SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1974

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 463504

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11  Senator Smith moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 12 and 13,

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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (j) of subsection (1) of section

18  960.001, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         960.001  Guidelines for fair treatment of victims and

20  witnesses in the criminal justice and juvenile justice

21  systems.--

22         (1)  The Department of Legal Affairs, the state

23  attorneys, the Department of Corrections, the Department of

24  Juvenile Justice, the Parole Commission, the State Courts

25  Administrator and circuit court administrators, the Department

26  of Law Enforcement, and every sheriff's department, police

27  department, or other law enforcement agency as defined in s.

28  943.10(4) shall develop and implement guidelines for the use

29  of their respective agencies, which guidelines are consistent

30  with the purposes of this act and s. 16(b), Art. I of the

31  State Constitution and are designed to implement the

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1974

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 463504





  1  provisions of s. 16(b), Art. I of the State Constitution and

  2  to achieve the following objectives:

  3         (j)  Notification of right to request restitution.--Law

  4  enforcement agencies and the state attorney shall inform the

  5  victim of the victim's right to request and receive

  6  restitution pursuant to s. 775.089 or s. 985.231(1)(a)1., and

  7  of the victim's rights of enforcement under ss. 775.089(6) and

  8  985.201 in the event an offender does not comply with a

  9  restitution order. The state attorney shall seek the

10  assistance of the victim in the documentation of the victim's

11  losses for the purpose of requesting and receiving

12  restitution. In addition, the state attorney shall inform the

13  victim if and when restitution is ordered. If an order of

14  restitution is converted to a civil lien or civil judgment

15  against the defendant, the clerks shall make available at

16  their office, as well as on their website, information

17  provided by the Secretary of State, the court, or The Florida

18  Bar on enforcing the civil lien or judgment.

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20  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, line 17, after the semicolon

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28         amending s. 960.001, F.S.; requiring the clerk

29         of the court to make available certain

30         information regarding enforcing liens and

31         judgments;

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