpose of this section.

22         (b)  Criteria for determining those violent crime

23  investigations which constitute a significant emergency within

24  the state for the purpose of this section.

25         (c)  Criteria for determining the circumstances under

26  which counties may receive emergency supplemental funds for

27  extraordinary expenses associated with a violent crime trial

28  under this section.

29         (d)  Guidelines which establish a $100,000 maximum

30  limit limits on the amount that may be disbursed on a single

31  investigation and a $200,000 maximum limit on funds that may

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  1  be provided to a single agency during the agency's fiscal

  2  year.

  3         (e)  Procedures for law enforcement agencies to use

  4  when applying for funds, including certification by the head

  5  of the agency that a request complies with the requirements

  6  established by the council.

  7         (f)  Annual evaluation and audit of the trust fund.

  8         (3)  With regard to the funding of drug control or

  9  illicit money laundering investigative efforts or task force

10  efforts, the department shall adopt rules which, at a minimum,

11  address the following:

12         (a)  Criteria for determining what constitutes a

13  multiagency or statewide drug control or illicit money

14  laundering investigative effort or task force effort eligible

15  to seek funding under this section.

16         (b)  Criteria for determining whether a multiagency or

17  statewide investigation or task force effort significantly

18  contributes to achieving the state's goals and strategies.

19         (c)  Limitations upon the amount that may be disbursed

20  yearly to a single multiagency or statewide drug control or

21  illicit money laundering investigation or task force effort.

22         (d)  Procedures to utilize when applying for funds,

23  including a required designation of the amount of matching

24  funds being provided by the task force or participating

25  agencies and a signed commitment by the head of each agency

26  seeking funds that funds so designated will be utilized as

27  represented if council funding is provided.

28         (e)  Requirements to expend funds provided by the

29  council in the manner authorized by the council, and a method

30  of accounting for the receipt, use, and disbursement of any

31  funds expended in drug control or illicit money laundering

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  1  investigative efforts or task force efforts funded in part

  2  under the authority of this section.

  3         (f)  Requirements for reporting by recipient agencies

  4  on the performance and accomplishments secured by the

  5  investigative or task force efforts, including a requirement

  6  that the reports demonstrate how the state's drug control

  7  goals and strategies have been promoted by the efforts, and

  8  how other investigative goals have been met, including arrests

  9  made by such efforts, results of prosecutions based on such

10  arrests, impact upon organized criminal enterprise structures

11  by reason of such efforts, property or currency seizures made,

12  illicit money laundering operations disrupted or otherwise

13  impacted, forfeiture of assets by reason of such efforts, and

14  anticipated or actual utilization of assets received by reason

15  of a forfeiture based in whole or in part upon an

16  investigation funded in whole or in part by council funds.

17         (4)(3)(a)  Except as permitted in this section, a

18  disbursement from for the Violent Crime Investigative

19  Emergency and Drug Control Strategy Implementation Account

20  shall not be used to supplant existing appropriations of state

21  and local law enforcement agencies and counties or to

22  otherwise fund expenditures that are ordinary or reasonably

23  predictable for the operation of a state or local law

24  enforcement agency.

25         (b)  The moneys placed in the account shall consist of

26  appropriations from the Legislature or moneys received from

27  any other public or private source. Any local law enforcement

28  agency that acquires funds pursuant to the Florida Contraband

29  Forfeiture Act or any other forfeiture action is authorized to

30  donate a portion of such funds to the account.

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  1         (c)  Upon a finding by a majority of the members of the

  2  council, any unexcused failure by recipient agencies or task

  3  forces to utilize funds in the manner authorized by this

  4  section and the Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control

  5  Council, or to timely provide required accounting records,

  6  reports, or other information requested by the council or by

  7  the department related to funding requested or provided,

  8  shall:

  9         1.  Constitute a basis for a demand by the council for

10  the immediate return of all or any portion of funds previously

11  provided to the recipient by the council; and

12         2.  Result in termination or limitation of any pending

13  funding by the council under this section,

14

15  and may, upon specific direction of a majority of the council,

16  result in disqualification of the involved agencies or task

17  forces from consideration for additional or future funding for

18  investigative efforts as described in this section for a

19  period of not more than 2 years following the council's

20  action. The council, through the department, is authorized to

21  pursue any collection remedies necessary if a recipient agency

22  fails to return funds as demanded.

23         Section 4.  Section 943.0585, Florida Statutes, is

24  amended to read:

25         943.0585  Court-ordered expunction of criminal history

26  records.--The courts of this state have jurisdiction over

27  their own procedures, including the maintenance, expunction,

28  and correction of judicial records containing criminal history

29  information to the extent such procedures are not inconsistent

30  with the conditions, responsibilities, and duties established

31  by this section. Any court of competent jurisdiction may order

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  1  a criminal justice agency to expunge the criminal history

  2  record of a minor or an adult who complies with the

  3  requirements of this section. The court shall not order a

  4  criminal justice agency to expunge a criminal history record

  5  until the person seeking to expunge a criminal history record

  6  has applied for and received a certificate of eligibility for

  7  expunction pursuant to subsection (2). A criminal history

  8  record that relates to a violation of s. 787.025, chapter 794,

  9  s. 796.03, s. 800.04, s. 817.034, s. 825.1025, s. 827.071,

10  chapter 839, s. 847.0133, s. 847.0135, s. 847.0145, s.

