House Bill hb0523

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 523

        By Representative Ball






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to relating to community human

  3         services infrastructure; amending s. 20.19,

  4         F.S.; including the state attorney and public

  5         defender among those persons who may be added

  6         to the membership of a local community alliance

  7         for human services; providing an effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (6) of section

13  20.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         20.19  Department of Children and Family

15  Services.--There is created a Department of Children and

16  Family Services.

17         (6)  COMMUNITY ALLIANCES.--

18         (e)  At any time after the initial meeting of the

19  community alliance, the community alliance shall adopt bylaws

20  and may increase the membership of the alliance to include the

21  state attorney for the judicial circuit in which the community

22  alliance is located, or his or her designee, the public

23  defender for the judicial circuit in which the community

24  alliance is located, or his or her designee, and other

25  individuals and organizations who represent funding

26  organizations, are community leaders, have knowledge of

27  community-based service issues, or otherwise represent

28  perspectives that will enable them to accomplish the duties

29  listed in paragraph (b), if, in the judgment of the alliance,

30  such change is necessary to adequately represent the diversity

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 523

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  1  of the population within the community alliance service

  2  districts.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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      Includes the local state attorney and public defender
  9    among those persons who may be added to the membership of
      a county community alliance established in consultation
10    with the Department of Children and Family Services to
      focus local utilization of human services resources.
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