11  893.135, or a violation enumerated in s. 907.041 may not be

12  expunged, without regard to whether adjudication was withheld,

13  if the defendant was found guilty of or pled guilty or nolo

14  contendere to the offense, or if the defendant, as a minor,

15  was found to have committed, or pled guilty or nolo contendere

16  to committing, the offense as a delinquent act. The court may

17  only order expunction of a criminal history record pertaining

18  to one arrest or one incident of alleged criminal activity,

19  except as provided in this section. The court may, at its sole

20  discretion, order the expunction of a criminal history record

21  pertaining to more than one arrest if the additional arrests

22  directly relate to the original arrest. If the court intends

23  to order the expunction of records pertaining to such

24  additional arrests, such intent must be specified in the

25  order. A criminal justice agency may not expunge any record

26  pertaining to such additional arrests if the order to expunge

27  does not articulate the intention of the court to expunge a

28  record pertaining to more than one arrest. This section does

29  not prevent the court from ordering the expunction of only a

30  portion of a criminal history record pertaining to one arrest

31  or one incident of alleged criminal activity. Notwithstanding

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  1  any law to the contrary, a criminal justice agency may comply

  2  with laws, court orders, and official requests of other

  3  jurisdictions relating to expunction, correction, or

  4  confidential handling of criminal history records or

  5  information derived therefrom. This section does not confer

  6  any right to the expunction of any criminal history record,

  7  and any request for expunction of a criminal history record

  8  may be denied at the sole discretion of the court.

  9         (1)  PETITION TO EXPUNGE A CRIMINAL HISTORY

10  RECORD.--Each petition to a court to expunge a criminal

11  history record is complete only when accompanied by:

12         (a)  A certificate of eligibility for expunction issued

13  by the department pursuant to subsection (2).

14         (b)  The petitioner's sworn statement attesting that

15  the petitioner:

16         1.  Has never, prior to the date on which the petition

17  is filed, been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or

18  comparable ordinance violation or adjudicated delinquent for

19  committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in s.

20  943.051(3)(b).

21         2.  Has not been adjudicated guilty of, or adjudicated

22  delinquent for committing, any of the acts stemming from the

23  arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the petition

24  pertains.

25         3.  Has never secured a prior sealing or expunction of

26  a criminal history record under this section, former s.

27  893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058, or from any

28  jurisdiction outside the state.

29         4.  Is eligible for such an expunction to the best of

30  his or her knowledge or belief and does not have any other

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  1  petition to expunge or any petition to seal pending before any

  2  court.

  3

  4  Any person who knowingly provides false information on such

  5  sworn statement to the court commits a felony of the third

  6  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or

  7  s. 775.084.

  8         (2)  CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR EXPUNCTION.--Prior

  9  to petitioning the court to expunge a criminal history record,

10  a person seeking to expunge a criminal history record shall

11  apply to the department for a certificate of eligibility for

12  expunction. The department shall, by rule adopted pursuant to

13  chapter 120, establish procedures pertaining to the

14  application for and issuance of certificates of eligibility

15  for expunction. The department shall issue a certificate of

16  eligibility for expunction to a person who is the subject of a

17  criminal history record if that person:

18         (a)  Has obtained, and submitted to the department, a

19  written, certified statement from the appropriate state

20  attorney or statewide prosecutor which indicates:

21         1.  That an indictment, information, or other charging

22  document was not filed or issued in the case.

23         2.  That an indictment, information, or other charging

24  document, if filed or issued in the case, was dismissed or

25  nolle prosequi by the state attorney or statewide prosecutor,

26  or was dismissed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

27         3.  That the criminal history record does not relate to

28  a violation of s. 787.025, chapter 794, s. 796.03, s. 800.04,

29  s. 817.034, s. 825.1025, s. 827.071, chapter 839, s. 847.0133,

30  s. 847.0135, s. 847.0145, s. 893.135, or a violation

31  enumerated in s. 907.041, where the defendant was found guilty

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  1  of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any such offense, or

  2  that the defendant, as a minor, was found to have committed,

  3  or pled guilty or nolo contendere to committing, such an

  4  offense as a delinquent act, without regard to whether

  5  adjudication was withheld.

  6         (b)  Remits a $75 processing fee to the department for

  7  placement in the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust

  8  Fund, unless such fee is waived by the executive director.

  9         (c)  Has submitted to the department a certified copy

10  of the disposition of the charge to which the petition to

11  expunge pertains.

12         (d)  Has never, prior to the date on which the

13  application for a certificate of eligibility is filed, been

14  adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or comparable

15  ordinance violation or adjudicated delinquent for committing a

16  felony or a misdemeanor specified in s. 943.051(3)(b).

17         (e)  Has not been adjudicated guilty of, or adjudicated

18  delinquent for committing, any of the acts stemming from the

19  arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the petition to

20  expunge pertains.

21         (f)  Has never secured a prior sealing or expunction of

22  a criminal history record under this section, former s.

23  893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058.

24         (g)  Is no longer under court supervision applicable to

25  the disposition of the arrest or alleged criminal activity to

26  which the petition to expunge pertains.

27         (h)  Is not required to wait a minimum of 10 years

28  prior to being eligible for an expunction of such records

29  because all charges related to the arrest or criminal activity

30  to which the petition to expunge pertains were dismissed prior

31  to trial, adjudication, or the withholding of adjudication.

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  1  Otherwise, such criminal history record must be sealed under

  2  this section, former s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s.

  3  943.058 for at least 10 years before such record is eligible

  4  for expunction.

  5         (3)  PROCESSING OF A PETITION OR ORDER TO EXPUNGE.--

  6         (a)  In judicial proceedings under this section, a copy

  7  of the completed petition to expunge shall be served upon the

  8  appropriate state attorney or the statewide prosecutor and

  9  upon the arresting agency; however, it is not necessary to

10  make any agency other than the state a party. The appropriate

11  state attorney or the statewide prosecutor and the arresting

12  agency may respond to the court regarding the completed

13  petition to expunge.

14         (b)  If relief is granted by the court, the clerk of

15  the court shall certify copies of the order to the appropriate

16  state attorney or the statewide prosecutor and the arresting

17  agency. The arresting agency is responsible for forwarding the

18  order to any other agency to which the arresting agency

19  disseminated the criminal history record information to which

20  the order pertains. The department shall forward the order to

21  expunge to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The clerk of

22  the court shall certify a copy of the order to any other

23  agency which the records of the court reflect has received the

24  criminal history record from the court.

25         (c)  For an order to expunge entered by a court prior

26  to July 1, 1992, the department shall notify the appropriate

27  state attorney or statewide prosecutor of an order to expunge

28  which is contrary to law because the person who is the subject

29  of the record has previously been convicted of a crime or

30  comparable ordinance violation or has had a prior criminal

31  history record sealed or expunged. Upon receipt of such

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  1  notice, the appropriate state attorney or statewide prosecutor

  2  shall take action, within 60 days, to correct the record and

  3  petition the court to void the order to expunge. The

  4  department shall seal the record until such time as the order

  5  is voided by the court.

  6         (d)  On or after July 1, 1992, the department or any

  7  other criminal justice agency is not required to act on an

  8  order to expunge entered by a court when such order does not

  9  comply with the requirements of this section. Upon receipt of

10  such an order, the department must notify the issuing court,

11  the appropriate state attorney or statewide prosecutor, the

12  petitioner or the petitioner's attorney, and the arresting

13  agency of the reason for noncompliance. The appropriate state

14  attorney or statewide prosecutor shall take action within 60

15  days to correct the record and petition the court to void the

16  order. No cause of action, including contempt of court, shall

17  arise against any criminal justice agency for failure to

18  comply with an order to expunge when the petitioner for such

19  order failed to obtain the certificate of eligibility as

20  required by this section or such order does not otherwise

21  comply with the requirements of this section.

22         (4)  EFFECT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD EXPUNCTION.--Any

23  criminal history record of a minor or an adult which is

24  ordered expunged by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant

25  to this section must be physically destroyed or obliterated by

26  any criminal justice agency having custody of such record;

27  except that any criminal history record in the custody of the

28  department must be retained in all cases. A criminal history

29  record ordered expunged that is retained by the department is

30  confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1)

31  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and not

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  1  available to any person or entity except upon order of a court

  2  of competent jurisdiction. A criminal justice agency may

  3  retain a notation indicating compliance with an order to

  4  expunge.

  5         (a)  The person who is the subject of a criminal

  6  history record that is expunged under this section or under

  7  other provisions of law, including former s. 893.14, former s.

  8  901.33, and former s. 943.058, may lawfully deny or fail to

  9  acknowledge the arrests covered by the expunged record, except

10  when the subject of the record:

11         1.  Is a candidate for employment with a criminal

12  justice agency;

13         2.  Is a defendant in a criminal prosecution;

14         3.  Concurrently or subsequently petitions for relief

15  under this section or s. 943.059;

16         4.  Is a candidate for admission to The Florida Bar;

17         5.  Is seeking to be employed or licensed by or to

18  contract with the Department of Children and Family Services

19  or the Department of Juvenile Justice or to be employed or

20  used by such contractor or licensee in a sensitive position

21  having direct contact with children, the developmentally

22  disabled, the aged, or the elderly as provided in s.

23  110.1127(3), s. 393.063(15), s. 394.4572(1), s. 397.451, s.

24  402.302(3), s. 402.313(3), s. 409.175(2)(i), s. 415.102(4), s.

25  985.407, or chapter 400; or

26         6.  Is seeking to be employed or licensed by the Office

27  of Teacher Education, Certification, Staff Development, and

28  Professional Practices of the Department of Education, any

29  district school board, or any local governmental entity that

30  licenses child care facilities.

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  1         (b)  Subject to the exceptions in paragraph (a), a

  2  person who has been granted an expunction under this section,

  3  former s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058 may

  4  not be held under any provision of law of this state to commit

  5  perjury or to be otherwise liable for giving a false statement

  6  by reason of such person's failure to recite or acknowledge an

  7  expunged criminal history record.

  8         (c)  Information relating to the existence of an

  9  expunged criminal history record which is provided in

10  accordance with paragraph (a) is confidential and exempt from

11  the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the

12  State Constitution, except that the department shall disclose

13  the existence of a criminal history record ordered expunged to

14  the entities set forth in subparagraphs (a)1., 4., 5., and 6.

15  for their respective licensing and employment purposes, and to

16  criminal justice agencies for their respective criminal

17  justice purposes. It is unlawful for any employee of an entity

18  set forth in subparagraph (a)1., subparagraph (a)4.,

19  subparagraph (a)5., or subparagraph (a)6. to disclose

20  information relating to the existence of an expunged criminal

21  history record of a person seeking employment or licensure

22  with such entity or contractor, except to the person to whom

23  the criminal history record relates or to persons having

24  direct responsibility for employment or licensure decisions.

25  Any person who violates this paragraph commits a misdemeanor

26  of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or

27  s. 775.083.

28         (5)  STATUTORY REFERENCES.--Any reference to any other

29  chapter, section, or subdivision of the Florida Statutes in

30  this section constitutes a general reference under the

31  doctrine of incorporation by reference.

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  1         Section 5.  Section 943.059, Florida Statutes, is

  2  amended to read:

  3         943.059  Court-ordered sealing of criminal history

  4  records.--The courts of this state shall continue to have

  5  jurisdiction over their own procedures, including the

  6  maintenance, sealing, and correction of judicial records

  7  containing criminal history information to the extent such

  8  procedures are not inconsistent with the conditions,

  9  responsibilities, and duties established by this section. Any

10  court of competent jurisdiction may order a criminal justice

11  agency to seal the criminal history record of a minor or an

12  adult who complies with the requirements of this section. The

13  court shall not order a criminal justice agency to seal a

14  criminal history record until the person seeking to seal a

15  criminal history record has applied for and received a

16  certificate of eligibility for sealing pursuant to subsection

17  (2). A criminal history record that relates to a violation of

18  s. 787.025, chapter 794, s. 796.03, s. 800.04, s. 817.034, s.

19  825.1025, s. 827.071, chapter 839, s. 847.0133, s. 847.0135,

20  s. 847.0145, s. 893.135, or a violation enumerated in s.

21  907.041 may not be sealed, without regard to whether

22  adjudication was withheld, if the defendant was found guilty

23  of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to the offense, or if the

24  defendant, as a minor, was found to have committed or pled

25  guilty or nolo contendere to committing the offense as a

26  delinquent act. The court may only order sealing of a criminal

27  history record pertaining to one arrest or one incident of

28  alleged criminal activity, except as provided in this section.

29  The court may, at its sole discretion, order the sealing of a

30  criminal history record pertaining to more than one arrest if

31  the additional arrests directly relate to the original arrest.

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  1  If the court intends to order the sealing of records

  2  pertaining to such additional arrests, such intent must be

  3  specified in the order. A criminal justice agency may not seal

  4  any record pertaining to such additional arrests if the order

  5  to seal does not articulate the intention of the court to seal

  6  records pertaining to more than one arrest. This section does

  7  not prevent the court from ordering the sealing of only a

  8  portion of a criminal history record pertaining to one arrest

  9  or one incident of alleged criminal activity. Notwithstanding

10  any law to the contrary, a criminal justice agency may comply

11  with laws, court orders, and official requests of other

12  jurisdictions relating to sealing, correction, or confidential

13  handling of criminal history records or information derived

14  therefrom. This section does not confer any right to the

15  sealing of any criminal history record, and any request for

16  sealing a criminal history record may be denied at the sole

17  discretion of the court.

18         (1)  PETITION TO SEAL A CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD.--Each

19  petition to a court to seal a criminal history record is

20  complete only when accompanied by:

21         (a)  A certificate of eligibility for sealing issued by

22  the department pursuant to subsection (2).

23         (b)  The petitioner's sworn statement attesting that

24  the petitioner:

25         1.  Has never, prior to the date on which the petition

26  is filed, been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or

27  comparable ordinance violation or adjudicated delinquent for

28  committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in s.

29  943.051(3)(b).

30         2.  Has not been adjudicated guilty of or adjudicated

31  delinquent for committing any of the acts stemming from the

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  1  arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the petition to

  2  seal pertains.

  3         3.  Has never secured a prior sealing or expunction of

  4  a criminal history record under this section, former s.

  5  893.14, former s. 901.33, former s. 943.058, or from any

  6  jurisdiction outside the state.

  7         4.  Is eligible for such a sealing to the best of his

  8  or her knowledge or belief and does not have any other

  9  petition to seal or any petition to expunge pending before any

10  court.

11

12  Any person who knowingly provides false information on such

13  sworn statement to the court commits a felony of the third

14  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or

15  s. 775.084.

16         (2)  CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SEALING.--Prior to

17  petitioning the court to seal a criminal history record, a

18  person seeking to seal a criminal history record shall apply

19  to the department for a certificate of eligibility for

20  sealing. The department shall, by rule adopted pursuant to

21  chapter 120, establish procedures pertaining to the

22  application for and issuance of certificates of eligibility

23  for sealing. The department shall issue a certificate of

24  eligibility for sealing to a person who is the subject of a

25  criminal history record provided that such person:

26         (a)  Has submitted to the department a certified copy

27  of the disposition of the charge to which the petition to seal

28  pertains.

29         (b)  Remits a $75 processing fee to the department for

30  placement in the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust

31  Fund, unless such fee is waived by the executive director.

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  1         (c)  Has never, prior to the date on which the

  2  application for a certificate of eligibility is filed, been

  3  adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or comparable

  4  ordinance violation or adjudicated delinquent for committing a

  5  felony or a misdemeanor specified in s. 943.051(3)(b).

  6         (d)  Has not been adjudicated guilty of or adjudicated

  7  delinquent for committing any of the acts stemming from the

  8  arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the petition to

  9  seal pertains.

10         (e)  Has never secured a prior sealing or expunction of

11  a criminal history record under this section, former s.

12  893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058.

13         (f)  Is no longer under court supervision applicable to

14  the disposition of the arrest or alleged criminal activity to

15  which the petition to seal pertains.

16         (3)  PROCESSING OF A PETITION OR ORDER TO SEAL.--

17         (a)  In judicial proceedings under this section, a copy

18  of the completed petition to seal shall be served upon the

19  appropriate state attorney or the statewide prosecutor and

20  upon the arresting agency; however, it is not necessary to

21  make any agency other than the state a party. The appropriate

22  state attorney or the statewide prosecutor and the arresting

23  agency may respond to the court regarding the completed

24  petition to seal.

25         (b)  If relief is granted by the court, the clerk of

26  the court shall certify copies of the order to the appropriate

27  state attorney or the statewide prosecutor and to the

28  arresting agency. The arresting agency is responsible for

29  forwarding the order to any other agency to which the

30  arresting agency disseminated the criminal history record

31  information to which the order pertains. The department shall

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  1  forward the order to seal to the Federal Bureau of

  2  Investigation. The clerk of the court shall certify a copy of

  3  the order to any other agency which the records of the court

  4  reflect has received the criminal history record from the

  5  court.

  6         (c)  For an order to seal entered by a court prior to

  7  July 1, 1992, the department shall notify the appropriate

  8  state attorney or statewide prosecutor of any order to seal

  9  which is contrary to law because the person who is the subject

10  of the record has previously been convicted of a crime or

11  comparable ordinance violation or has had a prior criminal

12  history record sealed or expunged. Upon receipt of such

13  notice, the appropriate state attorney or statewide prosecutor

14  shall take action, within 60 days, to correct the record and

15  petition the court to void the order to seal. The department

16  shall seal the record until such time as the order is voided

17  by the court.

18         (d)  On or after July 1, 1992, the department or any

19  other criminal justice agency is not required to act on an

20  order to seal entered by a court when such order does not

21  comply with the requirements of this section. Upon receipt of

22  such an order, the department must notify the issuing court,

23  the appropriate state attorney or statewide prosecutor, the

24  petitioner or the petitioner's attorney, and the arresting

25  agency of the reason for noncompliance. The appropriate state

26  attorney or statewide prosecutor shall take action within 60

27  days to correct the record and petition the court to void the

28  order. No cause of action, including contempt of court, shall

29  arise against any criminal justice agency for failure to

30  comply with an order to seal when the petitioner for such

31  order failed to obtain the certificate of eligibility as

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  1  required by this section or when such order does not comply

  2  with the requirements of this section.

  3         (e)  An order sealing a criminal history record

  4  pursuant to this section does not require that such record be

  5  surrendered to the court, and such record shall continue to be

  6  maintained by the department and other criminal justice

  7  agencies.

  8         (4)  EFFECT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SEALING.--A

  9  criminal history record of a minor or an adult which is

10  ordered sealed by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant

11  to this section is confidential and exempt from the provisions

12  of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution

13  and is available only to the person who is the subject of the

14  record, to the subject's attorney, to criminal justice

15  agencies for their respective criminal justice purposes, or to

16  those entities set forth in subparagraphs (a)1., 4., 5., and

17  6. for their respective licensing and employment purposes.

18         (a)  The subject of a criminal history record sealed

19  under this section or under other provisions of law, including

20  former s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, and former s. 943.058, may

21  lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge the arrests covered by

22  the sealed record, except when the subject of the record:

23         1.  Is a candidate for employment with a criminal

24  justice agency;

25         2.  Is a defendant in a criminal prosecution;

26         3.  Concurrently or subsequently petitions for relief

27  under this section or s. 943.0585;

28         4.  Is a candidate for admission to The Florida Bar;

29         5.  Is seeking to be employed or licensed by or to

30  contract with the Department of Children and Family Services

31  or the Department of Juvenile Justice or to be employed or

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  1  used by such contractor or licensee in a sensitive position

  2  having direct contact with children, the developmentally

  3  disabled, the aged, or the elderly as provided in s.

  4  110.1127(3), s. 393.063(15), s. 394.4572(1), s. 397.451, s.

  5  402.302(3), s. 402.313(3), s. 409.175(2)(i), s. 415.102(4), s.

  6  415.103, s. 985.407, or chapter 400; or

  7         6.  Is seeking to be employed or licensed by the Office

  8  of Teacher Education, Certification, Staff Development, and

  9  Professional Practices of the Department of Education, any

10  district school board, or any local governmental entity which

11  licenses child care facilities.

12         (b)  Subject to the exceptions in paragraph (a), a

13  person who has been granted a sealing under this section,

14  former s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058 may

15  not be held under any provision of law of this state to commit

16  perjury or to be otherwise liable for giving a false statement

17  by reason of such person's failure to recite or acknowledge a

18  sealed criminal history record.

19         (c)  Information relating to the existence of a sealed

20  criminal record provided in accordance with the provisions of

21  paragraph (a) is confidential and exempt from the provisions

22  of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

23  Constitution, except that the department shall disclose the

24  sealed criminal history record to the entities set forth in

25  subparagraphs (a)1., 4., 5., and 6. for their respective

26  licensing and employment purposes. It is unlawful for any

27  employee of an entity set forth in subparagraph (a)1.,

28  subparagraph (a)4., subparagraph (a)5., or subparagraph (a)6.

29  to disclose information relating to the existence of a sealed

30  criminal history record of a person seeking employment or

31  licensure with such entity or contractor, except to the person

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  1  to whom the criminal history record relates or to persons

  2  having direct responsibility for employment or licensure

  3  decisions. Any person who violates the provisions of this

  4  paragraph commits a misdemeanor of the first degree,

  5  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

  6         (5)  STATUTORY REFERENCES.--Any reference to any other

  7  chapter, section, or subdivision of the Florida Statutes in

  8  this section constitutes a general reference under the

  9  doctrine of incorporation by reference.

10         Section 6.  Section 943.325, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         943.325  Blood or other biological specimen testing for

13  DNA analysis.--

14         (1)(a)  Any person who is convicted or was previously

15  convicted in this state for any offense or attempted offense

16  defined in chapter 794, chapter 800, s. 782.04, s. 784.045, s.

17  810.02, s. 812.133, or s. 812.135 and who is either:

18         1.  Still incarcerated, or

19         2.  No longer incarcerated, or has never been

20  incarcerated, yet but is within the confines of the legal

21  state boundaries and is on probation, community control,

22  parole, conditional release, control release, or any other

23  court-ordered supervision,

24

25  shall be required to submit two specimens of blood or other

26  biological specimens approved by the Department of Law

27  Enforcement to a Department of Law Enforcement designated

28  testing facility as directed by the department.

29         (b)  For the purpose of this section, the term "any

30  person" shall include both juveniles and adults committed to

31  or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections or

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  1  the Department of Juvenile Justice or committed to a county

  2  jail.

  3         (2)  The withdrawal of blood for purposes of this

  4  section shall be performed in a medically approved manner

  5  using a collection kit provided by, or accepted by, the

  6  Department of Law Enforcement and only by or under the

  7  supervision of a physician, registered nurse, licensed

  8  practical nurse, or duly licensed medical personnel, or other

  9  trained and competent personnel. The collection of other

10  approved biological specimens shall be performed by any person

11  using a collection kit provided by, or accepted by, the

12  Department of Law Enforcement in a manner approved by the

13  department, as directed in the kit, or as otherwise found to

14  be acceptable by the department.

15         (3)  Upon a conviction of any person for any offense

16  under paragraph (1)(a) which results in the commitment of the

17  offender to a county jail, correctional facility, or juvenile

18  facility, the entity responsible for the facility shall assure

19  that the blood specimens or other biological specimens

20  required by this section and approved by the Department of Law

21  Enforcement are promptly secured and transmitted to the

22  Department of Law Enforcement. If the person is not

23  incarcerated following such conviction, the person may not be

24  released from the custody of the court or released pursuant to

25  a bond or surety until the blood specimens or other approved

26  biological specimens required by this section have been taken.

27  The chief judge of each circuit shall, in conjunction with the

28  sheriff or other entity that maintains the county jail, assure

29  implementation of a method to promptly collect required blood

30  specimens or other approved biological specimens and forward

31  the specimens to the Department of Law Enforcement. The

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  1  Department of Law Enforcement, in conjunction with the

  2  sheriff, the courts, the Department of Corrections, and the

  3  Department of Juvenile Justice, shall develop a statewide

  4  protocol for securing the blood specimens or other approved

  5  biological specimens of any person required to provide

  6  specimens under this section. Personnel at the jail,

  7  correctional facility, or juvenile facility shall implement

  8  the protocol as part of the regular processing of offenders.

  9         (4)  If any blood specimens or other approved

10  biological specimens submitted to the Department of Law

11  Enforcement under this section are found to be unacceptable

12  for analysis and use or cannot be used by the department in

13  the manner required by this section, the Department of Law

14  Enforcement may require that another set of blood specimens or

15  other approved biological specimens be taken as set forth in

16  subsection (11).

17         (5)  The Department of Law Enforcement shall provide

18  the specimen vials, mailing tubes, labels, or other

19  appropriate containers and instructions for the collection of

20  blood specimens or other approved biological specimens. The

21  specimens shall thereafter be forwarded to the designated

22  testing facility for analysis to determine genetic markers and

23  characteristics for the purpose of individual identification

24  of the person submitting the sample.

25         (6)  In addition to the specimens required to be

26  submitted under this section, the Department of Law

27  Enforcement may receive and utilize other blood specimens or

28  other approved biological specimens. Any The analysis, when

29  completed, shall be entered into the automated database

30  maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement for such

31  purpose, as provided in this section, and shall not be

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  1  included in the state central criminal justice information

  2  repository.

  3         (7)  The results of a DNA analysis and the comparison

  4  of analytic results shall be released only to criminal justice

  5  agencies as defined in s. 943.045(10), at the request of the

  6  agency. Otherwise, such information is confidential and exempt

  7  from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of

  8  the State Constitution.

  9         (8)  The Department of Law Enforcement and the

10  statewide criminal laboratory analysis system shall establish,

11  implement, and maintain a statewide automated personal

12  identification system capable of, but not limited to,

13  classifying, matching, and storing analyses of DNA

14  (deoxyribonucleic acid) and other biological molecules. The

15  system shall be available to all criminal justice agencies.

16         (9)  The Department of Law Enforcement shall:

17         (a)  Receive, process, and store blood specimen samples

18  or other approved biological specimen samples and the data

19  derived therefrom furnished pursuant to subsection (1), or

20  pursuant to a requirement of supervision imposed by the court

21  or the Parole Commission with respect to a person convicted of

22  any offense specified in subsection (1), or as specified in

23  subsection (6).

24         (b)  Collect, process, maintain, and disseminate

25  information and records pursuant to this section.

26         (c)  Strive to maintain or disseminate only accurate

27  and complete records.

28         (d)  Adopt rules prescribing the proper procedure for

29  state and local law enforcement and correctional agencies to

30  collect and submit blood specimen samples and other approved

31  biological specimen samples pursuant to this section.

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  1         (10)(a)  The court shall include in the judgment of

  2  conviction for an offense specified in this section, or a

  3  finding that a person described in subsection (1) violated a

  4  condition of probation, community control, or any other

  5  court-ordered supervision, an order stating that blood

  6  specimens or other approved biological specimens are required

  7  to be drawn or collected by the appropriate agency in a manner

  8  consistent with this section and, unless the convicted person

  9  lacks the ability to pay, the person shall reimburse the

10  appropriate agency for the cost of drawing and transmitting

11  the blood specimens or collecting and transmitting other

12  approved biological specimens to the Florida Department of Law

13  Enforcement. The reimbursement payment may be deducted from

14  any existing balance in the inmate's bank account. If the

15  account balance is insufficient to cover the cost of drawing

16  and transmitting the blood specimens or collecting and

17  transmitting other approved biological specimens to the

18  Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 50 percent of each

19  deposit to the account must be withheld until the total amount

20  owed has been paid. If the judgment places the convicted

21  person on probation, community control, or any other

22  court-ordered supervision, the court shall order the convicted

23  person to submit to the drawing of the blood specimens or the

24  collecting of other approved biological specimens as a

25  condition of the probation, community control, or other

26  court-ordered supervision. For the purposes of a person who is

27  on probation, community control, or any other court-ordered

28  supervision, the collection requirement must be based upon a

29  court order, or as otherwise provided by the person in the

30  absence of a court order. If the judgment sentences the

31  convicted person to time served, the court shall order the

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  1  convicted person to submit to the drawing of the blood

  2  specimens or the collecting of other approved biological

  3  specimens as a condition of such sentence.

  4         (b)  The appropriate agency shall cause the specimens

  5  to be drawn or collected as soon as practical after conviction

  6  but, in the case of any person ordered to serve a term of

  7  incarceration as part of the sentence, the specimen shall be

  8  drawn or collected as soon as practical after the receipt of

  9  the convicted person by the custodial facility. For the

10  purpose of this section, the appropriate agency shall be the

11  Department of Corrections whenever the convicted person is

12  committed to the legal and physical custody of the department.

13  Conviction information contained in the offender information

14  system of the Department of Corrections shall be sufficient to

15  determine applicability under this section. The appropriate

16  agency shall be the sheriff or officer in charge of the county

17  correctional facility whenever the convicted person is placed

18  on probation, community control, or any other court-ordered

19  supervision or form of supervised release or is committed to

20  the legal and physical custody of a county correctional

21  facility.

22         (c)  Any person previously convicted of an offense

23  specified in this section, or a crime which, if committed in

24  this state, would be an offense specified in this section, and

25  who is also subject to the registration requirement imposed by

26  s. 775.13, shall be subject to the collection requirement of

27  this section when the appropriate agency described in this

28  section verifies the identification information of the person.

29  The collection requirement of this section does not apply to a

30  person as described in s. 775.13(5).

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  1         (d)  For the purposes of this section, conviction shall

  2  include a finding of guilty, or entry of a plea of nolo

  3  contendere or guilty, regardless of adjudication or, in the

  4  case of a juvenile, the finding of delinquency.

  5         (e)  If necessary, the state or local law enforcement

  6  or correctional agency having authority over the person

  7  subject to the sampling under this section shall assist in the

  8  procedure. The law enforcement or correctional officer so

  9  assisting may use reasonable force if necessary to require

10  such person to submit to the withdrawal of blood specimens or

11  the collection of other approved biological specimens. Any

12  such The withdrawal or collection shall be performed in a

13  reasonable manner. A hospital, clinical laboratory, medical

14  clinic, or similar medical institution; a physician, certified

15  paramedic, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or

16  other personnel authorized by a hospital to draw blood; a

17  licensed clinical laboratory director, supervisor,

18  technologist, or technician; or any other person who assists a

19  law enforcement officer is not civilly or criminally liable as

20  a result of withdrawing blood specimens according to accepted

21  medical standards when requested to do so by a law enforcement

22  officer or any personnel of a jail, correctional facility, or

23  juvenile detention facility, regardless of whether the

24  convicted person resisted the drawing of blood specimens. A

25  person other than the subject required to provide the

26  biological specimens who collects or assists in the collection

27  of approved specimens other than blood is not civilly or

28  criminally liable if a collection kit provided by, or accepted

29  by, the Department of Law Enforcement is utilized and the

30  collection is done in a manner approved by the department, as

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  1  directed in the kit, or is performed in an otherwise

  2  reasonable manner.

  3         (f)  If a judgment fails to order the convicted person

  4  to submit to the drawing of the blood specimens or the

  5  collecting of other approved biological specimens as mandated

  6  by this section, the state attorney may seek an amended order

  7  from the sentencing court mandating the submission of blood

  8  specimens or other approved biological specimens in compliance

  9  with this section. As an alternative, the department, a state

10  attorney, the Department of Corrections, or any law

11  enforcement agency may seek a court order to secure the blood

12  specimens or other approved biological specimens as authorized

13  in subsection (11).

14         (11)  If the Department of Law Enforcement determines

15  that a convicted person who is required to submit blood

16  specimens or other approved biological specimens under this

17  section has not provided the specimens, the department, a

18  state attorney, or any law enforcement agency may apply to the

19  circuit court for an order that authorizes taking the

20  convicted person into custody for the purpose of securing the

21  required specimens. The court shall issue the order upon a

22  showing of probable cause. Following issuance of the order,

23  the convicted person shall be transported to a location

24  acceptable to the agency that has custody of the person, the

25  blood specimens or other approved biological specimens shall

26  be withdrawn or collected in a reasonable manner, and the

27  person shall be released if there is no other reason to

28  justify retaining the person in custody. An agency acting

29  under authority of an order under this section may, in lieu of

30  transporting the convicted person to a collection site, secure

31  the blood specimens or other approved biological specimens at

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  1  the location of the convicted person in a reasonable manner.

  2  If the convicted person resists providing the specimens,

  3  reasonable force may be utilized to secure the specimens and

  4  any person utilizing such force to secure the specimens or

  5  reasonably assisting in the securing of the specimens is not

  6  civilly or criminally liable for actions taken. The agency

  7  that takes the convicted person into custody may, but is not

  8  required to, transport the person back to the location where

  9  the person was taken into custody.

10         (12)  Unless the convicted person has been declared

11  indigent by the court, the convicted person shall pay the

12  actual costs of collecting the blood specimens or other

13  approved biological specimens required under this section.

14         (13)  If a court, a law enforcement agency, or the

15  Department of Law Enforcement fails to strictly comply with

16  this section or to abide by a statewide protocol for

17  collecting blood specimens or other approved biological

18  specimens, such failure is not grounds for challenging the

19  validity of the collection or the use of a specimen, and

20  evidence based upon or derived from the collected blood

21  specimens or other approved biological specimens may not be

22  excluded by a court.

23         Section 7.  Subsection (2) of section 760.40, Florida

24  Statutes, is amended to read:

25         760.40  Genetic testing; informed consent;

26  confidentiality.--

27         (2)(a)  Except for purposes of criminal prosecution,

28  except for purposes of determining paternity as provided in s.

29  742.12(1), and except for purposes of acquiring specimens from

30  persons convicted of certain offenses or as otherwise provided

31  in s. 943.325, DNA analysis may be performed only with the

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  1  informed consent of the person to be tested, and the results

  2  of such DNA analysis, whether held by a public or private

  3  entity, are the exclusive property of the person tested, are

  4  confidential, and may not be disclosed without the consent of

  5  the person tested. Such information held by a public entity is

  6  exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.

  7  I of the State Constitution.

  8         (b)  A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a

  9  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.

10  775.082 or s. 775.083.

11         Section 8.  Subsection (1) of section 938.01, Florida

12  Statutes, as amended by chapter 2000-171, Laws of Florida, is

13  amended to read:

14         938.01  Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund.--

15         (1)  All courts created by Art. V of the State

16  Constitution shall, in addition to any fine or other penalty,

17  assess $3 as a court cost against every person convicted for

18  violation of a state penal or criminal statute or convicted

19  for violation of a municipal or county ordinance. Any person

20  whose adjudication is withheld pursuant to the provisions of

21  s. 318.14(9) or (10) shall also be assessed such cost. In

22  addition, $3 from every bond estreature or forfeited bail bond

23  related to such penal statutes or penal ordinances shall be

24  forwarded to the Treasurer as described in this subsection.

25  However, no such assessment may be made against any person

26  convicted for violation of any state statute, municipal

27  ordinance, or county ordinance relating to the parking of

28  vehicles.

29         (a)  All such costs collected by the courts shall be

30  remitted to the Department of Revenue, in accordance with

31  administrative rules adopted by the executive director of the

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  1  Department of Revenue, for deposit in the Additional Court

  2  Cost Clearing Trust Fund and shall be earmarked to the

  3  Department of Law Enforcement and the Department of Community

  4  Affairs for distribution as follows:

  5         1.  Two dollars and seventy-five cents of each $3

  6  assessment shall be deposited in the Criminal Justice

  7  Standards and Training Trust Fund, and the remaining 25 cents

  8  of each such assessment shall be deposited into the Department

  9  of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund and shall be disbursed

10  to the Bureau of Public Safety Management of the Department of

11  Law Enforcement Community Affairs.

12         2.  Ninety-two percent of the money distributed to the

13  Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund pursuant to s.

14  318.21 shall be earmarked to the Department of Law Enforcement

15  for deposit in the Criminal Justice Standards and Training

16  Trust Fund, and 8 percent of such money shall be deposited

17  into the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund

18  and shall be disbursed to the Bureau of Public Safety

19  Management of the Department of Law Enforcement Community

20  Affairs.

21         (b)  The funds deposited in the Criminal Justice

22  Standards and Training Trust Fund and the Department of Law

23  Enforcement Operating Trust Fund may be invested. Any interest

24  earned from investing such funds and any unencumbered funds

25  remaining at the end of the budget cycle shall remain in the

26  respective trust fund until the following year.

27         (c)  All funds in the Criminal Justice Standards and

28  Training Trust Fund earmarked to the Department of Law

29  Enforcement shall be disbursed only in compliance with s.

30  943.25(9).

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  1         Section 9.  Subsection (1) of section 943.25, Florida

  2  Statutes, as amended by chapter 2000-171, Laws of Florida, is

  3  amended to read:

  4         943.25  Criminal justice trust funds; source of funds;

  5  use of funds.--

  6         (1)  The Department of Law Enforcement Community

  7  Affairs may approve, for disbursement from the Department of

  8  Law Enforcement its Operating Trust Fund, those appropriated

  9  sums necessary and required by the state for grant matching,

10  implementing, administering, evaluating, and qualifying for

11  such federal funds. Disbursements from the trust fund for the

12  purpose of supplanting state general revenue funds may not be

13  made without specific legislative appropriation.

14         Section 10.  The Criminal Justice Program shall be

15  transferred from the Department of Community Affairs to the

16  Department of Law Enforcement by a type two transfer, pursuant

17  to s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes. The Criminal Justice Program

18  so transferred is comprised of the Byrne State and Local Law

19  Enforcement Assistance Program, Local Law Enforcement Block

20  Grants, Drug-Free Communities Program, Residential Substance

21  Abuse Treatment of State Prisoners, the Bulletproof Vest

22  Program, the Guantanamo Bay Refugee and Entrant Assistance

23  Program, the National Criminal History Improvement Program,

24  and the Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing

25  Program.

26         Section 11.  The Florida Department of Law Enforcement

27  is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and

28  120.54, Florida Statutes, necessary for the implementation,

29  administration, operation, and execution of the Criminal

30  Justice Program.

31         Section 12.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

  3
      Revises provisions relating to law enforcement. Renames
  4    the Florida Violent Crime Council as the Florida Violent
      Crime and Drug Control Council and revises membership.
  5    Provides circumstances for additional meetings. Provides
      grants to law enforcement agencies for certain
  6    investigations. Provides statutory limits on funding of
      investigative efforts by the council. Authorizes the
  7    Victim and Witness Protection Review Committee to conduct
      meetings by teleconference under certain circumstances.
  8    Renames the Violent Crime Emergency Account as the
      Violent Crime Investigative Emergency and Drug Control
  9    Strategy Implementation Account. Revises provisions
      relating to use of emergency supplemental funds.
10    Clarifies limits on disbursement of funds for certain
      purposes. Requires the Department of Corrections to adopt
11    rules pertaining to certain investigations. Requires
      reports by recipient agencies. Provides circumstances for
12    limitation or termination of funding or return of funds
      by recipient agencies. Adds sexual offenses that require
13    an offender to register with the state to the list of
      excluded offenses with regard to court-ordered expunction
14    and sealing of certain criminal history records.

15
      Permits collection of approved biological specimens other
16    than blood for purposes of DNA testing. Permits
      collection of specimens from certain persons who have
17    never been incarcerated. Limits liability. Authorizes use
      of force to collect specimens under certain
18    circumstances.

19
      Preserves certain funding functions scheduled for repeal
20    July 1, 2001.

21
      Transfers the Criminal Justice Program from the
22    Department of Community Affairs to the Department of Law
      Enforcement. Provides for adoption of rules.
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24    See bill for details.

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